On March 19, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) released two technical assistance documents focused on educating the public about “unlawful discrimination” related to...more
3/21/2025
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Title VII
Following his inauguration on January 20, President Trump signed a slew of executive orders, including a handful related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives....more
1/24/2025
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Civil Rights Act ,
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Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
OMB ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College
Employers are paying close attention to pay transparency laws, which are the latest trend in employment legislation. Often expanding on existing pay equity laws, many state and local governments have enacted or proposed...more
1/14/2025
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Disclosure Requirements ,
Employee Rights ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
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Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Transparency ,
Remote Working ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
On June 27, 2023, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), a federal law enforced by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), went into effect. The PWFA mandates that employers with at least 15 employees, along...more
1/13/2025
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Disability Discrimination ,
Documentation ,
Employee Rights ,
Employee Training ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) ,
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ,
Reasonable Accommodation
Forty years ago, the US Supreme Court’s decision in Chevron USA, Inc. v. National Resources Defense Council, 46 US 837 (1984), upended administrative law practice. In brief, that case, for which the “Chevron doctrine” is...more
7/30/2024
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Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Labor Regulations ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
National Marine Fisheries Service ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
SCOTUS ,
Starbucks Corp. v McKinney ,
Statutory Interpretation
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a resource outlining potential liability under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) for employers who utilize algorithmic decision-making...more
On April 26, 2021 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that the 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection is now open.
The deadline for submitting both the 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 Component 1 data...more