By: Melanie Dunajeski, Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP Employers with more than 100 employees and certain federal contractors and subcontractors are familiar with the annual EEO-1 form, by which they identify how their workforce is comprised by race and gender. Revisions made in 2016 drastically… Read More >
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OMB Blocks Collection of Pay Data On New EEO-1 Reports – For Now…
DSV Welcomes Two New Attorneys
DSV welcomed new Attorneys, Stacy Hanefeld and Courtney McCormick, to the firm in July. Stacy is a Partner with DSV with more than 20 years of experience representing clients in various types of litigation, with an emphasis on the defense of hospitals, physicians, nurses,… Read More >
Trump Announces More Details On Infrastructure Plan
By: Christopher S. Drewry, Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP You may have heard a little something about this, but President Donald Trump held a press conference Tuesday. No, this is not a post discussing the events which took place in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend;… Read More >
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Holds Lake County Firings Were Not Age Discrimination
By: Melanie M. Dunajeski, Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld the decision of the USDC for the Northern District of Indiana’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Lake County and against 28 fired retirement-aged employees on… Read More >
New Modification To All Appropriate Inquiries Rule For Forested and Rural Properties
By: Erik S. Mroz, Drewry Simmons Vornehm LLP On June 20, 2017, the United States EPA took direct final action to amend its Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiries (“AAI Rule”) to reference ASTM International’s E2247-16 “Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase… Read More >
Leave Without Pay As A Reasonable Accommodation
By: Shelby J. Luna, Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP Have you ever had an employee (not your star employee of course), you know, that one employee who always tries to game the system, catch every single loophole, and takes every single hour of any time… Read More >
Indiana Bars Local “Ban The Box” Laws
By: Shelbie J. Luna, Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP Ban the Box laws have been enacted in many states and cities across the country. These laws generally prohibit employers from having a check box or question on job applications to indicate whether the candidate has… Read More >