In late May, EEOC Chair Janet Dhillon announced a unilateral overhaul of the Commission’s conciliation process, calling the changes a nationwide pilot program. As you well know, the conciliation process has a direct impact on the rights of employees and is a crucial tool of the EEOC in its work to eliminate unlawful workplace discrimination. Earlier this month, the Chair also announced a change to EEOC’s alternative dispute resolution process. The changes will significantly impact plaintiffs seeking justice in the face of unlawful workplace discrimination. Although the pilots are scheduled to last six months, the Commission’s spring regulatory agenda notes […]

Join our panel of plaintiffs’ employment attorneys and insolvency professionals to discuss useful courses of action when, on account of or citing financial distress, employers attempt to reduce or avoid their settlement obligations. Panelists will discuss a variety of situations that may arise when defendants that have agreed to settle, or have already settled, request reduced settlement amounts or flat out refuse to make payments. Panelists will share the tactics, strategies, and considerations you need in order to recover on behalf of your clients, including how PPP loan funding is impacting ability to settle and pay settlements, forbearance and extension […]

Join NELA on April 23 for our first annual Town Hall meeting where we will introduce our new Executive Director Jeffrey Mittman who, along with staff, will discuss how NELA is evolving to meet the needs of our members and the nation’s workers. We will share the results of our ongoing attorney survey about the most pressing issues impacting workers’ rights advocates. Please join us to learn more about NELA’s legislative priorities and upcoming programs, and tell us what resources you need to better serve your clients. All plaintiffs’ employment attorneys are encouraged to attend. Open to NELA members and […]

NELA and our sister organization, The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy (The Institute), invite you to a members-only discussion on Tuesday, May 4 about the Biden/Harris Administration’s progress on NELA’s Legislative & Public Policy priorities: Reinvigorating DOL to serve our nation’s working people; Ending forced arbitration in the workplace; and Advocating for progressive judicial candidates. Moderated by Laura M. Flegel, NELA’s Legislative & Public Policy Director, we are thrilled to have our coalition partners join us for this important conversation. Judy Conti, Government Affairs Director at the National Employment Law Project (NELP), will discuss reinvigorating the Department […]