In a follow-up to our previously published article concerning what steps employers should take in the wake of President Donald Trump’s efforts to end illegal DEI discrimination, we note that the federal government has since...more
3/24/2025
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
New Guidance ,
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration
In an update to our January 5, 2023 post and our June 27, 2023 post regarding the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”), which took effect in late June, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has released...more
8/11/2023
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Civil Rights Act ,
Comment Period ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Essential Functions ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Title VII ,
Undue Hardship
The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Groff v. DeJoy has curtailed an employer’s ability to demonstrate an “undue hardship” when assessing an employee’s request for a religious accommodation under Title VII of the Civil...more
7/7/2023
/ Civil Rights Act ,
De Minimus Doctrine ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Groff v DeJoy ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Religious Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Substantial Burden ,
Title VII ,
Undue Hardship ,
USPS
Welcome to the winter edition of the BakerHostetler Quarterly New York Employment Law Newsletter. We are pleased to share our analysis of some key employment trends, in-depth discussions regarding recent developments and what...more
12/20/2019
/ Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Independent Contractors ,
Marijuana ,
Minimum Wage ,
Misclassification ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
Over-Time ,
Parental Leave ,
Reproductive Discrimination ,
Section 7 ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Welcome to the Spring edition of The BakerHostetler Quarterly New York Employment Law Newsletter. We are pleased to share our analysis of some key employment trends, in-depth discussions regarding recent developments and what...more
4/1/2019
/ Arbitration ,
Breastfeeding ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Gender Expression ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
Minimum Wage ,
On-Call Employees ,
Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Welcome to the second edition of The BakerHostetler Quarterly New York Employment Law Newsletter. We are pleased to share our analysis of some key employment trends, in-depth discussions regarding recent developments and what...more
10/4/2018
/ #MeToo ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
Medical Leave ,
Misclassification ,
No-Poaching ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Paid Leave ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tipped Employees ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour ,
Website Accessibility ,
Work Schedules
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued its “Enforcement Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination and Related Issues.” It was no minor undertaking. According to the EEOC’s Questions and Answers about...more
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) received 3,721 charges alleging religious discrimination in fiscal year 2013. In partial response to these charges, earlier this month, the EEOC issued new technical...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) usually forces employers who are subject to Title VII to play defense. The State of Texas, however, has upended that approach. On November 4, 2013, Texas filed a federal...more