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Trump Administration Attacks Pay Equity Practices

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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

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Pay Data Reporting – Off the Hook or Temporary Reprieve?

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In 2016, the EEOC announced big changes to EEO-1 reporting. The new initiative, led by Obama-era appointees, required employers to report an entirely new category of data covering pay and hours worked for the purpose of...more

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DEI in the Spotlight:  Wage and Hour Implications

With the nation’s heightened focus on DEI programs and policies, U.S. employers should carefully evaluate the legal risks associated with their DEI-related wage and hour practices....more

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New Pay Transparency Laws in Effect in 2025 – What Employers Need to Know

Multistate employers are likely already aware of challenges in tracking and complying with various state and local laws governing pay transparency in the recruitment and hiring process. Now, even as Diversity, Equity, and...more

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Key Take-Aways On The Executive Order Removing Barriers to AI Development

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On January 23, 2025, the President issued an Executive Order on “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence.” The Executive Order seeks to position the Country as a global leader in AI innovation. ...more

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FAR Council Withdraws Proposed Rule on Federal Contractor Pay Requests

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On January 8, 2025, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council withdrew its Proposed Rule on Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting (the proposed rule), which was initially introduced in January 2024. This...more

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Employers Can Expect a more business-friendly EEOC in a Second Trump Administration

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Under the Biden administration, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), the agency that administers and enforces federal workplace civil rights law, advanced numerous employee-friendly initiatives, with a...more

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Mind the Gap: EEOC Report Warns of Substantial Gender Pay Gap for Federal Employee, Exacerbated by Age.

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On January 2, 2025, the EEOC released a report underscoring that a gender pay gap among federal employees has an age component as well; the gap is larger for those age 40 and over relative to those under age 40....more

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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

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Fiscal Year 2024 EEOC Litigation Focuses on Emerging Issues and Underserved, Vulnerable Populations

Agency Files First Cases Enforcing Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it filed 110 lawsuits challenging unlawful employment...more

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EEOC’s Year-End Litigation Round-Up and Strategic Plan

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On November 15, 2023, the EEOC published its year-end litigation round-up and strategic enforcement plan, which shows its increased enforcement activities over the past year and new areas of emphasis for future enforcement....more

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Second Circuit Clarifies That Federal Equal Pay Act Does Not Require “Factor Other Than Sex” Defense To Be Job Related

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 17, 2023, the Second Circuit issued the eagerly-awaited decision in Eisenhauer v. Culinary Institute of America. The court clarified that the federal EPA never required employers to show that a...more

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More Interagency Cooperation–Arrangement Between USDOL and The EEOC Will Increase Scrutiny Of Employers!

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I have written about the collaborative arrangements, information sharing arrangements, that the USDOL has entered into with state DOLs and how that is a dangerous portent for employers. Well, the landscape has again changed...more

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EEOC's "not-so-sweet six" priorities, for 2024 and beyond

These six will get the EEOC's attention in 2024-28. Last week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released its Strategic Enforcement Plan for 2024-28. Strategic Enforcement Plans provide a helpful preview of...more

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EEOC Announces Enforcement Priorities for 2023-2027

On Tuesday January 10, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) publicly released its Draft Strategic Enforcement Plan (“SEP”) for fiscal years 2023-2027. The SEP describes the EEOC’s top enforcement...more

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What’s in Store for the Next Four Years? – Part Two: The EEOC’s Strategic Enforcement Plan

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) recently published its substantive agency enforcement priorities to combat employment discrimination and promote inclusive workspaces over the next four...more

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EEOC Releases Updated Workplace Discrimination Poster

On October 19, 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released an updated “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster that covered employers under federal law are required to prominently display...more

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EEOC Releases Updated "Know Your Rights" Poster

Covered Employers Required by Law to Display Poster at Work Site - WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released the ‘Know Your Rights’ poster, which updates and replaces the previous...more

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EEOC’s Priorities for Fiscal Year 2023

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In March 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) submitted its Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 2023. The EEOC is the leading federal law enforcement agency dedicated to preventing...more

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#WorkforceWednesday: EEOC Enforcement Uptick, New York Limits Private Confidential Settlements, Anti-Harassment Training for...

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This week, we focus on what can be learned from the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission’s (EEOC’s) fiscal year (FY) 2021 filings as employers continue to navigate COVID-19 in the months ahead. EEOC: Back in Enforcement...more

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Illinois Passes Sweeping Legislation Impacting Employers

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Executive Summary:  On March 23, 2021, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law Illinois Senate Bill 1480 which amends the Illinois Human Rights Act, the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003, and the Illinois Business Corporation...more

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EEOC Wins Judgment Against Enoch Pratt Free Library and Baltimore City for Pay Discrimination

Court Awards Nearly $200,000 to Five Female Librarian Supervisors - On Dec 23, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland ruled that Baltimore City and its Enoch Pratt Free Library violated federal law...more

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The Top 20 Non-COVID Workplace Law Stories Of 2020

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That this past year was the most challenging year in your professional life is an almost certainty. You were forced to learn entirely new statutory schemes, absorb new local health directives on a near-daily basis, create a...more

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November 2020: The Top 16 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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OFCCP Says “No Thanks” to EEOC’s EEO-1 Pay Data

As you’ll recall from our extensive coverage of the EEO-1 pay data collection saga (which we previously reported on here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here), private employers, including federal contractors,...more

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