News & Analysis as of August 11, 2025

State Labor Laws

+ Follow

Discrimination is prejudicial treatment related to (or inappropriate consideration of) an individual's actual or perceived membership in a particular class, group or category, such as an individual's... more +

Tennessee Attorney General’s Office Launches New Civil Rights Enforcement Division: What Employers Need to Know

Husch Blackwell LLP on 7/22/2025

On July 1, 2025, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced the launch of the Civil Rights Enforcement Division (CRED), a newly established unit within the Attorney General’s Office. This significant structural...more

Iowa Governor Signs Law Making State the First to Remove Gender Identity Protections From Civil Rights Code

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/4/2025

On February 28, 2025, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed legislation making the state the first to remove antidiscrimination protections for gender identity from its civil rights code....more

New Jersey Guidance on AI: Employers Must Comply With State Anti-Discrimination Standards

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/20/2025

On January 9, 2025, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights issued guidance stating that New Jersey’s anti-discrimination law applies to artificial intelligence. Specifically, the New...more

California Implements New Intersectionality and Captive Audience Meeting Laws

Saul Ewing LLP on 10/9/2024

California recently enacted two laws that expand the scope of discrimination claims and prohibit retaliation against employees for failing to participate in employer-sponsored meetings regarding religious or political...more

Q2 Employment Law Updates: Non-Competes, Religious Accommodation and More

DarrowEverett LLP on 7/18/2023

So far, 2023 has been a wild ride for employers, a theme that looks to be continuing into the third quarter of the year. While certain predictions we made during Q1 came true in Q2 (we are looking at you, NLRB), others such...more

Can You Be Held Personally Liable In An Employment Lawsuit? The Answer Lies Down A Rabbit Hole

Fisher Phillips on 7/2/2018

In “Alice in Wonderland,” the Queen of Hearts once proclaimed, “Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” This appears to be the rallying cry of many plaintiffs across the country when...more

6 Results

View per page

Page: of 1