On April 23, President Trump issued an executive order, "Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy" (EO), intending to abolish a longstanding liability theory for workplace discrimination claims. Emphasizing the need...more
5/19/2025
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disparate Impact ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Title VI ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration
As we head into the final weeks of the 2024 election campaigns, it's likely that American workplaces will be filled with employees discussing, arguing over, and participating in one of the country's hundreds of local,...more
The Supreme Court recently heard the case of Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, a decision that could expand the scope of Title VII’s discrimination protections. With this case, the Court could expose all of an organization’s...more
On October 2, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued Proposed Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace (Proposed Enforcement Guidance), which will supersede its prior guidance on...more
11/7/2023
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Causation ,
Electronic Communications ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Gender Identity ,
Guidance Update ,
Harassment ,
Hostile Environment ,
Proposed Guidance ,
Protected Class ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination
On Tuesday, June 13, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the “Board”) issued a decision that effectively increases the number of workers who are considered employees rather than independent contractors under the...more
6/19/2023
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Control Test ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Entrepreneurs ,
Gig Economy ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
Multi-Factor Test ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Wage and Hour
Assessing extended leave requests can be one of the most difficult and challenging issues employers face. While many employers are sympathetic to an employee's challenging health issues, a desire to help employees must be...more
2/23/2023
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Best Practices ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Leave of Absence ,
Medical Leave ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Sick Leave ,
Undue Hardship ,
Wage and Hour
On October 11, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (the DOL) announced a proposed rule to reestablish the pre-2021 analytic framework for assessing the classification of workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more