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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

Trump Revokes Executive Order 11246 Requiring Affirmative Action

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP on 1/23/2025

On January 21, 2025, President Trump revoked Executive Order 11246, which has been in place since 1965. EO 11246 prohibited federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual...more

Breaking: President Trump Rescinds Executive Order 11246

Proskauer - Government Contractor Compliance... on 1/23/2025

On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued a broad executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the “Order”), which among other things, rescinds Executive Order (“EO”) 11246....more

New Study Shows AI Resume Screeners Prefer White Male Candidates: Your 5-Step Blueprint to Prevent AI Discrimination in Hiring

Fisher Phillips on 11/12/2024

A new study reveals that popular AI-based resume screening tools often favor White and male candidates, showing that resumes tied to White-associated names were preferred 85% of the time. The University of Washington...more

Financial Daily Dose 2.4.2020 | Top Story: Tesla Stock Hits New Highs on Reports From Battery Partners

Robins Kaplan LLP on 2/4/2020

It’s all coming up Elon these days for Tesla and its stock. “Positive developments” from the electric carmaker’s battery suppliers helped goose shares even higher, ending the day at $780/share—a nearly 20% gain since Friday....more

Is Artificial Intelligence Sexist and Racist?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/26/2019

Last year, Amazon scrapped its machine-learning algorithm because it discovered it had a major problem—the artificial intelligence didn’t like women. The machine-based learning tool was designed to analyze resumes and compare...more

Recent EEOC Settlements A Reminder That Employers Face Substantial Liability If Pre-Employment Exams Are Not Job-Related

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 10/8/2015

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been very aggressive in challenging pre-employment exams. Employers utilize an array of pre-employment exams to assess an employee/applicant’s physical fitness,...more

EEOC takes aim at Target for discriminatory pre-employment tests

McAfee & Taft on 8/27/2015

The EEOC recently announced its $2.8 million settlement with Target Corp. of discrimination claims arising out of the use of employment tests in the hiring process. Discriminatory pre-employment tests like the ones at issue...more

A U.S. Employer’s Guide to Basic UK Employment and Immigration Laws

Troutman Pepper Locke on 7/28/2015

UK employment law is constantly developing and it has been challenging for employers to keep up with the changes in recent years. All employers in the UK, no matter how big or small, are required to comply with these laws or...more

Employment Law 101: Sex Discrimination

Gray Reed on 4/22/2015

Who does it apply to: The law applies to all employers with 15 or more employees. What is the issue: Title VII was passed in the 1960s to protect against discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national...more

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