EEOC Announces New Strategic Enforcement Plans

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced its strategic enforcement plans for the next four fiscal years. The EEOC regularly issues strategic plans to focus and coordinate its work over a multiple-year time frame to guide the EEOC and agency activities, such as public outreach and education. In drafting the 2024-2028 plans, the EEOC
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Ask General Counsel: Burden increases on employers when considering religious accommodation requests

Published by Ask General Counsel on InsideNova, 9/14/2023 Image from Inside Nova In this edition of Ask General Counsel, General Counsel P.C. attorneys discuss the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Groff v. DeJoy, which provides employers guidance on their obligation to offer religious accommodations. Gerald Groff delivered mail for the U.S. Postal Service (“USPS”). Groff
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EEOC Guidance on Visual Disabilities in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act

On July 26, 2023, the EEOC issued guidance explaining how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to job applicants and employees with visual disabilities.  Specifically, the guidance discusses: When an employer may ask an applicant or employee questions about a vision impairment and how an employer should treat voluntary disclosures; What types of reasonable
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Eastern District of Virginia Finds for Plaintiffs for Misappropriation of Trade Secrets and Breach of Contract Claims

In a recent case, the Eastern District of Virginia found for the plaintiff corporations at the motion to dismiss stage for claims of misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of contract. Here, the court confirmed that software components can be trade secrets covered by the Virginia Uniform Trade Secrets Act. Additionally, the court noted that
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Ask General Counsel: What are the laws governing politics in the workplace?

Published by Ask General Counsel on InsideNova, 11/08/2022 Image from Inside Nova In this edition of Ask General Counsel, the attorneys of General Counsel, P.C. provide an overview of politics in the workplace. With politics becoming more polarizing, employers may be wondering how much political talk among employees they should allow. Such discussions may distract
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Employers Beware: Virginia Court Finds for Plaintiff in Recent Age Discrimination Retaliation Case

In a recent case, the Western District of Virginia found for a plaintiff who claimed her employer retaliated against her for speaking out about age discrimination. There, management at the employer company made multiple age-related remarks to employees and eventually terminated an employee who spoke out about perceived age discrimination. Employers should view this as
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Ask General Counsel: Top 5 employment law misunderstandings

Published by Ask General Counsel on InsideNova, 8/10/2022 Image from Inside Nova In this edition of Ask General Counsel, provided by the attorneys of General Counsel, P.C., we discuss the top five employment law misunderstandings. 1.     Virginia is a right-to-work state – so my employer cannot fire me, right? NO.  Being a “right to work” state has absolutely nothing to
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Eastern District of Virginia Finds Employees Did Not Breach Duty of Loyalty to Former Employer

Eastern District of Virginia Finds Employees Did Not Breach Duty of Loyalty to Former Employer
In a recent case, the Eastern District of Virginia found in favor of former employees, holding they did not breach their duties of loyalty to their former employer. The court considered actions the employees took while still employed with the previous employer, but found those actions insufficient to sustain a breach of duty or tortious
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Preparing to Compete: How to Legally Prepare to Compete While Still Employed

Preparing to Compete: How to Legally Prepare to Compete While Still Employed
Employees must be careful when preparing to compete against their current employer.  If done incorrectly, the employee could face lawsuits and significant monetary damage claims.  Accordingly, it is vitally important that employees preparing to compete against their current employer are careful to abide by all contractual and other legal obligations owed to their employer. First,
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