Don't expect the EEOC to appeal.
In April 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace. The Enforcement Guidance addressed, among other things, harassment...more
5/23/2025
/ Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Guidance ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Gender Identity ,
LGBTQ ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
Trump Administration ,
Trump v Wilcox
TL;DR: Some big changes.
On Tuesday, the Trump Administration nominated Brittany Bull Panuccio to the spot on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that has been vacant since Keith Sonderling’s term expired last...more
5/9/2025
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Corporate Counsel ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Gender Identity ,
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ,
Quorum ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Title IX ,
Trump Administration
Is the media buzz accurate?
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump issued a new executive order, "Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy." The buzz is that the President has wiped out disparate impact...more
Then again, you might.
Jocelyn Samuels was initially appointed to be a Commissioner on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by President Trump, and then she was reappointed by President Biden. Not long after...more
The Board has a quorum again . . . for now.
In one of his first acts after taking office, President Trump fired Gwynne Wilcox, a Democratic member of the National Labor Relations Board and former Chairman....more
I reported a few weeks ago that President Trump fired two Democratic Commissioners of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (former Chair Charlotte Burrows and Jocelyn Samuels). He appointed Commissioner Andrea Lucas...more
2/21/2025
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Discrimination ,
Employee Rights ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
LGBTQ ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
Trump Administration
Everything's enjoined! Almost.
It's been a tough week for President Trump, but he doesn't seem to be letting the bad news get him down.
To avoid ruining the Valentine's Day mood, I'll keep this week's update...more
2/14/2025
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Employee Benefits ,
Employee Rights ,
Employment Policies ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Employees ,
Final Rules ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Reform ,
Nominations ,
Presidential Nominations ,
TRO ,
Trump Administration ,
Unions
Resistance is building. In his third week in office, President Trump is beginning to meet with resistance to some of his initiatives. Here is the latest.
Court blocks voluntary separation program -- at least, until Monday....more
2/7/2025
/ Citizenship ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Employees ,
Hiring & Firing ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour
I've been asking this a lot lately.
President Trump’s first week of his second term in office was action-packed, as I posted last week. If you thought things would slow down for Week 2, you were mistaken.
You may remember...more
1/31/2025
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Employees ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Military Service Members ,
NLRA ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Reinstatement ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration ,
Vaccinations ,
Wage and Hour
Whoa, Nelly! It's a stampede!
After President Trump took office on Monday, he lost no time in undoing as much as he could from not only the Biden Administration, but also going all the way back to the days of President...more
1/24/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Citizenship ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Donald Trump ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Immigration Reform ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRB ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Reverse Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration
As we welcome 2025, here are 10 must-read Constangy bulletins and blog posts from 2024, highlighting insights that guided our readers through important legal developments, workplace issues, and the challenges in cybersecurity...more
1/9/2025
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Bias ,
Breach Notification Rule ,
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Green Cards ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Minimum Salary ,
NFL ,
NLRB ,
O-1 Aliens of Extraordinary Ability ,
Race Discrimination ,
Racial Bias ,
Retaliation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SolarWinds ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
The times, they are a'changin'. Wasn't it nice of me to give you a week and a half off to recover from the election? I hope everyone is safe and strong again, and ready to talk about what employers can expect from President...more
And that's not all!
Nail in the coffin for Trump Order on "divisive" training. In January, President Biden signed an Executive Order that revoked Trump Executive Order 13950. As Cara Crotty has written, the Trump E.O....more
3/5/2021
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Delays ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Diversity ,
Employee Training ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Independent Contractors ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Inspector General ,
Joe Biden ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Occupational Exposure ,
OIG ,
OSHA ,
Subcontractors ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour
Vaccines, unemployment, and more!
I had a COVID return-to-work quiz back in May, but a lot has changed since then, so I thought it might be fun to do an updated version. So . . .
How much do you know about COVID in the...more
2/26/2021
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Biden Administration ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Documentation ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Incentives ,
Layoffs ,
Masks ,
Quarantine ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Exemption ,
Social Distancing ,
Trump Administration ,
Unemployment ,
Vaccinations ,
Virus Testing ,
Workplace Safety
He's not letting the grass grow under his feet.
NOTE FROM ROBIN: When President Trump took office in 2016, I had a series of "Trumpdates," in which I provided regular updates on appointments and other actions he was taking...more
Predictions from our attorneys in the practice areas that affect employers.
NOTE FROM ROBIN: The following went out as a legal bulletin on Thursday. I'm reproducing it here for those of you who do not subscribe to our...more
12/18/2020
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Biden Administration ,
Compliance ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Electoral College ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
H-1B ,
Immigration ,
Multistate Employers ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
OSHA ,
Presidential Elections ,
Race Discrimination ,
Religious Exemption ,
Sexual Stereotyping ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) ,
Wage and Hour
Sworn in by Justice Clarence Thomas.
The U.S. Supreme Court is back to full strength now. Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed by the Senate last night and sworn in by Justice Thomas at a White House ceremony held shortly...more
Looks like she'll make it!
The U.S. Senate will hold its confirmation vote on Judge Amy Coney Barrett next Thursday, October 22.
Judge Barrett, currently serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, was...more
Where do the SCOTUS front-runners stand?
We'll know for sure tomorrow evening when President Trump announces his pick, but word on the street is that the two front-runners for the Supreme Court seat held by the late Justice...more
The case is now moot, says the D.C. Circuit.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has dismissed as moot the appeal of the government in the case of National Women's Law Center v. Office of...more
But no word on when the votes will take place.
The five-member Equal Employment Opportunity Commission currently has two vacancies, with a third on the way as the term of Victoria Lipnic (R) expires. Ms. Lipnic has...more
Some are old, and some are new. Some are "red," and some are "blue."
President Trump has announced his nominations for three seats on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and two seats on the National Labor...more
A bit of impeachment/employment law trivia.
The famous (or infamous, depending on your leanings or whether you are the First Lady) Pamela Karlan, the Stanford Law professor who testified in favor of impeachment of...more
On a party-line vote.
Yesterday afternoon, the Senate confirmed Eugene Scalia as the new Secretary of Labor, replacing Alexander Acosta, who resigned in July because of his role in a Jeffrey Epstein federal plea deal....more
He's a talented guy. He hardly said a thing.
The confirmation hearing for President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Labor, Eugene Scalia, took place yesterday.
The nominee did a good job -- I'm not sure he answered a...more