Following up on the Trump Administration’s series of executive orders and statements regarding diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEI or DEIA) programs, on February 5, 2025, both the Office of Personnel...more
2/11/2025
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employee Rights ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) ,
Trump Administration
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
1/22/2025
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Civil Rights Act ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Identity ,
Popular ,
Race Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Title VII
More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the face of all sorts of uncertainty amid multiple new variants and waves of infection, employers could at least be confident of one thing – it is generally okay to...more
7/15/2022
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
EEO ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
New Guidance ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Title VII ,
Virus Testing
Readers will recall that in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the EEOC published a plethora of responses and updates to frequently asked COVID-19 questions. As the months went by, the pace of EEOC updates slowed, and...more
6/1/2021
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Disability ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
GINA ,
Incentives ,
New Guidance ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Exemption ,
Title VII ,
Vaccinations
On March 27, 2020, the EEOC conducted a webinar that answered some of employers’ most frequently asked questions about compliance with public health directives and federal Equal Employment Opportunity Laws during the COVID-19...more
3/31/2020
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Best Practices ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
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Health and Safety ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Public Health ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Risk Management ,
Workplace Safety
First, the good news: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has provided notice that it won’t renew the requirement that covered employers provide “Component 2” pay data as part of their annual EEO-1 reporting...more
As we recently reported, federal Judge Tanya Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently ordered the EEOC to move forward with stalled Obama-era requirements that employers who are required to...more
The long and contentious presidential campaign is over. So, now what? What does President-elect Trump’s victory mean for employers?...more
11/16/2016
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Affirmative Action ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
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Federal Funding ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Regulations ,
Mike Pence ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Presidential Elections ,
Right to Work ,
State and Local Government ,
Trump Administration ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblowers ,
White-Collar Exemptions
What if it looks like someone may need a religious accommodation, but the individual never asks? Does the company still have a duty to accommodate? In a much awaited opinion, the Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision, determined...more
6/11/2015
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Appearance Policy ,
Dress Codes ,
Duty to Accommodate ,
EEOC v Abercrombie ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Religious Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Title VII