by Charla Stevens | May 16, 2023 | Blog
In a typical year, the EEOC can field between 60,000 and 80,000 charges of discrimination. Most are either settled through the EEOC’s voluntary mediation process or end up being resolved through state agencies (in places like Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire...
by Charla Stevens | Dec 19, 2022 | Blog
Employers often struggle with determining whether an employee is entitled to a religious accommodation, especially where the employee is claiming that receiving a vaccination conflicts with sincerely held religious beliefs. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
by Charla Stevens | Oct 28, 2022 | Blog
Once again changes are being proposed to one of the federal independent contractor tests, that which determines whether an individual is an employee or contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The USDOL proposes to rescind the 2021 rule which made it...
by Charla Stevens | Jun 14, 2022 | Blog
Does your workplace rely on Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) to hire employees, monitor employee performance, or determine pay or promotions? Chances are it does, even if your employees do not realize it. AI has been touted to save time and increase objectivity since...
by Charla Stevens | Apr 13, 2022 | Blog
Charla Bizios Stevens: Striving for Authenticity By Kathie Ragsdale, New Hampshire Bar Association Charla Bizios Stevens has been a trailblazer since the fifth grade, when she rebelled against the regulation that girls had to wear skirts to classes in her Haverhill,...
by Charla Stevens | Apr 6, 2022 | Blog
Published: NBOA’s Net Assets November 11, 2021 Employers must make accommodations for their workers’ religious beliefs as long as no “undue hardship” is imposed on the business by doing so. This is law, Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The U.S. Supreme...
