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Strengthening Your Hiring Process
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Mid-Year Labor & Employment Law Update: Key Developments and Compliance Strategies
Non-Compete Compliance in 2025: State Trends and Employer Strategies
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Understanding the New Overtime Tax Policies in the Big Beautiful Bill
Navigating Employee Integration in Mergers and Acquisitions: Lessons From Pretty Woman — Hiring to Firing Podcast
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When DEI Meets the FCA: What Employers Need to Know About the DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative
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Multijurisdictional Employers, P2: 2025 State-by-State Updates on Non-Compete/Non-Solicitation Agts
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently held that an employer will be liable for a customer’s harassment of an employee only when it intends for such harassment to occur. ...more
On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, 145 S. Ct. 1540 (2025), making clear that an employee-plaintiff who is a member of a majority group cannot be held...more
On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously ruled in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services that plaintiffs alleging employment discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 are not...more
In a unanimous decision authored by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Supreme Court last Thursday held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) imposes no additional requirements on majority-group...more
On May 20, 2025, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that the 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection window is now open. The timeframe for covered employers to file the report is shorter than in...more
On May 19, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the launch of the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative (the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative), which will use the federal False Claims Act (FCA) to pursue claims against recipients...more
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As part of the Biden administration’s Fall 2023 Regulatory Plan, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) have released their 2024 regulatory agendas....more
This blog follows on from recent developments in the US regarding affirmative action. Introduced in the early 1960s, affirmative action increased the representation of women and minorities in areas of employment, education...more
On Thurs. June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that race-conscious admissions policies are unconstitutional and invoked the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, stating that Harvard’s and UNC’s admissions programs...more
Last week, the Supreme Court issued two significant decisions impacting employers nationwide. The Court’s holding in Groff v. DeJoy requires employers to grant religious accommodations to employees, unless such accommodations...more
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As vaccine distribution becomes widespread, and employees begin to return to work, we continue to field questions related to return-to-office plans in a post pandemic world. We previously compiled a list of FAQs, addressing...more
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As the nation continues the gradual reopening of workplaces and the economy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has updated its guidance to provide information to employers regarding their...more
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With employers planning for employees to return to work following COVID-19–related closures, there are sure to be questions about sharing employee medical information as it relates to COVID-19 (symptoms, test results, status)...more