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EEOC Acting Chair Rolls Back Guidance Related to Unlawful Discrimination and Harassment Based on Gender Identity

On January 28, 2025, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chair Andrea R. Lucas rolled back much of the EEOC’s Biden-era guidance related to issues of gender identity discrimination and harassment...more

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Title IX Protections for LGBTQ+ Students: Legal and Mental Health Benefits

Title IX is a powerful federal law that protects students from sex-based discrimination and sexual harassment. If a school does not promptly investigate reports of sex discrimination or harassment, it can lose federal...more

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EEOC Issues Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace

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At the end of April 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published its final guidance on harassment in the workplace, “Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace” (“Guidance”). The Guidance...more

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Issues New Guidance on Workplace Harassment

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On April 29, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finally published its updated guidance on workplace harassment, formalizing the EEOC's position regarding additional protections for employees....more

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EEOC Publishes Final Guidance on Workplace Harassment

On April 29, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published a final version of its Enforcement Guidance on Workplace Harassment. The new guidance provides  updates and agency direction on workplace...more

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EEOC Releases Updated Guidance on Workplace Harassment

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On April 29, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace (the “Guidance”). The Guidance sets forth the EEOC’s position on harassment that constitutes...more

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EEOC Finalizes Long-Awaited Workplace Harassment Enforcement Guidance

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published its long-awaited final guidance on harassment in the workplace on April 29, 2024, several months following its released proposed guidance in September, which we...more

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Employment Law Update: The EEOC’s Final Enforcement Guidance on Workplace Harassment Is Here

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On April 29, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its final version of the Enforcement Guidance on Workplace Harassment (the Guidance), to include developments “answering the call” of the #MeToo...more

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Title IX Amendments: What School Administrators Need to Know Now

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The U.S. Department of Education has released long-awaited amendments to the Title IX regulations that will take effect Aug. 1, 2024. The amended regulations, released April 19, significantly broaden the protections of Title...more

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EEOC Sues Sis-Bro, Inc. for Gender Identity Discrimination and Harassment

Hog Farm Owner and Employees Harassed Transgender Employee, Federal Agency Charges - CHICAGO – Sis-Bro, Inc., a hog farm in New Athens, Illinois, violated federal law when it allowed an employee to be harassed because of...more

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EEOC Issues Robust Proposed Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace After Stalled Attempt Under Trump Administration

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After a 3-2 vote along political party lines, the EEOC recently voted to publish its Proposed Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace, which remains open to public comment until November 1, 2023. When the current...more

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EEOC-Proposed Workplace Harassment Guidance Broadens Definition of ‘Harassment’

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released earlier this month updated proposed guidance on harassment in the workplace, largely based on developments in applicable case law and societal trends coming out of...more

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EEOC Proposes Workplace Harassment Guidance: What Employers Should Know

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) proposed new guidance for employers regarding updates to the law and modern examples of workplace harassment. The public is allowed to comment on the proposed guidance...more

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EEOC’s Updated Harassment Guidance Addresses Emerging Workplace Issues

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The EEOC’s proposed guidance - - If passed, represents the first update to harassment enforcement in nearly 25 years. - Attempts to modernize previously issued guidance by addressing emerging workplace issues and...more

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Changes to New York State’s Sexual Harassment Laws: What Employers Need to Know

New York employers are subject to several new laws enacted this year aimed at combating sexual harassment in the workplace. In New York, sexual harassment includes harassment not only on the basis of sex, but also on the...more

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New York State Sexual Harassment Model Policy and Training Requirements Finalized: Employers Get a Welcome Extension to Implement

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Earlier this week, the New York Governor’s office finalized materials for New York State employers to implement sexual harassment policies and training.  While draft guidance was circulated to the public in August 2018, the...more

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Revamping Your Anti-Harassment Programs

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, I have clients wanting to know what they can do both to improve their workplace and protect themselves. They all have good policies and regularly train supervisors and employees on them. So...more

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New California Labor and Employment Laws for 2018

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• The California Legislature passed numerous labor and employment bills that Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law in 2017. • Many of the new laws relate to wages and hours, leaves and benefits, hiring practices, health and...more

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California Governor Approves Three More Employment Laws: “Ban The Box”; Expansion of Sexual Harassment Training; and Contractors...

The deadline for California Governor Jerry Brown to sign new bills into law officially expired October 15, 2017. In addition to signing five bills last week, the Governor signed three more employment-related bills into law...more

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Part 1 of 2: My Sit-Down Interview With Former EEOC General Counsel David Lopez

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Michael Schmidt, Vice Chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Labor & Employment Department, discusses current employment law news, trends, developments and guest analysis. This episode presents the first of two parts of a timely and...more

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Federal Court Allows Title IX Claim to Proceed Based Upon Allegations That Student Harassed By Peers for Failure to Conform to...

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Russell Bittendender, et ux. v. Bangor Area School District, Case No. 15-6465 (E.D. Pa. 2017). The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania refused to dismiss a complaint alleging that a school...more

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New California Bill Would Require Sexual Harassment Training to Include Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Harassment

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As introduced, Senate Bill 396 by Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) dealt with medical residence training programs. However, recently the contents of the bill were stripped out and replaced with new and unrelated language...more

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Courts are Trending Toward Prohibiting Sexual Orientation Discrimination under Federal Law

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Two recent court decisions highlight the ongoing struggle by federal courts to determine whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation....more

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Transgender Issues in the Workplace: Legal Issues and Considerations for Companies

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Over this past year, there has been an increasing amount of attention on transgender persons both in the media and in the law. Garnering particular attention, North Carolina passed Senate Bill 2 which prohibits students and...more

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