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Fisher Phillips

Employer FAQs on the New and Expansive Anti-Discrimination Rules in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh County

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Employers with operations in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, must comply with a new and expansive anti-discrimination ordinance that took effect June 1. Our FP attorneys developed this series of FAQs to address all employment...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

[Hybrid Event] Employment & Employee Benefits Seminar - February 7th, Durham, NC

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Join us in person or virtually on Wednesday, February 7 for an All-Day Employment and Employee Benefits Seminar. You’ll hear from Poyner Spruill attorneys about trending topics in employment and employee benefits. We aim to...more

Perkins Coie

Seattle Enacts First Caste-Based Discrimination Ban

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The Seattle City Council became the first U.S. jurisdiction to identify caste as a protected class under its Human Rights Code on February 21, 2023, when it passed CB 120511, “An Ordinance Relating to Human Rights; Including...more

DCI Consulting

[Webinar] Expert Summit for Employment Attorneys: Measuring Disparities in Employment: A Primer on EEO Statistics - February 2nd,...

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Although statistical analyses are commonly used to determine disparities in such employment decisions as hiring and compensation, they can be difficult to comprehend. In this session, we will explain the basic principles of...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Developments in Employee Screening for Real Estate Industry

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The real estate industry, and the people employed in it, build and maintain communities driving domestic growth. Naturally, employers in the real estate world want to know their employees are reliable and trustworthy. ...more

Littler

The Netherlands: Monitoring Discrimination When Recruiting and Selecting Employees

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Equal opportunity in the job market is not yet a given for everyone in the Netherlands; discrimination when recruiting and selecting new employees still occurs. The bill to oversee equal opportunities for recruitment and...more

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D.C. Circuit Holds Title VII Does NOT Require a Showing of Tangible Harm

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Executive Summary: On June 3, 2022, an en banc panel (meaning all of the judges on the court participated) of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a landmark decision holding that Title VII does not require...more

Wiley Rein LLP

December 1, 2021 FCC EEO Deadlines for Stations in AL, GA, CO, MN, MT, ND, SD, CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT: Wiley

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Annual EEO Public File Report Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in Alabama, Georgia, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

Fourth Circuit Issues Decision Favorable to Employer on ADA Accommodation

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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) generally prohibits covered employers from discriminating against employees or applicants on the basis of disability. One form of such discrimination is failing to provide reasonable...more

Perkins Coie

What Employers Don’t Know Can Hurt Them: Assessing EPOA Risk

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Since July 2018, Washington businesses have been operating under Washington’s Equal Pay and Opportunities Act (EPOA). The EPOA, which significantly expanded the state’s 1943 Equal Pay Act, is one of the most stringent equal...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

What is a Disability Under the Americans With Disabilities Act

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The Americans with Disabilities Act (the “ADA”) seeks to eliminate unwarranted discrimination against disabled individuals in order to guarantee those individuals equal opportunities and to provide the United States with the...more

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EEOC Sues LTI Services for Sex Discrimination 

Staffing Agency Refused to Hire Qualified Female Applicants as Receiving Associates, Federal Agency Charges - INDIANAPOLIS - LTI Services, LLC, a staffing agency which serves the northern Indiana and Chicago areas, violated...more

DirectEmployers Association

[Webinar] How Do We “Train” Staff on Affirmative Action? - February 26th, 2:00 pm ET

Your affirmative action plan (AAP) is a living document and roadmap to help drive your company's effective outreach and recruitment efforts, and ultimately, create a culture of diversity and inclusion within your workforce....more

DirectEmployers Association

Is your Career Site OFCCP Compliant?

Does anyone remember the days of walking into a Human Resource (HR) office and asking to fill out an application? The lovely HR person peeled off the top sheet of a pad of applications, handed you a clipboard, and directed...more

DirectEmployers Association

DE Talk: Understanding Web Accessibility for Compliance & Recruitment

Many organizations are working hard to create an inviting culture for individuals with disabilities, but sometimes fall short when it comes to the application process. In this episode, Jennifer Polcer, DirectEmployers VP of...more

Dentons

High Speed Hiring: The Importance of Anti-Discrimination Practices in Online Employment Advertising

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There are currently more than 1 billion websites accessible to the world by just the click of a mouse or the swipe of a phone screen. The Internet has become a major part of more than 3 billion active users everyday lives,...more

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OFCCP Submits Final Sex Discrimination Regulations to OMB for Review and Approval

Earlier this year, we reported that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) issued a proposed rule to revise and replace the sex discrimination guidance it issued in 1970 and clarify federal contractors’...more

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DAP Products Sued By EEOC For Disability Discrimination

Construction Products Manufacturer Fired Capable Worker Because of Cancer, Federal Agency Charged - DALLAS - DAP Products, Inc., a Dallas-based business and a leading manufacturer of home repair and construction...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Closing a Facility? Don’t Create Human Capital Problems

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In recent years, manufacturers have closed facilities, corporate offices, warehouses, and production plants, for a variety of reasons. All too often, manufacturers overlook important legal requirements or planning steps,...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

MVPD Annual EEO Program Reports and SIS Responses Due Sept. 30, 2014

The FCC’s equal employment opportunity (“EEO”) rules for multi-channel video program distributors (“MVPD”) require MVPD employment units with six or more full-time employees to file an Annual EEO Program Report, FCC Form...more

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