Disparate Impact & Enforcement Rollbacks: What’s the Tea in L&E?
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Abortion Protections Struck Down, LGBTQ Harassment Guidance Vacated, EEO-1 Reporting Opens - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 45: New Leadership at Employment-Related Federal Agencies with David Dubberly of Maynard Nexsen
The Changing Landscape of EEOC Enforcement and Disparate Impact
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State AG Pulse | DEI in the Federal and State Spotlight
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Employment Law Now VIII-151 - EEOC Commissioner Interview: Part 1 of 2 on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Employer Obligations to Accommodate Before Employees Arrive to Work
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Employment Law Now VIII-149 - Part 2 of 2: The Final Interview With EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling
Employment Law Now VIII-148- Part 1 of 2: The Final Interview With EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling
The New EEOC Guidelines on Workplace Harassment
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Labor released their 2026 Congressional Budget Justifications (CBJ) on May 30, 2025, providing valuable information related to the EEOC’s enforcement...more
According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) fiscal year 2026 proposed budget, the Department is set to fully eliminate the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) next fiscal year, which begins October 1,...more
Although Executive Order 11246, which mandated race and gender affirmative action programs for federal contractors and subcontractors, was revoked by President Trump in January 2025, the EEOC’s newly updated EEO-1 Data...more
On March 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued two non-binding guidance documents on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices in the workplace....more
Yesterday, the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission published its guidance entitled: What You Should Know About DEI-Related Discrimination at Work....more
Directs the Secretary of State to remove the “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility” Core Precept from Foreign Service tenure and promotion criteria. It further directs that the U.S. government will not base Foreign...more
On March 19, 2025, the EEOC issued two technical assistance documents addressing “DEI-related discrimination” in the workplace. The first document, issued jointly with the Department of Justice, is a one-pager titled “What To...more
On March 17, 2025, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) Acting Chair, Andrea Lucas, sent letters to 20 large law firms requesting information concerning each firm’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) related...more
Last week brought further developments related to the Trump administration’s efforts to curtail what it views as illegal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives....more
Employers have seen a whirlwind of activity from the Trump administration during its first month in office. The Administration has issued Executive Orders and other guidance impacting a myriad of employment issues. Employers...more
In response to a recent federal executive actions targeting private-sector DEI and DEIA policies, a coalition of 16 Democratic state attorneys general issued guidance on Feb. 13 affirming the legality and viability of such...more
On his first day in office, President Trump issued many new executive orders (EO) including an EO “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” The EO’s purpose is to end “illegal” diversity, equity,...more
Recent posts have discussed a registration statement filed Bally's Chicago, Inc. for an offering that would impose a stockholder qualification based on race, gender and ethnic status. This qualification requirement is...more
Every time a new President is elected, we employment lawyers write an article of some version of “What to Expect.” Many of my colleagues have written excellent articles on this topic, and the Trump administration has given us...more
Pamela Bondi, the newly sworn in Attorney General at the Department of Justice (DOJ), issued a flurry of memos and directives in her first 24 hours on the job. Building on President Trump’s executive orders related to...more
The day after her nomination was confirmed last week, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memorandum to all Department of Justice employees on Wednesday, February 5th, stating that the USDOJ’s Civil Rights Division will begin...more
By: Fred Satterwhite and Kate Hayek California’s Civil Rights Department (CA CRD) has beaten federal government agencies in the race to collect and present data using updated race and ethnicity categories....more
Can you still have DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs? How about affirmative action plans? The Supreme Court’s June 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard garnered national attention in holding...more
Since re-taking the White House 11 days ago, President Donald J. Trump has taken dramatic steps to dismantle DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs in workplaces nationwide. President Trump’s executive orders...more
A group of 19 Republican AGs announced that they have sent a letter to Costco Wholesale Corporation, warning that its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies may violate state and federal civil rights laws prohibiting...more
Summary - This order abolishes every Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) office within the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security with regard to the U.S. Coast Guard, respectively, including any...more
On January 20 and 21, 2025, President Trump issued several executive orders (“EOs”)[1] that significantly impact diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (“DEI” and “DEIA”) programs and initiatives. These executive...more
On his second day in office, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order: Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity aimed at dismantling diversity, equity, inclusion and/or accessibility (DEI or...more
On January 20, the White House released an Executive Order Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing. This order rescinded the Biden-era pro-DEI orders, including the mandate for federal agencies to...more
Following his inauguration on January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump has issued numerous executive orders, which may have an impact on employers. In his first full day in office, President Trump issued an executive...more