release/waiver agreements | Law and the Workplace

Third Circuit Nixes EEOC Retaliation Suit

Last week, in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) v. Allstate Insurance Co., No. 2-01-cv-07402 (3d Cir. Feb. 13, 2015), the Third Circuit affirmed that the defendant did not violate federal anti-retaliation laws by offering thousands of terminated at-will employees the opportunity to continue working as independent contractors in exchange for signing a release. By way … Continue Reading

New Jersey Court Okays Provision in Job Application Reducing Statute of Limitations

By Daniel Saperstein and Joseph O’Keefe on July 10, 2014 Posted in Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation, Litigation and Arbitration, Workplace Policies and Procedures

In Rodriguez v. Raymours Furniture Co., Inc., No. A-4329-12T3, 2014 WL 2765273 (App. Div. June 19, 2014), New Jersey’s Appellate Division upheld a provision in a job application that limited the time in which an employee could sue the company to no more than six months after an alleged adverse employment action. This is the … Continue Reading

EEOC Sues Over Common Release Language In Northern District of Illinois

By Katharine Parker on April 23, 2014 Posted in Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation, Litigation and Arbitration, Workplace Restructuring and WARN

The EEOC recently filed a lawsuit challenging CVS Pharmacy’s (the “Company’s”) separation agreement, which, it asserts, was distributed to more than 650 employees in 2012. EEOC v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., Case No. 1:14-cv-00863 (N.D. Ill.). The agency alleges that the separation agreement had the effect of interfering with Title VII rights by purportedly failing to … Continue Reading