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HHS Office for Civil Rights Director Melanie Fontes Rainer on Progress and News at OCR
In That Case: Department of State v. Muñoz
What Does Pride Mean at Work Today?
Righting a Wrong: Putting an End to a Discriminatory Hair Test
#WorkforceWednesday® - Key SCOTUS Decisions This Term for Employers - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday: SCOTUS Expands Title VII, EEOC’s Final PWFA Rule, AI Screening Tools - Employment Law This Week®
DE Under 3: EEOC Consent Decree Illustrated Enforcement Stance Regarding Natural Hair Texture & Race Discrimination
#WorkforceWednesday: New DOL Rules, U.S. Government Changes Race and Ethnicity Categorization - Employment Law This Week®
Ad Law Tool Kit Show – Episode 10 – Website Accessibility
#WorkforceWednesday: How Can Employers Prepare for the Future of Pay Equity? - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday: The Ripple Effect of the Supreme Court’s SFFA Ruling for Diversity in the Workplace - Employment Law This Week®
Employment Law Now VII-134-Panel Discussion on Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Ruling and the Impact on Employer DEI Programs
#WorkforceWednesday: NLRB Issues Stericycle Decision, EEOC Proposes Pregnant Worker Rule, EEOC Settles First AI Anti-Discrimination Suit - Employment Law This Week®
DE Under 3: Title VII Actionable Adverse Employment Actions Not Limited to Only “Ultimate” Employment Decisions
The Burr Broadcast Aug. 2023: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Supreme Court Miniseries: Religious Accommodation at Work
ESG, DEI and Compliance
Karl Lott Highlights the Beauty of Diversity and the Challenges the LGBTQ Community Faces
#WorkforceWednesday: SCOTUS Introduces Heightened Standard for Religious Accommodation, Rules Against Affirmative Action, Protects “Expressive” Services - Employment Law This Week®
Social media posts made by a coworker off-hours and off-site may still support a Title VII claim against an employer, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court has ruled. Lindsay Okonowsky was a staff psychologist at the Bureau of...more
Can a single incident of racial discrimination be sufficient to support a claim of Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) violations? Yes, the California Supreme Court has ruled unanimously....more
In recent weeks, the EEOC has filed a number of lawsuits on behalf of individuals, alleging a range of employment claims. Here, we provide a brief overview of those lawsuits and the issues that may be on the EEOC’s mind....more
A new duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent the sexual harassment of their employees takes effect on 26 October 2024. The Current Rules - While an employer can be vicariously liable for harassment...more
The Development: On September 16, 2024, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois ("NDIL") announced its six-month Individual Self-Disclosure Pilot Program for Organizational Misconduct ("Pilot...more
San Diego County recently passed its own Fair Chance Ordinance which takes effect on October 10, 2024. The ordinance applies to businesses operating in the unincorporated areas of San Diego County. Similar to the Los Angeles...more
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a perspective today on a key federal directive titled, “Twenty Years of the EEOC’s Management Directive 715.”...more
AI in hiring: About 80% of U.S. and almost all Fortune 500 companies use AI-powered hiring software. AI may be used to target online advertising for job opportunities and to match candidates to jobs on employment platforms...more
Saying that reverse redlining is a form of discrimination, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas has refused to dismiss a discrimination case alleging that Texas developer Colony Ridge specifically...more
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Federal Suit Charges Staffing Agency Failed to Honor Agreement Concerning National Origin Discrimination - LONGVIEW, Wash. – Total Employment and Management (TEAM), a staffing agency based in Moses Lake, Washington,...more
On September 10, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed the first-ever lawsuit under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). The EEOC filed suit in the Western District of Kentucky claiming Wabash...more
The US Department of Labor's (DOL) Office of Disability Employment Policy announced the publication of the AI & Inclusive Hiring Framework. The framework, published by the Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology...more
On September 29, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) No. 2499, a measure that provides leave protections for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or other crimes, as...more
The Fearless Foundation has agreed to shut down its grant program for Black women business owners, settling a lawsuit that has been closely watched by nonprofit grant makers....more
The deluge of candidate introduction postcards and special interest group mailers urging us to vote “Yes!” or “No!” on particular issues that flood our mailboxes daily reminds us that election season is just around the...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: A recent decision holding that web-only businesses cannot be sued over the accessibility of their website under the ADA is the first of its kind in the Southern District of New York and may cause...more
Two major trends are simultaneously unfolding on college and university campuses around the country. One, growing numbers of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are being accepted into higher education. Two, colleges...more
Governor Newsom recently signed two significant bills focused on protecting digital likeness rights: Assembly Bill (AB)1836 and Assembly Bill (AB) 2602. These legislative measures aim to address the complex issues surrounding...more
On September 24, 2024, the Pittsburgh City Council passed a new ordinance prohibiting discrimination against an individual’s status as a medical marijuana patient. Mayor Ed Gainey signed the ordinance the same day, making it...more
Professionalism, Proficiency, and Confidence In the Title IX field, federal regulations tend to drive the training discussion. They should not. In conversations on the ATIXA member listserv, we frequently encounter questions...more
Le 19 juillet 2024, la Cour suprême du Canada (la « CSC ») a rendu un arrêt dans l’affaire Canada (Procureur général) c. Power (l’« affaire Power ») portant sur la possibilité de réclamer des dommages-intérêts contre l’État...more
In April 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized revised regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The new, final Section 1557 regulations (2024...more
Last week, California Governor Gavin Newsome signed two bills into law that affect California employers' discretion with regard to employees and applicants for employment. The first law seeks to prohibit so-called "captive...more
This spring, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a press release that its Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) would be published in the Code of Federal Regulations in April and become effective in...more
