Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 44: Conducting Effective Workplace Investigations with Kimberly Hewitt and Antwan Lofton of Duke University
A Retaliation Refresher: What's the Tea in L&E?
#WorkforceWednesday®: Federal Contractors Alert - DEI Restrictions Reinstated by Appeals Court - Employment Law This Week®
Whistleblower Challenges and Employer Responses: One-on-One with Alex Barnard
Constangy Clips Ep. 9 - The Penalty Playbook: 3 Pointers for Employee Discipline
Harassment in the Celebrity Workplace: Insights From It Ends With Us — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Hoops and Legal Loops: The Dearica Hamby Case Explained
Workplace Investigation Protocols: One-on-One with Greg Keating
Webinar: Is Your DEI Policy Setting You Up for a Lawsuit?
Navigating Employment and Separation Agreements: Lessons From Al Pacino's Serpico — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Employment Law Now VII-130- An Interview With EEOC Commissioner (Vice Chair) Jocelyn Samuels
#WorkforceWednesday: Whistleblower Risks in an Economic Downturn, Whistleblower Protection Settlement - Employment Law This Week®
DE Under 3: Updated EEOC COVID-19 Technical Assistance Guidance, Case Decision & Wage & Hour Division Proposed Rule
What's Going on With Whistleblower Lines
#WorkforceWednesday: CA COVID-19 Policies Get Updates, NYC Pay Transparency Law Postponed, DOL Targets Worker Retaliation - Employment Law This Week®
Whistleblowers: Don't Drink the Government's Kool-Aid
What Employers Should Know About the Federal Joint Initiative to Reduce Workplace Retaliation
#WorkforceWednesday: Whistleblower Regulations Increasing, #MeToo Bill Passes, Cyberfraud Risk Mitigation - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday: CA Whistleblower Retaliation Cases, NYC Pay Transparency Law, Biden’s Labor Agenda - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday: OSHA ETS Moves to the Sixth Circuit, Federal Agencies Join to Combat Workplace Retaliation, NY Increases Employee Protections - Employment Law This Week®
This week, hosts Tina and Bridget sit down with Kim Hewitt and Antwan Lofton of Duke University for a conversation on HR investigations. They share their approach to handling complaints and conducting investigations, and...more
Last month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) issued guidance that aims to educate the public about conduct and programs related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)...more
Over the last few years, employers have faced new and expanded obligations under state and federal employment laws relating to prohibition of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in the workplace. These changes stem...more
On March 19, 2025, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Department of Justice issued guidance addressing unlawful discrimination related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) in the workplace. Although DEI is...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a press release on March 19, 2025, to introduce two technical assistant documents “focused on educating the public about unlawful...more
The EEOC has recently issued new guidance signaling a marked shift in its enforcement priorities: a heightened focus on “diversity, equity, and inclusion-related discrimination.” While the foundational legal framework of...more
On March 19, 2025, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Justice Department issued a press release and two technical assistance documents focused on educating employers, employees, and the public about the...more
Nothing catches people’s attention like a high-profile, drama-filled lawsuit. Not every employer will deal with a Blake Lively/Justin Baldoni-level feud, but discrimination and harassment lawsuits arise in all types of work...more
In today’s increasingly polarized world, the workplace is not immune to the tensions arising from divergent political, social and cultural views. This is particularly evident in discussions surrounding diversity, equity and...more
All employees have a right to engage in concerted activity under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)—often called “protected concerted activity (PCA)”—meaning that even in a non-union environment, an employer cannot...more
Help! After this last election, it seems everyone at the office has something to say about politics, and I’m caught between my mission to keep the peace and the very real risk of stifling free speech. Is there a way I can...more
Last week, Governor JB Pritzker signed into law several bills that significantly amend the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHRA). As a result of these amendments, Illinois employers should expect an uptick in discrimination cases...more
On April 29, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its long-awaited workplace harassment and enforcement guidelines to help employers understand what type of conduct the agency considers to be...more
California employers need to be prepared for new laws that become effective starting in the new year. Below is a brief overview of those laws (including the collection of diversity for venture capital companies, an amendment...more
In a post-pandemic world, the four walls of the office no longer define the workplace. With more and more employees working either remotely or in hybrid roles, employers need to be mindful of their obligations to ensure that...more
Vermont-Based Coughlin Created Sexually Hostile Work Environment Against Class of Workers, Mostly Teens, Federal Agency Charged - NEW YORK – Coughlin, Inc., a Vermont-based company that owns and operates ten McDonald’s...more
Health Care Services Company and Staffing Agency Fostered a Racially Charged, Hostile Work Environment, Federal Agency Charged - LOS ANGELES – Global health care services and products company Cardinal Health will pay $1.45...more
Fast Food Manager Called Employee Racist Slurs, Federal Agency Charged - NEW YORK – Icon Burger Acquisition, LLC, an international hamburger restaurant chain operating under the name Smashburger, has agreed to pay $70,000...more
Helicopter Maker Racially Harassed Workers, Federal Agency Charged - PHILADELPHIA –Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a Stratford, Conn.-based manufacturer of helicopters for commercial and military use, will pay $107,500 and...more
The CROWN (“Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair”) movement seeks to create a world free of discrimination, harassment and retaliation based on natural hairstyles normally associated with race; this includes...more
Former Plant Manager Bullied Employees, Then Fired Employee Who Complained, Federal Agency Charged - NEW YORK - Porous Materials, Inc., an Ithaca, N.Y., manufacturer, will pay $93,000 and furnish other relief to settle a...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York State Division of Human Rights has issued guidance concerning two aspects of the recently amended anti-discrimination law in New York: the “notice” employers are required to distribute at the...more
PHOENIX - A federal district court on March 21 ordered a Scottsdale, Ariz., wine bar to pay $100,000 for sexual harassment against two servers because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation and for retaliation...more
Class of Female Staffers Abused at Private Correctional Facilities, Federal and State Agencies Charged - PHOENIX - The GEO Group, Inc., operator of the Central Arizona Correctional Facility (CACF) and Arizona State...more
Cruise Company Fired Employee for Supporting Sexual Harassment Claim, Federal Agency Charged - MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Memphis-based cruise company American Queen Steamboat Company will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to...more