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EEOC Sends Letters to Law Firms Requesting Information on DEI Practices

DCI Consulting on 3/19/2025

On March 17, 2025, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chair Andrea Lucas sent letters to 20 law firms, requesting information about their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) related employment...more

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination and Preferences Memo

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/11/2025

On February 5, 2025, Attorney General Pam Bondi disseminated an internal memo within the Department of Justice (DOJ). The memo, Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination and Preferences, explained that the DOJ’s Civil Rights...more

EEOC Sues Culver’s for Discriminating Against Transgender Employee and Retaliating Against Him and His Co-Workers

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/28/2024

Federal Agency Charges Fast Food Companies Subjected Transgender Manager to Misgendering and Deadnaming and Fired Him and Co-Workers for Complaining - CLARKSTON, Mich. – Five related entities operating Culver’s restaurants...more

U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case on Whether Lateral Transfer Is Basis for Discrimination Claim

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 7/7/2023

In addition to releasing several major decisions, the end of the U.S. Supreme Court’s annual term included the justices agreeing to hear the appeal of a case with important implications for employers. The case involves the...more

Unanswered Questions in Light of Supreme Court’s Title VII Ruling

Polsinelli on 7/4/2020

In Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, the United States Supreme Court held that “an employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender violates Title VII.” With its decision, however, the Supreme Court...more

Second Circuit Holds Evidence of Equal Work for Unequal Pay Not Required for Title VII Compensation Claims

ArentFox Schiff on 12/27/2019

The Second Circuit has held that employees who allege they were underpaid on the basis of their sex, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, are not required to first establish an Equal Pay Act claim but rather...more

End of Fiscal Year Filings Signal Business as Usual at the EEOC – For Now

Franczek P.C. on 10/4/2017

Just like the leaves turning colors, you can count on a flurry of court filings from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) every September as the agency rushes to get cases on file before the end of its fiscal...more

EEOC Sues Estée Lauder for Sex Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/31/2017

Cosmetics Giant Gave Men Lesser Paid Parental Leave and Related Benefits, Federal Agency Says - PHILADELPHIA - Estée Lauder Companies, Inc., one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of skin care, makeup,...more

Nestlé Waters North America To Pay $300,000 To Settle Sex Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/14/2017

Water Company Denied Position to Veteran Manager Because of Her Gender, Then Eliminated Her Job Due to 'Consolidation,' Federal Agency Charges - TAMPA, Fla. -- Nestlé Waters North America, a Stamford, Conn.-based...more

Despite New Administration, EEOC Maintains Position that Title VII Prohibits Gender Identity Discrimination

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/9/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: To the surprise of many, the EEOC is not retreating from the argument first made by the Obama administration that Title VII forbids employment discrimination based on gender identity. In EEOC v. R.G....more

With the Election (Mercifully) Behind Us, What Will a Trump Administration Mean for Employers?

Littler on 11/10/2016

The 2016 Presidential election was arguably the most contentious, unpredictable, and politically polarizing race in this nation's history. The contours of the electoral map changed by the hour in the days leading up to...more

Takeaways from the EEOC’s Loss of Noteworthy Transgender Rights Case

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 9/21/2016

Since the EEOC first ruled in 2012 that discrimination based on transgender status constitutes sex discrimination in violation of Title VII, the EEOC has continued to expand protections for transgender employees, finding that...more

The EEOC Continues To Recognize Sexual Orientation Discrimination As Sex Discrimination Under Title VII

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 1/15/2016

On January 6, 2016, the EEOC field an amicus brief in Barbara Burrows v. The College of Central Florida arguing, for the first time, that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects workers against sexual orientation...more

EEOC Finds Sexual Orientation Discrimination Prohibited by Title VII

Franczek P.C. on 8/4/2015

In a landmark ruling, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held that an employee alleging discrimination based on sexual orientation states a viable claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The...more

OSHA Issues Guidance on Transgender Workers and Workplace Restrooms

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 6/11/2015

For those savvy employers staying ahead of the curve, here’s something new: OSHA has published a “Best Practices” guide addressing restroom access for transgender workers. To be clear, as “guidance,” the OSHA publication is...more

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