On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that employees who are part of a majority group do not have a higher evidentiary standard to prove workplace discrimination. ...more
The Trump administration plans to completely eliminate the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and transfer the agency’s remaining authority to enforce protections in federal contractors for veterans and...more
6/5/2025
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
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OFCCP ,
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Veterans ,
VETS ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)
On May 20, 2025, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) opened the platform for employers to submit EEO-1 reports. In doing so, EEOC Acting Director Andrea Lucas warned employers not to use the data to take...more
On May 20, 2025, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) opened the 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection filing platform with a hard deadline for all filings of 11:00 p.m. (EDT) on June 24, 2025....more
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly recently signed a bill into law that deems certain nonsolicitation agreements with business owners and employees to be presumptively enforceable and not a restraint on trade. ...more
On May 13, 2025, Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed a bill into law that will require employers with fifty or more full-time employees to notify the state, any union, and affected employers of a business site closing or...more
5/19/2025
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Employee Rights ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Mini-Warn Acts ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Reduction of Force ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unions ,
WARN Act
Washington is close to being the latest state to enact a “mini-WARN Act” that would require employers with fifty or more full-time employees to provide at least sixty days’ notice to the state, any union, and/or employees...more
On April 29, 2025, President Donald Trump completed his first one hundred days of his second term in office. During this time, the president issued numerous executive orders (EOs) and implemented actions that significantly...more
5/5/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Department of Education ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
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Federal Contractors ,
NCAA ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
OSHA ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Title IX ,
Transgender ,
Trump Administration ,
Workplace Safety
On April 24, 2025, a federal judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire largely blocked the U.S. Department of Education from cutting funding for schools that refuse to drop diversity, equity, and...more
5/1/2025
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Colleges ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Dear Colleague Letter ,
Department of Education ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
First Amendment ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Public Schools ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Title VI ,
Trump Administration ,
Universities
On April 23, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) to promote education on and integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in K-12, higher education, and workplace settings through public-private...more
5/1/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Colleges ,
Department of Education ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Employee Training ,
Executive Orders ,
Technology ,
Trump Administration ,
Universities
On April 23, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) calling for an end to disparate impact liability for discrimination and ordering federal enforcement agencies to stop enforcement of antidiscrimination...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently upheld a jury verdict against a school psychologist who alleged she was paid less than a male colleague in violation of the Equal Pay Act. Notably, the court found that...more
On April 11, 2025, a federal judge for the U.S. Western District of Pennsylvania reversed his recent decision to dismiss a disability discrimination claim from a job applicant with a medical marijuana card who alleged he had...more
On April 11, 2025, a group of forty Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer urging her to “abandon plans to dismantle [the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs] and reaffirm...more
4/17/2025
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
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Federal Contractors ,
Labor Reform ,
New Legislation ,
OFCCP ,
Proposed Rules
On April 15, 2025, a group of former U.S. Department of Labor officials issued an “open letter” urging federal contractors to continue voluntary diversity practices, including conducting self-assessments, despite the Trump...more
4/16/2025
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Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
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Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Non-Discrimination Rules ,
OFCCP ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration
On April 4, 2025, the final day of Georgia’s legislative session, Governor Brian Kemp signed into law a “religious liberty” bill that will strengthen protections for the free exercise of religion by prohibiting state and...more
On April 8, 2025, a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida denied a motion to dismiss a former University of Florida quarterback recruit’s lawsuit alleging fraud by head football coach Billy...more
A Pennsylvania federal court recently ruled that a job applicant who had a job offer rescinded could not allege disability discrimination under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA) for medical marijuana use as a matter...more
The California Civil Rights Council has advanced new regulations regarding employers’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision-making systems, clearing the way for them to take effect later this year. ...more
4/10/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Automation Systems ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Employment Discrimination ,
FEHA ,
Final Rules ,
Machine Learning ,
New Regulations ,
Trump Administration
On April 3, 2025, a group of former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) officials issued a statement defending specific employer diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in response to technical...more
On April 2, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that a truck driver who lost his job after testing positive for marijuana may pursue claims for lost wages under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt...more
4/3/2025
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Corporate Counsel ,
Damages ,
Drug Testing ,
Employee Rights ,
Employment Litigation ,
False Advertising ,
Lost Wages ,
Marijuana ,
RICO ,
SCOTUS
Employers in Wyoming will soon be limited in their use of noncompete agreements under a newly enacted law that makes the state the latest of a growing number of states to restrict noncompete agreements in the employment...more
Enacted as part of the recent National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the U.S. Congress established a significant new fraud enforcement mechanism, called the Administrative False Claims Act (AFCA), which empowers federal...more
On March 28, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that President Donald Trump likely has the authority to remove National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member Gwynne Wilcox and Merit...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), an independent U.S. government agency that regulates the U.S. derivatives markets, including futures, options, and swaps, has announced a new policy for mitigating potential...more