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[Webinar] Federal Contractor Compliance Update 2026: Changing EEO Regulations & Enforcement - April 22nd, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

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Federal contractors and subcontractors have faced a year of changing expectations, making compliance with affirmative action and equal employment opportunity laws challenging and unpredictable. From the recission of Executive...more

Ius Laboris

Job Ads: What Works and Doesn’t in LATAM Countries

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Every year, the month of March brings global attention to equality, inclusion and the fight against discrimination. It offers an opportunity to examine how organisations can reduce risk and promote fairness across the...more

Wiley Rein LLP

April 1, 2026 FCC EEO Deadlines for Stations in IN, KY, TN, TX, DE, and PA

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Annual EEO Public File Report - Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, Delaware, and Pennsylvania with five or more full-time employees must prepare by...more

Lerman Senter PLLC

FCC Issues Guidance on Talk Show Compliance with Equal Opportunities Rules

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The FCC has issued a Public Notice providing guidance that partially upends a longstanding interpretation of the requirement that broadcasters provide equal opportunities to opposing political candidates....more

A&O Shearman

Employment Rights Act 2025: Family-Friendly Rights And Equality

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This is the second in our series of Employment Rights Act 2025 reference tables. This instalment covers the key changes to equality law and family-friendly rights. As you will see in UK Employment Rights Act 2025:...more

Wiley Rein LLP

FCC Equal Opportunities Rule May Apply to Talk Shows, Media Bureau Says in Guidance to Broadcasters

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On January 21, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission’s Media Bureau issued a Public Notice warning television broadcasters that news interviews with political candidates conducted “on a program that is motivated by...more

Miller Canfield

Sixth Circuit Holds Interest & Ability Required to Add Teams, Signals Title IX Athletics Regs Outdated

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Title IX requires schools receiving federal financial assistance to “provide equal athletic opportunity for members of both sexes.” But can Title IX plaintiffs force a university to create Division I varsity teams based...more

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter

Targeting Candidate Appearances Outside Newscasts, FCC Eliminates Political Equal Opportunities Safe Harbors

In a not all that surprising development for those who monitor Chairman Carr’s pronouncements, the FCC’s Media Bureau today released a “Guidance on Political Equal Opportunities Requirement for Broadcast Television Stations”...more

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter

Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alaska, American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, the Mariana Islands,...

October 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Alaska, American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, the Mariana Islands, Missouri, Oregon, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Washington to place...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Resolución 3461 de 2025: Colombia refuerza Comités de Convivencia Laboral

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El Ministerio del Trabajo de Colombia el 1 de septiembre de 2025, expidió la Resolución 3461 de 2025, mediante la cual derogó las Resoluciones 652 y 1356 de 2012 y estableció un nuevo marco normativo para la conformación y...more

Fisher Phillips

Court Blocks University From Cutting Women’s Sports Programs: What Your School Needs to Know

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In the wake of the groundbreaking settlement establishing a new revenue-sharing system with student-athletes, a federal court in Texas just blocked a university from cutting women’s beach volleyball, golf, and bowling teams...more

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Businesses with Employees in India Should be Aware of Court Rulings Against Preferential Hiring Based on Residency: Key Takeaways

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Two courts in India recently struck down laws seeking to establish preferential hiring based on residency. These decisions invalidated acts passed by two Indian states that required private businesses to fill a percentage of...more

DCI Consulting

[Webinar] Using Science to Address Merit, Equity, & Compliance in Employee Selection & Pay - May 14th, 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT

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Recently, there has been an intense focus on how employers approach employment decisions such as recruitment, hiring, promotions, and pay. Long-standing practices have been challenged in court, through executive actions, and...more

DCI Consulting

[Webinar] State Affirmative Action Requirements After Executive Order 14173 - April 16th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

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Many employers have been left unsure of their affirmative action and equal employment opportunity compliance requirements after the revocation of Executive Order 11246. However, one thing remains certain: new and existing...more

Fisher Phillips

Trump’s OFCCP Pick Vows to Combat Illegal DEI By Reviewing Prior Affirmative Action Plans: Here’s What Federal Contractors Need to...

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Federal contractors have been grappling with big changes from the new administration – and you’ll want to pay close attention as new leadership takes shape at the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). On...more

Carlton Fields

Portions of DEI Executive Orders Blocked by Federal Judge

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President Trump’s executive orders have spurred a slew of litigation, including a lawsuit challenging two orders that focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices in the federal government and federally funded...more

Bowditch & Dewey

NLRB Shakeup – General Counsel Scraps Dozens of Biden-Era Policy Memoranda

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On February 14, 2025, the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) issued General Counsel Memorandum 25-05 (“GC 25-05”), which rescinded dozens of previously issued memoranda and...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Court Enjoins Bulk of President Trump’s DEI Executive Order, Democratic State AGs Offer Guidance on ‘Lawful’ Practices

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Reverberations from the Trump administration’s recent executive order (EO) denouncing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices intensified Friday when a federal judge in Baltimore issued a nationwide preliminary...more

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States Take Stand Against Trump’s Anti-DEI Actions: What Employers Need to Know

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Sixteen Democratic state attorneys general just issued joint guidance reaffirming their position that workplace diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) initiatives remain legal – and important to the modern workplace. The February...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

New DOJ Memos Target Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Practices Under Attorney General Pamela Bondi

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Pamela Bondi, the newly sworn in Attorney General at the Department of Justice (DOJ), issued a flurry of memos and directives in her first 24 hours on the job. Building on President Trump’s executive orders related to...more

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New DOJ Directives Target Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Practices Under Attorney General Pamela Bondi

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Pamela Bondi, the newly sworn in Attorney General at the Department of Justice (DOJ), issued a flurry of memos and directives in her first 24 hours on the job. Building on President Trump’s executive orders related to...more

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How Employers Will Be Impacted by President Trump's Executive Order Revoking Long-standing Affirmative Action Obligations of...

On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order titled "Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity" (Order). The Order revoked several previous Executive Orders, including...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Trump Administration Issues Executive Orders Rolling Back DEI and Affirmative Action Requirements For Federal Contractors

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The Trump Administration has wasted no time making waves in the employment world immediately rolling back years-old federal diversity and affirmative action programs for federal contractors and executive agencies, and...more

DLA Piper

President Trump Revokes Federal DEI, DEIA, and Affirmative Action Executive Orders

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On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” which impacts the use of “dangerous, demeaning, and immoral race- and...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Staying Title IX-Compliant: OCR Finally Provides Schools with Guidance on Student-Athlete NIL

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How to engage in name, image, and likeness activities (NIL) without running afoul of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a question colleges and universities have wrestled with since the NCAA first permitted the...more

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