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Key Takeaways - - A recently released memo from the U.S. attorney general reminds employers of the current administration’s stance on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. - The guidance is explicitly directed at...more
Every year, private sector employers with 100 or more employees, and federal contractors with 50 or more employees who met certain criteria, are required to submit workforce demographic data to the federal Equal Employment...more
Yesterday, the EEOC opened the Online Filing System (OFS) for the 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection process. Covered employers have until June 24, 2025 to complete their submission....more
On April 15, 2025, EEOC submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for “non-substantive” changes to the 2024 EEO-1 data collections. Those changes were approved by OMB on May 12th. Given the approval, it...more
On March 19, 2025, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the United States Justice Department jointly issued two technical assistance documents focused on educating the public about DEI-related...more
Each year companies across the United States await the EEOC portal opening date so that they can manage and plan their resources to meet the deadline to file their EEO-1 form—a report required by the Equal Employment...more
On March 19, 2025, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued a technical assistance document titled, “What You Should Know About DEI-Related Discrimination at Work.” The document is comprised of a...more
Former Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) commissioners and legal representatives have authored an open letter addressed to the legal community in response to an EEOC document released on March 19, 2025, by Acting...more
On March 19, 2025, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued guidance clarifying how Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives intersect with Title VII of the...more
The U.S. secretary of health and human services declared a public health emergency (PHE) due to COVID-19 on January 31, 2020, and since that time, employers have faced a barrage of accommodation requests, largely in the form...more
As the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, government officials at all levels are reevaluating their health and safety protocols and adjusting workplace guidance based on ever-shifting case and...more
One of the last pieces of legislation the Iowa legislature sent to Governor Kim Reynolds’ desk for guaranteed signature was a bill banning vaccine passports in Iowa. House File 889 contains several prohibitions regarding...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
As you reopen, give serious thought to job responsibilities, compensation packages, company policies, re-hiring former employees in a non-discriminatory way, and more. Almost four in ten of all the U.S.jobs lost since...more
On December 16, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its first direct guidance for employers regarding COVID-19 vaccines approved or authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The EEOC is...more
Law and Practice - The 2020 Chambers US Regional Employment Guide features guidance on employment law across 14 states and includes a unique state comparison tool for readers. The guide provides expert legal commentary on...more
On June 17, 2020, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued its “Guidance on Returning to Work.” This new guidance is intended to supplement the previous “Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for...more
On May 7, the EEOC posted new guidance about how to handle return to work for an employee known to be in a COVID-19 “high risk” category. First, if the employee does not request a reasonable accommodation, then the ADA...more
In our first piece in this returning to work series, we examined the logistical issues associated with returning employees to work. In this latest segment, we will address the legal considerations underpinning the...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently provided “Return to Work” guidance for employers. In the days since, the EEOC has continued to update the Guidance. In one of the more significant developments, the...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has explicitly determined COVID-19 to be a direct threat to the workplace, as noted in our March 24, 2020 Client Alert. On March 27, 2020, the EEOC issued additional...more
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the EEOC has issued guidance regarding the Americans with Disability Act, as amended (the “ADA”) in relation to pandemic issues faced in the workplace....more
Employers across the globe, faced with the need to reduce the risk of workplace transmission of COVID-19, may be contemplating imposing standard temperature screenings on their employees. In many jurisdictions, an employer...more
As of March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) officially declared the COVID-19 virus outbreak to be a global pandemic. On an hourly basis, we are watching both government agencies and corporations respond by...more