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EEOC Commissioner Andrea Lucas Discusses Workplace DEI

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Jackson Lewis Principal and Board Member Tanya Bovée interviewed U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Commissioner Andrea Lucas at Jackson Lewis’ Workplace Horizons conference in Las Vegas on April 17, 2024. ...more

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Florida Attorney General Investigating Starbucks’ DEI Practices

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Florida’s top legal officer said the state will investigate Starbucks for its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody claims Starbucks’ DEI initiatives that are meant to...more

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What do recent lawsuits in the wake of Supreme Court decisions on Affirmative Action mean for your disclosures and DEI programs?

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A flurry of recent lawsuits in the wake of the Supreme Court’s June decision on affirmative action have further muddied the waters for public companies trying to thread their way through competing interests....more

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Littler Lightbulb – May Employment Appellate Roundup

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This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal in the last month....more

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Court rules employee’s termination not in retaliation for repeated complaints

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In a recent case in federal court in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Carissa Nealis, a white woman and account executive for CoxCom, LLC, made a retaliation claim based on her reports of a coworker being treated unfairly....more

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Is “Reverse Discrimination” Still A Thing?

A recent study in Australia sought to determine whether “de-identifying” applications – removing any information relating to race and gender – would eliminate the effects of implicit or unconscious bias and “help promote...more

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Court finds Onionhead a religion in reverse religious discrimination case

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Many of you who read the headline about “Onionhead” being considered a religion in the context of a discrimination case may have guffawed or shaken your head in disbelief. The 102-page opinion by U.S. District Court Judge...more

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Company Practices "Onionhead" – Employees Cry Reverse Religious Discrimination

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A New York federal court recently sided with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) as to whether a company’s internal conflict-resolution program was religious in nature. Because the program—called...more

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Seventh Circuit Allows Reverse Racism Claims To Proceed Against Contractor

Earlier this week, the Seventh Circuit allowed a Caucasian construction worker to take his reverse racism claims to trial because there were factual disputes about the reason for his termination. The plaintiff, Terry...more

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What’s Your Workplace Retaliation IQ?

It’s been a while since we’ve had an employment law quiz, so let’s do it! This one is on retaliation. As always, the answers will be provided after each question — you have our “no-pressure” guarantee....more

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