In response to the Supreme Court’s rulings in Smith v. Jackson, 544 U.S. 228, 92 FEP Cases 1824 (2005) and Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Lab., 128 S.Ct. 2395, 103 FEP Cases 908 (2008), which re-made the law regarding disparate impact cases under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the EEOC has issued a proposed Rule on February 18, 2008.  The Rule may be found by clicking here.

For the first time in nearly thirty years, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) includes only two of its five members, which has left the EEOC lacking a quorum. 

A new law passed late last year extends both the eligibility period and the coverage for subsidized COBRA benefits.