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In the Crosshairs: Untangling the Legal Landscape on LGBTQ+ Workplace Rights Under Title VII

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The EEOC recently updated its workplace harassment enforcement guidance to reflect a Texas federal court ruling that found the Biden-era EEOC had overstepped its authority by requiring bathroom, dress, and pronoun...more

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Federal Judge Scraps Biden EEOC’s Gender Identity Guidance: Here’s What It Means for the Workplace

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A federal judge in Texas just ruled that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) exceeded its authority by issuing enforcement guidance requiring bathroom, dress, and pronoun accommodations. In Thursday’s order...more

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Annual Report on EEOC Developments: Fiscal Year 2024 - An Annual Report on EEOC Charges, Litigation, Regulatory Developments and...

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INTRODUCTION - This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2024 (hereafter “Report”), our fourteenth annual publication, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...more

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President Trump Issues Executive Order to Eliminate Disparate Impact Analysis

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President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order titled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy.” This order aims to eliminate the use of disparate impact liability in all contexts, emphasizing the importance of...more

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2024 EEO-1 Reporting Update

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The 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection appears to be moving forward, according to documents recently submitted for approval by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). According to the proposed 2024 EEO-1...more

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EEOC Sends Letters to Law Firms Requesting Information on DEI Practices

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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

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What’s Next After Trump Removes NLRB, EEOC, and Other Agency Officials?

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In a flurry activity, President Trump dismissed the General Counsel for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and the initial acting General...more

Miller & Martin PLLC

The New Trump Executive Order 14145 Regarding Equal Employment Opportunity – What It REALLY Means for HR

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In the last few days since the Presidential Inauguration and initial Executive Orders, we have received emails saying everything from “President Trump has voided Title VII” to asking whether “all equal employment laws have...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Trump rescinds Executive Order 11246

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President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Executive Order 11246 in 1965. Since then, organizations doing business with the federal government had to affirmatively recruit women and minorities for employment and ensure employment...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

President Trump’s “Rescission” Executive Order

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Among the executive orders issued by President Trump on January 20, 2025, was one titled Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions (the “Order”). The Order’s stated purpose is to retract what it describes...more

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2024 Employment Year-End Roundup

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INTRODUCTION - The year 2024 brought significant developments to a wide range of employment law areas, from anti-discrimination and retaliation law to labor issues. Federal courts across the country expanded the rights of...more

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

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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

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EEOC Files Three Sexual Harassment Lawsuits

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Federal Suits Charge Employers Failed to Protect their Employees from Hostile Work Environments and Retaliated Against Those Who Complained - ST. LOUIS –The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed three...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Potential Private Sector Implications of the Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Ruling

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in the cases Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina upended prior...more

Bailey & Glasser, LLP

Friend or Foe? Legal Risks Arising From ChatGPT and Other Generative AI Software

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Recent breakthroughs in generative artificial intelligence (AI) have captured significant media attention. Developers argue that the technology, which learns from data to produce new text, visual, or audio content based on a...more

King & Spalding

Emerging Themes Relating to the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace

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Companies are increasingly exploring the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision-making technologies to manage human capital, including for recruitment, hiring and performance purposes. Vendors offer...more

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EEOC revises COVID-19 guidance following end of public health emergency

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The Public Health Emergency that was the COVID-19 pandemic came to an end on May 11, 2023.  Four days later, the EEOC updated its COVID-19 Technical Assistance for about the twentieth time....more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Biometrics and AI in the Workplace: Boon or Bane?

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Technology has brought efficiency into the workplace, but not without legal risk. Employers are increasingly tasking technology to assist with human resource functions, security, and workplace monitoring, all of which can...more

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Employer Provided Travel Benefits in Response to Dobbs and State Prohibitions on Abortion

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The implications of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade’s constitutional right to abortion have had sweeping implications that affect...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

CMS’ COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: What Health Care Providers Need to Know

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Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published their much-anticipated rules mandating COVID-19 vaccinations. ...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

EEOC Issues Updated Guidance On Religious Objections to Workplace COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Yesterday, October 25, 2021, the EEOC updated and expanded its Technical Assistance related to the COVID-19 pandemic, adding a section addressing religious objections to employer COVID-19 vaccine...more

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An Employee Has Requested A Religious Exemption To The Company Vaccine Mandate—What Now?

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For those in the Sacramento area, you may have seen large “Destiny” signs overhanging State Route 65 north of Interstate 80. A news story last month suggested that this church is the place to go for COVID-19 vaccine exemption...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

COVID-19 Vaccines: Can Your Employee Purchase Evidence Of A Sincerely Held Religious Belief On The Internet?

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Title VII requires an employer to provide a reasonable accommodation for an employee whose sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance conflicts with a work requirement, unless providing the accommodation would...more

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Flattening the Curve: Are Vaccination Mandates a Viable Strategy for Hospitals?

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines hold promise to control the pandemic and help restore normal social and economic life, even as variant threats loom. ...more

Woods Rogers

Can Employers Follow CDC’s “Vaccination or Mask” Rule?

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Employers subject to state-level COVID-19 workplace safety standards are wondering what the CDC’s recent “vax or mask” rule means for them. Virginia, for example, is one of a handful of states with a state-level workplace...more

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