The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued guidance for employers on preventing unlawful caregiver discrimination related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tony Dick was interviewed by SHRM about the new guidance, noting that human resource professionals, corporate in-house counsel and front-line managers have continued to grapple with issues surrounding employees' caregiving obligations in the wake of the pandemic.
"Given the EEOC's acknowledgment that it has received a sharp increase in COVID-related charges in general over the last year—and this latest guidance emphasizing caregiver discrimination—employers should use the guidance as a good road map to help avoid EEO [equal employment opportunity] claims," he said.
Read the full article in SHRM (subscription required), as well as a follow-up SHRM article citing comments from his original interview.