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Neuroinclusive Work Environments: Are Employers There Yet?

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With a significant rise in diagnoses, it is more important than ever that employers have an understanding and awareness of neurodiversity in the workplace. Below, we explore the perspectives of the UK and Poland in managing...more

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Doing Business in California Guide Updated for 2025

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The allure of doing business in California is undeniable. It is the world’s fifth (and moving towards fourth) largest economy and a market of over 39 million people. For employers, however, California presents unique...more

Littler

UK: Menopause Awareness in the Workplace

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Menopause awareness continues to be a growing focus for employers in the UK. In light of World Menopause Day 2024, we wanted to provide a recap on the developments and updates that have been made in the space this year. ...more

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Inching Forward Toward Potential Clarification of Florida’s Individual Freedom Act (the “Stop-W.O.K.E.” Law)

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On August 24, 2023, over a year after Florida’s Individual Freedom Act (IFA) (commonly referred to as the “Stop-W.O.K.E.” law) went into effect, and about one year after a Florida federal court partially enjoined the new law,...more

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EEOC's Settlement Challenging Simple Algorithm Provides Warning for Employers Using Artificial Intelligence

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Recently, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) filed a settlement agreement in a lawsuit that many are calling the EEOC’s “first-ever” artificial intelligence discrimination in hiring...more

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Second Circuit Rejects Claim of Employee Fired for Refusing to Attend Training Session on LGBTQ Bias

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has rejected an employee’s claim that he was unlawfully discriminated against based on religion after he refused to attend mandatory LGBTQ anti-discrimination trainings. In...more

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Stop and Go: Where Things Stand with Florida’s Stop WOKE Act

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Florida has made national news in the employment law sphere over the past six months with the passage, implementation, and temporary enjoinment of HB7, also called the Individual Freedom Act or “Stop WOKE Act.” The Act, which...more

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Federal Court Grants Preliminary Injunction to Halt Enforcement of Florida's Stop WOKE Act

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On August 18, 2022, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida entered a preliminary injunction ordering state officials in Florida to take no steps to enforce HB7, or the “Stop WOKE Act,” while the...more

Perkins Coie

Florida Bans Mandatory WOKE Workplace Activities

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Some employers in Florida will be prohibited from requiring their employees to attend activities that promote or otherwise endorse certain concepts related to race and sex beginning July 1, 2022...more

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Go Woke, Go Broke? Potential Legal Exposure for Florida Diversity Training Starts July 1

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The “Stop WOKE Act” (HB7) (the “Act”) is set to go into effect on July 1, 2022, following a court decision this week declining to enter an injunction to halt the Act. The Act, among other things, restricts employers from...more

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Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Employment Law Reform: Virginia Enacts Sweeping Legislation Changing the Employment Law Landscape of...

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Virginia's Democratic legislative body and Governor Ralph Northam have recently enacted a myriad of new legislation, and expanded existing laws providing protections for employees in the Commonwealth. Effective July 1, 2020,...more

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