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On 26 October 2023, the UK Parliament announced that the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) bill received Royal Assent (therefore, becoming the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023). ...more
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A decision by the Delaware Court of Chancery allowing shareholders to sue McDonald’s over an alleged “toxic culture” of sexual harassment and misconduct at McDonald’s provides a stark reminder that employers must actually...more
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A recent opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit provides good reason for employers to make a robust effort at maintaining and disseminating a policy against discrimination and harassment....more
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The #MeToo movement continues to echo in the halls of state legislatures. On March 4, 2020, New Mexico became just the latest state among many to enact legislation limiting the use of nondisclosure agreements in the context...more
Last week, we blogged about the avalanche of new labor laws that California employers will face in 2020. Here are two late additions to the list — just in time for Halloween!...more
Following in the wake of the #MeToo movement, two new bills adopted by the California Legislature will expand the temporal scope of state-law harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and sexual assault claims. ...more
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