Compensatory damages seek to place the plaintiff in the same position as if she had not been discriminated against. They can be economic damages like back pay or non economic damages like emotional distress damages. Punitive damages serve to punish unlawful conduct.
Artificial Intelligence software absorbs the collective attitudes and biases of whatever it reads online and without teaching AI how to identify and mitigate bias, it will likely perpetuate it. EEOC guidance: employers’ use of AI while complying with ADA and Title VII.
The EEOC's COVID Guidance continues to direct employers to look to recommendations from the CDC when maintaining COVID-19 screening protocols and when directing employees to remain away from the workplace as a result of a COVID-19 diagnosis or positive test result.
The Supreme Court appears poised to change the definition of ‘undue hardship’ so that employers have to accommodate more of workers’ religious requests.