Summary of Executive Orders - As we have referenced in prior alerts, the Trump administration issued two Executive Orders relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs for federal contractors, with language...more
3/3/2025
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The unprecedented pace at which the Trump administration is issuing Executive Orders (EO) that have far-reaching impacts on longstanding employment laws and practices has left employers scrambling to determine which area...more
2/3/2025
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For years, employers have increasingly automated the recruiting and hiring process using artificial intelligence (AI) and other algorithmic tools. While there is added value in such automation, researchers have cautioned that...more
4/21/2022
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Over 13 million total cases and more than 266,000 deaths from COVID-19 infections have been reported to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since January 21, 2020. For more than a month, the United States has...more
12/4/2020
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The revised Employer Information Report (EEO-1), which was announced on September 29, 2016, for the first time, requires employers to disclose pay data information in the form of summary pay and aggregate hours worked data...more
Mississippi and North Carolina recently passed legislation categorized as "sweeping anti-LGBT laws." North Carolina's bill, H.B. 2, requires transgender people to use public restrooms according to the biological sex assigned...more
The President, the EEOC and the Justice Department have announced that gender identity discrimination is prohibited sex discrimination under Title VII. Since these declarations, the number of lawsuits alleging gender identity...more