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Pressing Pause: Explanations and Next Steps for Title IX Administrators Following Preliminary Injunctions

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 6/19/2024

In the past week, two U.S. District Court judges have issued preliminary injunctions halting implementation of the recently-released 2024 Title IX final rule....more

The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, Issue 1, May 2024

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 5/21/2024

Welcome to our inaugural issue of The Health Record - our healthcare law insights e-newsletter! As such, we wanted to pull together our insights and pass them along to you. Our goal is to create a publication that is...more

U.S. Department of Education Issues Long-Awaited Final Title IX Regulations

Littler on 4/23/2024

On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education issued its updated final regulations enforcing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (“Title IX”), 20 U.S.C. §1681 et seq., which will govern sex discrimination...more

Japanese Transgender Worker’s Harassment Case Victory Could Signal Change: 4 Steps to Consider

Fisher Phillips on 3/15/2023

In what has been deemed a rare and landmark case, Japanese labor authorities have recognized Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) harassment as a work-related disease eligible for workers’ compensation benefits for...more

June 2021: The Top 19 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 7/7/2021

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Happy Thanksgiving! 7 Things for Which We Are Thankful – 2020 Edition

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/25/2020

Many of us are understandably anxious to put the year 2020 behind us and move onward and upward! But before we all sit down at the table and fill our plates and bellies to overflowing as we start the holiday season, we can...more

Unanswered Questions in Light of Supreme Court’s Title VII Ruling

Polsinelli on 7/4/2020

In Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, the United States Supreme Court held that “an employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender violates Title VII.” With its decision, however, the Supreme Court...more

State & Local Employment Law Developments: Q2 2019

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 7/2/2019

State and local governments are increasingly regulating the workplace. Although it is not possible to discuss all state and local laws, this update provides an overview of recent and upcoming legislative developments to help...more

Do heterosexuals have Title VII rights?

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 1/11/2019

Bonnie O'Daniel was a Human Resources manager (remember that!) at a workplace in Louisiana. One day in April 2016, she went shopping at a well-known national retail store and encountered a transgender woman in the dressing...more

Does Title VII Protect Gay & Transgender Employees? The Supreme Court May Soon Decide.

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 11/26/2018

As early as November 30, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to hear three high profile employment cases that question whether Title VII’s ban on sex discrimination protects gay and transgender employees. ...more

Cuyahoga County, Ohio Employer of Four or More? Ordinance Expands LGBTQ Protections

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/6/2018

Employees in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, now enjoy more expansive protections against discrimination than they do under Ohio and federal law. On September 25, 2018, the Cuyahoga County Council passed County Ordinance No....more

The BakerHostetler Quarterly New York Employment Law Newsletter

BakerHostetler on 7/20/2018

Welcome to the first edition of The BakerHostetler Quarterly New York Employment Law Newsletter. We are pleased to share our analysis of some of the key employment trends that affected New York employers in 2017, and our...more

Court Not So Hostile to Employer in Hostile Work Environment Case

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 6/28/2018

Lest you think that no one can win a hostile work environment claim, we have some positive news from the Second Circuit. In Russell v. New York University, et al., the court issued a summary order (which does not have...more

[WEBINAR] Labor & Employment Law: What Changed in 2017

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 6/22/2018

Best Best & Krieger Labor & Employment attorneys discussed new legislation and case law impacting California employers - private and public. What Was Discussed -Legislation passed in 2017 -Wage and hour update ...more

Employment Law This Week®: Title VII & Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Joint-Employer Test, Dodd-Frank Protections, Equal Pay...

Epstein Becker & Green on 3/5/2018

We invite you to view Employment Law This Week® - a weekly rundown of the latest news in the field, brought to you by Epstein Becker Green. We look at the latest trends, important court decisions, and new developments that...more

California’s Labor & Employment Changes for 2018: Part I - Legislative Changes Impacting Employers

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 2/21/2018

California courts and Legislature greatly expanded protections for public and private workers in 2017, handing down decisions and passing laws regarding wages, discrimination based on criminal and salary histories,...more

Employers, Take Notice: New Employment Laws May Affect Your Business

Buchalter on 12/14/2017

Year after year, the California Legislature and the Governor implement new employment laws that place additional requirements on employers throughout the state. The employment laws that become effective on January 1, 2018...more

Ready or Not, Here It Comes! 2018 Brings New Labor & Employment Laws, Primarily at the State Level

Littler on 11/14/2017

As we prepare to turn the calendar to 2018, employers look ahead to the next wave of labor and employment regulations. On January 1, 2018, and throughout the coming year, employers across the nation will confront a host of...more

California Governor Signs SB 396 Requiring Training on Gender Identity Harassment

Conn Maciel Carey LLP on 11/6/2017

Only a few months after the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing amendments to the FEHA regulations went into effect on July 1, 2017, which centralize, clarify, and expand protections for transgender...more

Louisiana Court Finds Executive Order Extending Protections to LGBT Employees of State Contractors Unconstitutional

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/3/2017

In April of 2016, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed Executive Order JBE 2016 – 11, which sought to protect lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgender individuals, among other protected classes, from discrimination...more

WPI State of the States: Lawmakers Keep Their Focus on Equal Pay Measures

Littler on 11/2/2017

As the holiday season approaches, legislative activity at the state level is starting to slow down. The California General Assembly closed out its term, for example, giving employers a breather until January. Illinois’...more

End of Fiscal Year Filings Signal Business as Usual at the EEOC – For Now

Franczek P.C. on 10/4/2017

Just like the leaves turning colors, you can count on a flurry of court filings from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) every September as the agency rushes to get cases on file before the end of its fiscal...more

Client Alert: Eleventh Circuit Declines to Reconsider Sexual Orientation Discrimination Decision; Plaintiff Will Appeal to U.S....

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 7/25/2017

In April, we reported that a three-judge panel of the Eleventh Circuit held that sexual orientation discrimination is not prohibited under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital, et....more

Employment Law This Week®: Sexual Orientation Discrimination, NLRB Nominees, Trump’s Travel Ban, Dodd-Frank Whistleblower...

Epstein Becker & Green on 7/3/2017

We invite you to view Employment Law This Week® - a weekly rundown of the latest news in the field, brought to you by Epstein Becker Green. We look at the latest trends, important court decisions, and new developments that...more

Employment Law This Week: Fiduciary Rule Takes Effect June 9, Rescission of Persuader Rule, Title VII & Sexual Orientation,...

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/5/2017

We invite you to view Employment Law This Week® - a weekly rundown of the latest news in the field, brought to you by Epstein Becker Green. We look at the latest trends, important court decisions, and new developments that...more

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