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Florida Workplace Bills for Employers to Watch During the 2024 Legislative Session

Florida’s 2024 regular legislative session runs from January 9 through March 8, 2024, and is one to watch for employers. Dozens of workplace bills have been filed. If passed, three sets of these bills may have a particularly...more

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China Increases Employers’ Responsibilities to Address Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Against Women in the Workplace

China has introduced a new legislative amendment revising the Women’s Protection Law, which was first introduced in 1991, to address workplace gender discrimination and sexual harassment. The amendment, which took effect on...more

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UK HR Two-Minute Monthly: Part-time holiday pay, whistleblowing, gender critical/trans discrimination and news roundup

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Our August update includes new case law on the calculation of holiday pay for part-time workers, a tricky case on whistleblowing, two cases on the balance between gender critical views and trans discrimination, a news roundup...more

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California Court Strikes Down Board Gender Diversity Statute

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On May 13, 2022, the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County held that SB 826, the law requiring companies with headquarters in California to have a prescribed number of women on their boards of directors, is...more

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Biden Expands Protections for LGBTQ Americans

Shortly after the election, we published a blog entitled discussing then-President-Elect Joe Biden’s vow to make passage of the Equality Act (prohibiting most forms of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender...more

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Will This Proposed Law Discriminate Against Minority Males And Non-Binary Persons?

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In 2018, California enacted legislation, SB 826 (Jackson), mandating that publicly held corporations with their principal executive offices in California have a minimum number of female directors.... The legislature is now...more

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United States Senate to Consider Legislation Expanding Fair Housing Protection to LGBTQ Community

A bipartisan measure was introduced in the United States Senate in late April to expand fair housing protections to LGBTQ persons. The Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2019, introduced by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Angus...more

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Congressional Dems Reignite 20-year Battle To Pass The “Paycheck Fairness Act.”

For the last two decades, Congressional Democrats have attempted to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act. Beginning with the 105th Congress in 1997-98, several legislators have introduced versions of the act...more

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House Holds Hearing on Paycheck Fairness Act

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On Wednesday, February 13, Seyfarth Shaw’s Camille A. Olson testified at a joint hearing of the House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services and the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections on the...more

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Proposed Bill To Mandate Female Directors On Corporate Boards

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State Senator Jason Lewis of Winchester, Massachusetts, intends to file proposed legislation on Friday, January 18, 2019, that, if approved, would require all publicly traded companies with principal executive offices in...more

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Weekly Update Newsletter - December 2018

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RULES AND REGULATIONS - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued a proposed rule on November 29, 2018 proposing to amend and update its VA Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) in phased increments to revise or remove any...more

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Gender Diversity in Patenting: Current Landscape and Recommendations

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A bipartisan group of U.S. representatives in July introduced a little-noticed but ultimately popular piece of legislation in response to reports that point to a gender, race and income gap in patent filing and grant rates. A...more

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New Zealand Moves to Streamline Procedure for Employee Equal Pay Claims

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The New Zealand Government recently introduced the Equal Pay Amendment Bill, which aims to enable women to lodge pay equity claims more easily. If enacted, the new law would impose certain obligations on an employer that...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update | September 2018 #2

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Provides Update on Antimicrobial Resistance - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published Commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s September 14, 2018, remarks delivered at...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Yesterday, federal officials unveiled an ongoing EEOC investigation into whether Uber “discriminated against women in hiring and pay” that began last August. The news extends Uber’s streak of investigations and brutal PR well...more

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WPI State of the States: Equal Pay, Paid Leave and Harassment Still Dominate

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As summer approaches, most state legislatures have closed up shop for the year. Approximately 14 states are still in session, four of which are scheduled to adjourn in or around the end of June. ...more

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NYC Adopts Sweeping New Sexual Harassment Laws

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On the heels of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a slate of legislation last week aimed at preventing sexual harassment in the workplace. Entitled the “Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act,” the...more

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NYC Lawmakers Aim To Curb Sexual Harassment With Sweeping Legislation

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On the heels of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, the New York City Council passed a slate of legislation earlier this week aimed at preventing sexual harassment in the workplace. Entitled the “Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC...more

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New Governor, New Result: New Jersey Legislature Passes Pay Equity Bill

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On March 26, 2018, the New Jersey Legislature passed Senate Bill 104, entitled the “Diana B. Allen Equal Pay Act,” an act modifying the Law Against Discrimination to promote equal pay for all protected...more

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WPI State of the States: Pay Equity, Sexual Harassment Continue to Drive State Bills

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While the surge of state-level legislation introduced in the first quarter of 2018 has waned, some significant labor and employment bills are advancing through their legislative chambers. ...more

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Your Comprehensive Guide to 2018 Proposed California Legislation

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February 16 was the deadline to introduce new bills in the California Legislature. By that date, nearly 2,200 bills were introduced. While that may seem like a staggering amount of legislative proposals (especially for a...more

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You're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat: Pay Equity Initiatives Flood the State Legislatures

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In 2017, legislatures in more than 40 jurisdictions across the United States considered more than 100 bills intended to narrow the lingering pay gap between men and women. While only a handful of those proposals ultimately...more

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Could Congress Ban Arbitration Of Sex Discrimination And Harassment Claims?

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A bipartisan group of federal legislators has turned their attention to the sweeping revelations of sexual harassment in the American workplace by introducing a bill that would prevent employers from forcing claims of sex...more

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November 2017: The Top 14 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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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 each month in 2017. November was no...more

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WPI State of the States: Lawmakers Trade Jostling Bills for Jingle Bells

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With the holidays in full swing, state legislators across the country are enjoying a bit of a lull. December traditionally marks the calm before the storm, as most legislatures are out of session and will reconvene in...more

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