News & Analysis as of August 4, 2025

Employment Discrimination

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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 Human Rights Commission Dissolved Effective June 30, 2025

Burr & Forman on 6/23/2025

On May 12, 2025, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed into law House Bill 910/Senate Bill 860 which will dissolve the Tennessee Human Rights Commission (THRC), the state agency responsible for enforcing anti-discrimination laws...more

Ontario, Canada Human Rights Tribunal Dismisses Probationary Employee’s Discrimination Claim

Littler on 2/26/2025

In Karim v. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, 2024 HRTO 1231, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) dismissed a probationary employee’s claim that they were discriminated against with respect to employment because...more

New York Expands Anti-Discrimination Laws for Nonresident Job Seekers

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Employment Law... on 4/5/2024

On March 14, 2024, the New York Court of Appeals held that nonresident prospective employees who seek employment opportunities in New York State or New York City and are denied due to discriminatory conduct are eligible to...more

Suffolk County, New York, Follows ‘Ban The Box’ Trend

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/6/2020

The Suffolk County, New York, Legislature has passed the “Fair Employment Screening Amendment” to the Suffolk County Code, prohibiting the County or any other employer having at least 15 employees from asking job applicants...more

Human Rights Agencies Issue Discrimination / Harassment Guidance Amidst COVID-19 Concerns

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/21/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), the New York State Division of Human Rights (the “Division”) and the New York City Commission on Human Rights (the “Commission”) have all recently...more

New York City Severely Limits Employers' Right to Background Checks - Recent Legislation "Bans the Box" and Forbids Credit Checks...

Holland & Knight LLP on 10/23/2015

Employers in New York City (NYC) now face restrictions on the types of information they can seek about prospective employees, either through job applications, interviews, independent research or background checks. This is due...more

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