Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Reverse Discrimination in the Workplace with Jennie Cluverius and Fay Edwards of Maynard Nexsen
New DOJ Memo Warns Employers: Rethink DEI Programs Now - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Disparate Impact & Enforcement Rollbacks: What’s the Tea in L&E?
Blowing the Whistle: What Employers Should Know About DEI & the False Claims Act
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 48: Opportunities & Risks with Artificial Intelligence in HR with Chingwei Shieh of GE Power
DOL Restructures: OFCCP on the Chopping Block as Opinion Letters Expand - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
California Employment News: Gathering Information in a Workplace Investigation – Part 2 (Featured)
Employees Who Contradict The Company's Mission: What's the Tea in L&E?
Abortion Protections Struck Down, LGBTQ Harassment Guidance Vacated, EEO-1 Reporting Opens - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Law Firm ERGs Under Scrutiny: Navigating Compliance, Risk, and Culture - On Record PR
(Podcast) California Employment News: Starting a Workplace Investigation – Part 1 (Featured)
California Employment News: Starting a Workplace Investigation – Part 1 (Featured)
New Executive Order Targets Disparate Impact Claims Nationwide - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
The Changing Landscape of EEOC Enforcement and Disparate Impact
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 44: Conducting Effective Workplace Investigations with Kimberly Hewitt and Antwan Lofton of Duke University
The Evolution of Equal Pay: Lessons From 9 to 5 — Hiring to Firing Podcast
A Retaliation Refresher: What's the Tea in L&E?
California Employment News: Fair Chance Act – A Brief Overview of Employment Criminal Background Checks
AI in Employment: Navigating the Legal Landscape with Lessons from I, Robot — The Good Bot Podcast
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) Update
Earlier this month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement, commenced litigation against Rock Snowpark on July 2, 2025, for allegedly retaliating...more
Fourth Circuit Dismisses White Employee’s Race, Gender, and Retaliation Claims - Barnhill v. Pamela Bondi, __ F.4th __ (4th Cir. May 15, 2025) involved claims by a white Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration...more
As this term draws to a close, the U.S. Supreme Court is getting busy in reducing its inventory of pending cases. Yesterday, six of them were resolved....more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued six decisions today: Ames v. Ohio Dept. of Youth Services, No. 23-1039: This case addresses whether majority-group plaintiffs are held to a heighted evidentiary standard in...more
Employers bear the responsibility of preventing and correcting harassment in the workplace. While the line between on and off duty conduct has never been crystal clear, in today’s hyper-connected world of social media, the...more
The federal district court for the district of Maryland on Feb. 21, 2025, issued a preliminary injunction temporarily prohibiting the Trump Administration from enforcing three provisions of the Administration’s Jan. 20 and...more
On Friday, February 21, 2025, a federal district court in Maryland issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of several key provisions of the January 2025 executive orders targeting DEI programs. The nationwide...more
Less than two weeks after President Donald J. Trump signed two executive orders dismantling diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, the constitutionality of the EOs is being challenged. The two Executive Orders...more
Considering the barrage of vitriolic campaign ads that invaded our homes on a nightly basis during the past year, you might think that political debate in America had reached a new low. Think again....more
On August 31, 2024, the California Legislature passed the California Worker Freedom from Employer Intimidation Act, Senate Bill (SB) No. 399. The bill heads to Governor Gavin Newsom, who has until September 30, 2024, to sign...more
The CLE will discuss recent developments at the Court, including the fall-out from key decisions of last term, and recent high-profile discussion of the Court. The panel will also discuss prominent cases from the current...more
Key Takeaways - The New Jersey Supreme Court recently ruled that the Law Against Discrimination (LAD) contained an express exception for religious organizations that make employment decisions based on employment criteria...more
Vaccination Mandate Conforms with First Amendment In Kane v. De Blasio, No. 21 Civ. 7863, 21 Civ. 8773, 2022 WL 3701183 (S.D. N.Y. Aug. 26, 2022), the district court ruled that New York City Department of Education employees...more
And opens up a can of worms. In June 2021, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (or, to be more precise, EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows, a Democrat*) issued non-binding guidance about LGBT workers. ...more
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization on June 24, 2022, overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and holding that there is no right to abortion in the U.S....more
It is common knowledge among many human resources professionals that religious organizations generally are protected from religious discrimination lawsuits under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and most state...more
Monday, October 26 - The Labor & Employment Year in Review: Is It Over Yet? Hinshaw labor and employment attorneys from the Midwest, East Coast, and West Coast addressed developments in the ever-changing landscape of...more
Key Points •The ministerial exception protects religious employers from government interference in internal employment disputes involving the selection, supervision, and removal of individuals who play an important role...more
In Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, 591 U.S. ___, 2020 WL 3808420 (2020) (“Morrissey-Berru”), the United States Supreme Court provided further guidance on the application of the “ministerial exception,” which...more
Key Cases - Establishment Challenge to Presidential Proclamation Subject to Rational Basis Review - In Trump v. Hawaii, 138 S.Ct. 2392 (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the lowest level of constitutional...more
If you are the kind of person who gets excited by hot-button legal topics and monumental court decisions, this is the Supreme Court term for you. The SCOTUS kicked off their 2017-2018 term several days ago by hearing...more