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France Releases an Amended Draft Law to Implement the Pay Transparency Directive

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Although France has missed the June 7, 2026 deadline for transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive into national law, the government recently released a revised draft of such a law. Below are the key features of the draft...more

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EEOC Adopts New National Enforcement Plan, Signaling Shift in Civil Rights Priorities

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Key Takeaways: On June 4, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”) approved a new National Enforcement Plan (NEP) for fiscal years 2025–2029, replacing the Biden-era 2024–2028 Strategic...more

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A Sliding Door to the Future of Healthcare Enforcement: Will We Soon See DEI-Based False Claims Act Settlements in Healthcare?

The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) first False Claims Act (FCA) settlement under its new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative offers key insight for federal contractors, federal funding recipients and healthcare providers. Under...more

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EEOC Reinvents Itself With a New Enforcement Plan for the Trump Administration

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On June 4, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Andrea R. Lucas signed the National Enforcement Plan for Fiscal Years 2025-2029 (the NEP), formally replacing the Biden-era Strategic Enforcement Plan for Fiscal...more

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Why Have We Accepted that a College Can’t Expel a Student Post-Graduation?

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Every four years, post-election, many Americans come together to agree that the Electoral College is antiquated and dysfunctional. The losing side moans and groans and demands change, and then forgets about it for the next...more

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SBA Proposes Rollback of Social Disadvantage Presumption in 8(a) Program

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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on June 11, 2026, will publish in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to roll back the agency's presumption of social disadvantage for individually owned...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Louisiana v. Callais, the California Voting Rights Act, and SB 1164: The State of the Law

The U.S. Supreme Court’s April 29, 2026 decision in Louisiana v. Callais raises significant questions about the ongoing constitutionality of the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA). In Callais, the Supreme Court struck down a...more

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New EEOC Enforcement Plan Immediately Reshapes Employer Compliance Risks

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On June 4, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a new National Enforcement Plan (NEP), effective immediately, replacing the Biden-era Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP). The NEP realigns federal...more

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EEOC Revises National Enforcement Plan

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BLOG OVERVIEW: On June 4, 2026, EEOC adopted a new National Enforcement Plan (NEP) for Fiscal Years 2025–2029, replacing the prior FY2024–2028 Strategic Enforcement Plan and marking one of the most significant shifts in...more

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

The Workers’ Compensation - ADA Overlap: Common Employer Pitfalls and Best Practices

On our May 28, 2026, Employment Law Webinar, HSB’s Matt Blake discussed one of the more nuanced intersections in employment law: the relationship between state workers' compensation systems and the Americans with Disabilities...more

Bricker Graydon Wyatt LLP

[Ongoing Program] ODHE Title IX Writing Series - Best Practices for Writing Title IX Decisions - June 24th, 9:30 am - 11:30 am ET

This series will cover best practices for writing investigation reports and decisions in Title IX cases that comply with current regulatory requirements. Each training will take place across two days. The initial sessions...more

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SCOTUS to Decide Whether Employees Can Sue Schools for Sex Discrimination Under Title IX: What It Means for Your Institution

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Can an employee sue a federally funded school for sex discrimination in the workplace under Title IX? The Supreme Court has agreed to tackle this question next term, and its answer may have huge implications for higher...more

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Agencies Step Up DEI Scrutiny, DOL Clarifies Overtime Rules, and California Court Limits PAGA Claims - Employment Law This Week®

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What employers should know about key developments this week: • Two Federal Agencies Target DEI: The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is urging its employees to file whistleblower complaints and report diversity, equity, and...more

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DOJ Announces $18.5 Million Back-Pay Distribution to Highlight Protecting US Workers Enforcement Initiative

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The Department of Justice recently highlighted an $18.25 million back-pay distribution to resolve claims that a large tech company’s hiring and recruitment practices deterred U.S. workers from applying to positions. The...more

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EEOC Issues New National Enforcement Plan: A Roadmap for Employers

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On June 4, 2026, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a National Enforcement Plan (NEP) which covers fiscal years 2025 - 2029. At the same time the agency rescinded the Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP)...more

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Implications of EEOC’s ‘National Enforcement Plan’ for Employers

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The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published on June 4, 2026 a National Enforcement Plan for fiscal years 2025–2029. The new plan rescinds the EEOC’s previously adopted Strategic Enforcement Plan for fiscal...more

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Annual Report on EEOC Developments – Fiscal Year 2025

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This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2025 (hereafter “Report”), our fifteenth annual publication, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC” or “the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Connecticut Joins the AI Regulation Movement: What Employers Need to Know

Artificial intelligence has steadily moved into a front-line decision-making role in the workplace. Connecticut’s newly enacted AI law reflects that and makes clear that, when technology influences employment decisions,...more

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Dissatisfaction Is Not Discrimination: Fourth Circuit Affirms Employer Discretion Over Reasonable Accommodations

In a significant decision for employers navigating disability accommodation obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Redding v. Noem, No. 24-1141 (March...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Latest from the EEOC: A Review of the EEOC’s Priorities

Upon her appointment as Acting Chair of the EEOC in January of last year, a position that has since been elevated to Chair, Andrea R. Lucas said: In recent years, this agency has remained silent in the face of multiple...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

A Review of the 2026 Legislative Session: New Employment Laws Impacting Virginia Employers

The 2026 Virginia General Assembly session again resulted in numerous pieces of employment legislation being enacted that will impact Virginia employers. Covering a wide variety of topics ranging from restrictive covenants,...more

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California’s Equal Pay Act: A Decade of Changes Make it Easy for Plaintiffs to Sue

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The 2026 changes to the Equal Pay Act double available damages and expand the scope of compensation at issue in such a claim, as detailed in our prior update. Now that employers are no longer busy with annual evaluations,...more

McGuireWoods LLP

How Federally Funded Organizations Should Prepare for OMB Proposed Overhaul of Grants Oversight, DEI Bans, Easier Terminations

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On May 29, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), joined by more than 40 federal agencies, published a sweeping proposed rule that would revise the government-wide Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost...more

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PA Middle District Dismisses Claims Against School District and its Superintendent, Principal, Special Education Director, and...

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X.B. by & through C.B. v. Mazzeo, No. 3:25CV756, 2026 WL 917511, at *1 (M.D. Pa. Mar. 31, 2026) - A five-year-old special education student was enrolled in the Wyoming Valley West School District and attended the State Street...more

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EEOC Releases New National Enforcement Plan

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On June 4, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released its “National Enforcement Plan Fiscal Years 2025-2029” (“NEP”). The NEP rescinds the agency’s former “Strategic Enforcement Plan Fiscal Years...more

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