The New EEOC Guidelines on Workplace Harassment
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Effective Harassment Trainings: Best Approaches With Insights from NCIS — Hiring to Firing Podcast
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Middle East Conflict Impact on the Healthcare Workplace: An HR Perspective
#WorkforceWednesday: Major Updates to New York State’s Model Sexual Harassment Prevention Policy - Employment Law This Week®
Predatory Behavior Alleged Against OSHA Addressed During Orange County Board of Education Board Meeting Led by Greg Rolen
The Speak Out Act and Compliance Programs
#WorkforceWednesday: Speak Out Act Takes Effect, Enhanced Data Privacy Obligations for California Employers, and SEC Releases Whistleblower Annual Report - Employment Law This Week®
Consensual With Consequences: Breaking Company Policies Without Breaking the Law
Burr Broadcast September 20, 2022
#WorkforceWednesday: Return-to-Work Behavior Policies, U.S. Soccer's Landmark Agreement, and Board Diversity in California - Employment Law This Week®
Hot Spots in Employment Law 2022
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Employment Law Now VI-114-Banning Arbitration of Sexual Harassment/Assault Claims
Update and Discussion on Legal and Practical Issues
DE Under 3: OFCCP Contractor Portal & Request for Comments for Functional Affirmative Action Programs (FAAPs)
Labor & Employment Symposium - Topic: Taking a Deeper Dive into Enhanced Sexual Harassment Laws in Texas
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District of Columbia employers with tipped wage workers have until May 31, 2024 to submit both their policy and recorded harassment complaints to demonstrate compliance with the District’s sexual harassment mandate....more
Schools that have been anxiously awaiting the U.S. Department of Education’s final regulations enforcing and interpreting Title IX need wait no longer. The department issued final regulations last week that will govern sex...more
Part two of our series of articles examining key changes applicable to higher education institutions and contained in new Title IX regulations released by the U.S. Department of Education on April 19, 2024, addresses...more
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
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) on April 19, 2024, released its final regulations for Title IX, the law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities that receive federal...more
A client recently asked The FAIR Center to staff a hearing panel on a complex set of allegations against a tenured faculty member. I chaired the panel along with two of the client’s panelists from their own internal pool, so...more
The “single investigator model” describes a practice by which a single individual investigates allegations of misconduct and the same person also makes the final determination of whether policy was violated. This model became...more
More and more schools are publishing Title IX annual reports (a great idea!), and as I was looking at a bunch of them recently, I saw an outlier that prompted this Tip of the Week....more
Dear Littler, I’m the CEO of a fast-growing company. A team of sales executives reports to me and each has a large team of sales employees that reports to them. Last week someone anonymously emailed HR complaining about...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released earlier this month updated proposed guidance on harassment in the workplace, largely based on developments in applicable case law and societal trends coming out of...more
It's worth a read. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently released a proposed Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace, and it's quite good. Don't let the length intimidate you. If you aren't an...more
Picture this: you receive a complaint from a student who is a member of your school district or institution’s student newspaper alleging Title IX sexual harassment that involves a fellow member of the student newspaper staff....more
On December 7, 2022, just nine months after signing the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, President Biden signed the Speak Out Act (the “Act”). President Biden’s signature on the Speak Out...more
Employers who have made use of pre-dispute nondisclosure and nondisparagement agreements will now have to change those practices and reevaluate their existing agreements thanks to the “Speak Out Act” (the “Act”) – a...more
Amidst the flurry of activity taking place before the end of the 117th U.S. Congress, the House of Representatives quietly passed the Speak Out Act on November 16, 2022, by an overwhelming majority. The bill previously...more
On September 28, 2022, Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi signed into law Act No. 82-2022 (Act 82) amending Act No. 17 of April 22, 1988, which prohibits sexual harassment in the workplace. This amendment expands employment...more
Whether your organization has five or 5,000 employees, having a well drafted and frequently updated employee handbook is a critical resource to minimize potential liability in the workplace. For current employees and...more
Earlier this year, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law S.812B/A.2035B, which amended the New York State Human Rights Law, N.Y. Exec. Law § 296, to require the establishment of a state-wide, toll-free, confidential hotline...more
Viewed as a risk mitigation tool, arbitration clauses are included in employment contracts and policies to route employer/employee disputes to a private forum and outside of the courthouse. Employers are attracted to such...more
Early in 2019, we wrote in response to the #MeToo movement that an employer had to ensure a safe working environment. With a sound and effectively enforced policy, the employer is the cornerstone for preventing sexual...more
Even though the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the workplace has dominated the headlines recently, employers should be careful not to delay investigating non-pandemic-related complaints—particularly those of harassment. ...more
Many states throughout the nation have been expanding employee protections under state and federal law. This year, Texas enacted two bills that significantly expand the protections for employees who assert a claim of sexual...more
While it seems evident that no employer would want an environment where employees are not respected, valued, and protected from being sexually harassed, it still happens. If you work for an Arizona employer, and you are being...more
In a surprising move for what has historically been an extremely employer-friendly state, Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed two new bills (Senate Bill 45 and House Bill 21) that significantly expand the protections...more