U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission News

EEOC Advises Using Wearables With Employment Discrimination Laws in Mind

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is warning employers that wearable technologies could run afoul of employment discrimination laws, since the laws apply to the collection and use of information from wearables. A fact sheet from the EEOC addresses use …

Woman Says Amazon.com Fired Her Because She Got ‘Long Covid’ – Lawsuit

NEW YORK –– A former Amazon.com Inc. employee sued the online retailer on Monday, saying it wrongly fired her and demanded she repay wages after she contracted “long COVID.” Brittany Hope, 29, a former brand manager for Amazon’s fashion line …