The EEOC has recently issued new guidance signaling a marked shift in its enforcement priorities: a heightened focus on “diversity, equity, and inclusion-related discrimination.” While the foundational legal framework of...more
3/31/2025
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Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employee Rights ,
Employee Training ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Harassment ,
Retaliation ,
Reverse Discrimination ,
Title VII
President Trump was sworn in for a second term the morning of January 20th, and he spent the rest of that day setting a record for the most ever Day 1 executive actions (i.e., Executive Orders, Proclamations, pardons, etc.). ...more
On January 14, 2025, just six days before the transition from the Biden Administration to the second Trump Administration, OSHA closed the books on collecting public comments on the agency’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...more
1/20/2025
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Comment Period ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employees ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Final Rules ,
Heat Exposure ,
NEP ,
NPRM ,
OSHA ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Public Hearing ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Trump Administration ,
Workplace Safety
Although this is the OSHA webinar series, in this webinar, we’ll be analyzing the intersection of EPA’s new Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) chemical exposure limits and OSHA enforcement of workplace chemical exposure....more
3/27/2024
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Citations ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
General Duty Clause ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
Occupational Exposure ,
OSH Act ,
OSHA ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Toxic Exposure ,
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ,
Webinars ,
Workplace Hazards ,
Workplace Safety
By Darius Rohani-Shukla and Eric J. Conn In late January 2024, the Department of Labor released its annual report summarizing the Solicitor of Labor’s (SOL) enforcement work in FY 2023. SOL enforces more than 180 federal...more
2/20/2024
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Misclassification ,
Retaliation ,
Solicitor of Labor ,
Wage and Hour