In the latest episode of the Mintz on Air: Practical Policies podcast, Member Jen Rubin hosts a conversation on the divide between state and federal DEI initiatives. This episode is part of a series of conversations designed...more
In the latest episode of the Mintz on Air: Practical Policies podcast, Member Jen Rubin hosts a conversation on the divide between state and federal DEI initiatives. This episode is part of a series of conversations designed...more
President Trump’s executive order entitled Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence (the “Trump AI Order”) seeks to create “a path for the United States to act decisively to retain global leadership...more
On January 23, 2025, a coalition of Attorneys General from ten states, led by AG Ken Paxton of Texas, penned a letter to six major U.S. financial institutions, warning that their embrace of “race-and-sex-based quotas” and...more
2/11/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Institutions ,
State Attorneys General ,
Title VII
Although 2023 perhaps did not see the passage of any laws quite as impactful as 2022—which, as employers will recall, included New York State enacting its own pay transparency law (see here) and novel New York City Council...more
12/15/2023
/ #MeToo ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Earned Sick and Safe Time Act ,
Employee Rights ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Facebook ,
Freelance Isn't Free Act (FIFA) ,
Freelance Workers ,
Harassment ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Minimum Wage ,
New York ,
NYDOL ,
Pay Transparency ,
Remote Working ,
Retaliation ,
Settlement ,
State Labor Laws ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft ,
WARN Act
In an effort to further restrict the use of confidentiality clauses when resolving employment discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims, New York recently passed S4516, which amends Section 5-336 of the New York...more
After a few iterations of proposed rules, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“DCWP”) has finally adopted final rules regarding the implementation of NYC’s new law regulating Automated Employment...more
As employers continue to introduce a variety of software, algorithmic and artificial intelligence (“AI”) based tools into the workplace to assist and support employment-based decisions, there is an increasing concern that...more
6/10/2022
/ Algorithms ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Employee Training ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
New Guidance ,
Software