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New DEI Guidance Ties Federal Funding to Compliance and Provides Roadmap for Employers: Your 6 Biggest Takeaways

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Federal officials just issued another warning that employers may be at risk of losing federal funding – including grant funding – if their DEI or similar programs violate anti-discrimination laws. Recent guidance from the...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

AI in Hiring: The Promise, the Pitfalls, and the Response

From resume screening bots to AI tools that assess facial expressions in interviews, artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how employers make decisions about candidates and employees. Artificial intelligence (AI) and...more

Littler

U.S. Employers Expect Significant Impact From Regulatory Shifts on Immigration and Inclusion, Equity & Diversity, Littler Survey...

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(May 7, 2025) – As U.S. employers adapt to wide-ranging executive orders, sweeping changes at federal agencies and a growing patchwork of state and local regulations, they are bracing for further challenges over the next...more

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Proposed North Carolina Anti-DEI Law Matches Federal Initiatives

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Amongst the flurry of recent executive orders targeting the use of diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) policies and programs under the federal government, it is easy to miss similar initiatives at the state and local...more

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Calling the Right DEI Play for the NFL

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Today's Wall Street Journal story about Roger Goodell's decision to maintain the NFL's DEI programs reported that Mr. Goodell stood by the football league’s diversity initiatives, which would not change in response to the...more

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Diversity Matters! Newsletter Winter 2025 Edition

As we work with our colleagues to prepare and circulate the Diversity Matters Newsletter each quarter, it is not lost on us that DEI initiatives, programs, and philosophies permeate and inundate our lives from all angles....more

Fisher Phillips

Feds Say Tech Industry Still Lacks Diversity: 10 Steps Employers Can Take to Eliminate Barriers

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Tech industry employers may want to boost their anti-discrimination efforts as the federal government recently decided to shine a spotlight on low diversity in many high-tech occupations. Although tech employers have made...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Ten ways to avoid challenges to DEI initiatives

How prepared is your organization? Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies have faced increased...more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

[Webinar] 2024 Labor & Employment Law Virtual Update - September 18th, 8:30 am - 11:00 am ET

It has been a particularly busy year on the labor and employment law front. To learn more about the major challenges employers face and developments your organization needs to address before year's end, we encourage you to...more

DCI Consulting

[Webinar] 2024 Expert Summit for Employment Attorneys - February 28th, 2:30 pm EST

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DCI Consulting is excited to present its second annual Expert Summit for Employment Attorneys. DCI is providing this Expert Summit as a service to the legal community. The webinars that comprise the Expert Summit will focus...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

[Event] 27th Annual Labor & Employment Seminar - October 19th, Hoffman Estates, IL

Hinshaw invites you to the 27th Annual Labor & Employment Seminar, tailored exclusively for attorneys and human resources professionals. Whether you're a legal expert or an HR specialist, this one-day seminar will provide you...more

Woods Rogers

[Event] Back on Track: 42nd Annual Labor & Employment Seminars - October 27th, Roanoke, VA

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Building a better workplace requires endurance and determination. But when you manage people, it’s easy to get off track. Everyone needs a trainer who can help them keep their eyes on the prize: a workplace that is good for...more

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[Event] Back on Track: 42nd Annual Labor & Employment Seminars - October 26th, Charlottesville, VA

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Building a better workplace requires endurance and determination. But when you manage people, it’s easy to get off track. Everyone needs a trainer who can help them keep their eyes on the prize: a workplace that is good for...more

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[Event] Back on Track: 42nd Annual Labor & Employment Seminars - October 25th, Lynchburg, VA

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Building a better workplace requires endurance and determination. But when you manage people, it’s easy to get off track. Everyone needs a trainer who can help them keep their eyes on the prize: a workplace that is good for...more

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[Hybrid Event] Back on Track: 42nd Annual Labor & Employment Seminars - October 19th, Richmond, VA

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Building a better workplace requires endurance and determination. But when you manage people, it’s easy to get off track. Everyone needs a trainer who can help them keep their eyes on the prize: a workplace that is good for...more

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[Event] Back on Track: 42nd Annual Labor & Employment Seminars - October 18th, Norfolk, VA

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Building a better workplace requires endurance and determination. But when you manage people, it’s easy to get off track. Everyone needs a trainer who can help them keep their eyes on the prize: a workplace that is good for...more

Gould + Ratner LLP

Using AI in Human Resources: The Legal Landscape

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In Part I of this three -part series on artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace, we explored some of AI’s uses in the workplace and potential legal complications with the technology. In this Part II, we explore legal...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Unconscious Bias and Netflix's Partner Track - Hiring to Firing Podcast

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Most companies know that they can't demote or fire an employee because of their race or religion. But how can companies avoid making decisions based on unconscious bias? Partners Tracey Diamond and Evan Gibbs sat down with...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

[Webinar] Panel Discussion – The Current Debate Over Affirmative Action: What This Means for Employers - April 5th, 9:30 am PT

As we await the Supreme Court’s decisions on the Harvard and UNC cases involving the long-held practice of using race as a factor in student admissions policies, affirmative action hangs in the balance and poses questions as...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Brad Hancock Shares How Understanding Cultural Backgrounds Strengthens Leadership

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Holland & Knight's Diversity Council and Hispanic Affinity Group are proud to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and pay tribute to the generations of Hispanics who have enriched America's history and continue to play a role...more

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UK HR Two-Minute Monthly: Discrimination for philosophical belief, extensive anonymity orders, dismissals for political views and...

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Our September update includes new case law on the controversial area of gender-critical/trans beliefs, a far-reaching anonymity order made by the EAT, dismissals for political beliefs/activities and a news roundup on ACAS...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

[Webinar] Building Fair Chance Hiring into Your Workplace - October 5th, 10:00 am PT

Every year, over 600,000 people leave state and federal prisons to return to their communities and the workforce. In spite of having done their time and putting in the effort to be a positive benefactor to society, so many...more

Jackson Walker

Five Challenges and Remedies for Effective Implementation of Employee Resource Groups

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The introduction and ongoing implementation of employee resource groups is vital for companies of all sizes and all backgrounds. Not only are employee resource groups important to the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

[Live Stream Event] Hiring, Onboarding and Retention: Diversity, Compensation, Benefits and More - September 21st, 12:00 pm - 5:00...

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Join us on Wednesday, September 21 at noon for a live-stream of our Eighth Annual Labor & Employment Fall Seminar as we discuss hiring, onboarding and retention. Our attorneys will discuss everything from the initial...more

Morgan Lewis

Florida ‘Stop WOKE’ Bill Could Impact Employers’ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts

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The Stop WOKE Act prohibits employers from requiring employees to participate in certain types of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training. The bill was recently passed by the Florida House and Senate; Governor Ron...more

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