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The Supreme Court ‘Ames’ to Clarify that All Discrimination Claims Must Be Treated Equally

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As the summer comes into full swing and many employees take time off to enjoy summer vacation, the same cannot be said for employers. It has been no secret that private sector diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs...more

Williams Mullen

Yes, EEO-1 Reporting Is Still A Thing

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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Order 11246, which mandated race and gender affirmative action programs for federal contractors and subcontractors, was revoked by President Trump in January 2025, the EEOC’s newly updated EEO-1 Data...more

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2024 EEO-1 Component 1 Report Filing Now Open

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Key Takeaways - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 Report filing opened on May 20, 2025, with a submission deadline of June 24, 2025, and no extensions being granted....more

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Trump’s Executive Orders on DEI

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Policy shifts, court challenges, and strategic considerations for organizations navigating federal directives on DEI....more

Lathrop GPM

Now What? Navigating the DEI Executive Orders and Ongoing Legal Challenges to Their Enforcement

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Since taking office in January, President Trump has signed a flurry of Executive Orders (EOs) on a wide range of topics. Few EOs, however, have generated as much attention and uncertainty as Executive Order 14151 and...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

What Employers Should Know About Executive Order on 'Illegal and Discriminatory DEI Efforts'

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s withdrawal last month of an executive order that required larger federal contractors to create and implement affirmative action plans intended to increase the participation of women and...more

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DOJ Targets Private-Sector DEI Programs: What Employers Need to Know

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has set its sights on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, signaling heightened enforcement risks for employers. In a memorandum, Attorney General Pam Bondi directed the DOJ to...more

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DOJ Takes Aim at Private Sector DEI and DEIA Policies

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The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has sent a strong message to corporate America by signaling that it intends to use the force of criminal investigations to eliminate certain practices in the private sector. ...more

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The Trump Administration intends to take a hard look at private sector DEI policies, with investigations possible. Is your company...

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Shortly after aggressively terminating Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (“DEI”) policies that applied to the federal workforce, the Trump Administration turned its attention outward to the private sector. President Trump’s...more

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Will the Elimination of Efforts in the Federal Sector to "Build a Workforce That Reflects the Diversity of America" Impact the...

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Within days of his second inauguration, President Trump issued a number of Executive Orders. While the impact of his Executive Orders will be seen with time, many employers may be left wondering how the Executive Orders...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

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2023 EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection Deadline Released

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Executive Summary: On February 26, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that the 2023 EEO-1 filing process will begin on April 30, 2024. The deadline to file all 2023 EEO-1 reports is June 4,...more

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EEOC Announces Opening of 2022 EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection

Deadline to Submit and Certify Reports is December 5 - WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced the opening today of the 2022 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection due Dec. 5, 2023. To...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Regulating AI: An Overview of Federal Efforts

This first part of a two-part series on U.S. regulation of artificial intelligence systems provides an overview and modern context for the existing regulatory, legal and risk management landscape for AI systems in the U.S.,...more

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EEOC Announces Independent Study Confirming Pay Data Collection is a Key Tool to Fight Discrimination

Expert Panel of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Concludes that the EEOC’s Pay Data Collection Completed in 2020 Could be Used to “Prioritize Investigations and the Allocation of Resources” - ...more

Fisher Phillips

The Top 15 Workplace Law Stories from October 2021

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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

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Biden Administration Announces Broad Employer-Based Vaccination Requirements

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On September 9, 2021, the Biden Administration announced its new COVID-19 Action Plan (the “Action Plan”), which outlines a six-pronged approach to combat the pandemic. The wide-ranging Action Plan lays out plans to vaccinate...more

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Biden Administration Takes Aim at Advancing Gender Equity and Equality – Complementing Several Renewable Energy Private Sector...

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On International Women’s Day, US President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order establishing the White House Gender Policy Council. The council, which was formerly called the White House Council on Women and Girls under the...more

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EEOC FY 2020 Annual Performance Report: Recoveries Up, But Fewer Lawsuits Filed

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Annual Performance Report (APR) shows a substantial decrease in the number of lawsuits filed by the agency. However, the APR shows a dramatic increase...more

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EEOC Has Lowest Level of Pending Charges in 13 Years

The sometimes agonizingly slow Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is trying to be more efficient. According to the latest Agency Financial Report, in fiscal year 2019 the EEOC reduced the level of pending private sector...more

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Web Exclusive - June 2018: The Top 18 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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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

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Working Wise: Age (Discrimination) Is More Than Just a Number: Job Applicants and the ADEA

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In this episode, Erinn Rigney discusses a recent Seventh Circuit court decision that opens the door for job applicants to assert claims of disparate impact under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)....more

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Religious Institutions Update: June 2018 - Lex Est Sanctio Sancta

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Since 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court has expressly construed a neutral law of general applicability as consistent with the free exercise clause. Deeming Colorado's public accommodations law just such a law, the Colorado Court...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Tis the Season: The EEOC’s Year-End Reports Are Out Today

The EEOC’s fiscal year just ended and now it is releasing news of its successes. Although this is a look back, it gives us all insight as to what is important to the Commission and, perhaps, how we can stay off its radar....more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

EEOC Announces Expansion to EEO-1 Reporting

Late last month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced that it will begin collecting employee pay data from many private employers and federal contractors. Beginning with the EEO-1 reports due March...more

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