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On July 29, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (âDOJâ) issued a memorandum titled âGuidance for Recipients of Federal Funding Regarding Unlawful Discriminationâ (the âMemoâ), providing guidance on what diversity, equity,...more
Federal officials just issued another warning that employers may be at risk of losing federal funding â including grant funding â if their DEI or similar programs violate anti-discrimination laws. Recent guidance from the...more
It was announced on July 7 that IBM had resolved a former consultantâs ââreverseâ discrimination claim for an undisclosed sum, closing the door on his Title VII race and sex discrimination lawsuit. This settlement is yet...more
A federal judge in Texas just ruled that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) exceeded its authority by issuing enforcement guidance requiring bathroom, dress, and pronoun accommodations. In Thursdayâs order...more
Just days after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit stayed a preliminary injunction blocking executive orders that refer to the promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion as âillegal DEI,â the U.S. Equal...more
The Iowa Legislature passed a bill (Senate File 418) removing âgender identityâ as a protected characteristic under the Iowa Civil Rights Act. The Act prohibits discrimination in employment, education, housing, credit, and...more
The Trump administrationâs focus on combating illegal immigration is now impacting the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commissionâs (EEOC) and potentially the U.S. Department of Justiceâs (DOJ) focus on enforcing...more
Sixteen Democratic state attorneys general just issued joint guidance reaffirming their position that workplace diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) initiatives remain legal â and important to the modern workplace. The February...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 ârace-and-sex-based quotasâ and...more
As part of its promise to target diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and practices in workplaces, educational settings, and elsewhere, the new administration issued a January 21, 2025, Executive Order entitled...more
The Puerto Rico Supreme Court has issued an opinion interpreting, for the first time, several provisions of the Puerto Rico Labor Reform Act of 2017, specifically holding the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework...more
On July 26, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida permanently blocked Floridaâs Stop WOKE Act, which restricted the types of anti-harassment and antidiscrimination training that employers can...more
In King v. Aramark Services, Inc., No. 22-1237 (March 20, 2024), a Second Circuit panel affirmed the dismissal of claims under the New York State Human Rights Law (âNYSHRLâ), concluding that under New Yorkâs âimpact test,â...more
On Oct. 2, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released proposed enforcement guidance on harassment in the workplace, and the proposed guidance has been receiving quite a bit of attention. This begs the...more
Last week, the California Supreme Court unanimously held that California's Fair Employment and Housing Act ("FEHA") applies not only to employers but also to business entities performing services as agents for employers....more
One of the nationâs most conservative federal appeals just opened the door for plaintiffs to file more discrimination charges and lawsuits by expanding the scope of the nationâs primary workplace anti-bias law. The full 5th...more
Following the US Supreme Courtâs decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Womenâs Health Organization, many employers extended travel benefits to women residing in states where abortion or reproductive health procedures may now be...more
The EEOC has once again updated its guidance and answers regarding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemicâs interaction with anti-discrimination laws. We previously discussed this guidance here. This guidance, updated on March 1,...more
Now that many of us have been vaccinated, what should employers be doing to prepare for returning to a pre-COVID workplace? Throughout the pandemic, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has provided...more
Just before the Memorial Day holiday, we had a âbreaking newsâ bulletin about the revised guidance published Friday by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission about employersâ and employeesâ rights when it came to...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On September 3, 2020, the EEOC issued an opinion letter (only its second of the year) regarding the Commissionâs interpretation and enforcement of § 707(a) of Title VII, which authorizes the EEOC to sue...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has announced its âStrategic Enforcement Planâ for years 2017 to 2021. The 2017 plan replaces the earlier version, issued in 2012, but is not a radical departure from the previous...more
Employers already know that Title VII prohibits discrimination on the basis of national origin and citizenship status. However, they may not be aware that the federal Immigration and Nationality Act also contains...more
On Thursday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit re-affirmed prior court holdings that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act does not prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, but in so doing...more
On April 13, 2016, Louisianaâs new governor, John Bel Edwards, signed an executive order protecting state employees and employees of state contractors from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual...more