Alaska Native Corporations have been legally permitted to preferentially hire their shareholders based on a 1992 amendment to a federal statute enacted in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act – Section 1626(g). In other...more
1/28/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Native American Issues ,
Shareholders ,
Supremacy Clause ,
Title VI ,
Title VII ,
Tribal Corporations ,
Trump Administration
You might think what happens outside the workplace stays outside the workplace, but as the Ninth Circuit recently ruled, you can be sued by one employee for what another employee posts online....more
On October 25, 2021, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) released additional guidance for employers navigating their way through employee requests for religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The...more
On May 28, 2021, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) released new guidance regarding COVID-19 vaccinations in the workplace. The new guidance clarifies some significant issues, including whether...more
The United States is currently experiencing the largest surge in COVID-19 cases since the global health emergency began. In the past several weeks, the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) granted emergency-use...more
12/30/2020
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Canada ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Title VII ,
Unions ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety
With the United States experiencing the largest surge in cases since the COVID-19 crisis began, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) recently granted emergency-use authorization of Pfizer’s and Moderna’s COVID-19...more