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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published its long-awaited final guidance on harassment in the workplace on April 29, 2024, several months following its released proposed guidance in September, which we...more
On April 29, 2024, the EEOC published its “Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace” (the “Guidance”). The Guidance updates and replaces the EEOC’s prior guidance documents, discusses the Supreme Court’s 2020...more
As long expected, the U.S. Department of Education issued amendments to Title IX regulations following the public comment period. The amended regulations—totaling 1,577 pages—make clear that sex discrimination under Title IX...more
On April 19, 2024, the Department of Education released final Title IX regulations. The significant revisions expand the definition of sexual harassment, attempt to remove barriers to reporting sexual harassment and extend...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
On April 19, 2024 the long-awaited Biden-era Title IX Regulations dropped. A theme in the U.S. Department of Education’s 2024 Title IX Final Rule: more protection against discrimination based on sex in federally funded...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently held that harassment based on perceived sexual orientation constitutes sex discrimination under Title IX, extending the holding from the U.S. Supreme Court's Title VII...more
The City of Atlanta celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride in October for several reasons — National Coming Out Day is celebrated on Oct. 11; the anniversary of the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights serves as a...more
On June 23, the Department of Education issued a proposed rulemaking that would alter obligations to address sex discrimination that affects employees and students, including sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination, and...more
You may have noticed while skimming through the new Title IX proposed regulations that there are now seemingly two grievance procedures to address Title IX complaints instead of one. You’ll recall that the current 2020...more
The Department of Education marked the fiftieth anniversary of Title IX, the landmark civil rights law prohibiting sex discrimination in federally funded education programs and activities, by releasing its highly anticipated...more
On June 23, 2022, the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX, the Department of Education (DOE) released proposed major changes to the current Title IX regulations made effective in August 2020. The proposed revisions...more
On the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the U.S. Department of Education released draft revisions to Title IX’s regulations. The draft regulations and supporting commentary are approximately 700 pages long and will take some...more
The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) released its long-awaited proposed regulatory changes to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). Title IX protects students, faculty, and staff from sex-based...more
On June 23, 2022, the Department of Education issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would alter obligations to address sex discrimination that affects employees and students, including sexual harassment,...more
Please join the Ohio Five, in conjunction with Kenyon College and Bricker & Eckler, for a drive-in Clery and Title IX training. Participants will have the opportunity to obtain their annual Clery Act training requirements,...more
Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued new, anticipated guidance concerning the Department’s current regulations related to sexual harassment. The guidance, titled Questions and...more
On June 22, 2021, the United States Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) and the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division (“DOJ) issued a joint Fact Sheet addressed to elementary and secondary...more
Summary - The U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR) held virtual public hearings and collected written comments on Title IX enforcement from June 7 through June 11, 2021. The hearings kicked off OCR’s...more
[Warning: This article does not reference viruses, vaccines, or mask-wearing.] The education world is in a state of flux, legally speaking. Any day now, the U.S. Supreme Court will further opine on the extent to which the...more
On March 8, 2021, President Biden signed an executive order indicating it is the policy of the Biden administration “that all students should be guaranteed an educational environment free of from discrimination on the basis...more
The Department of Education has been directed to review all policies on sex and gender discrimination (including sexual violence) in schools under an executive order issued by the Biden administration on March 8, 2021. ...more
Welcome to the Summer 2020 issue of The Employment Law Reporter. This inaugural issue of this quarterly newsletter first reviews the landmark U.S. Supreme Court opinion in which the Court ruled that an employer that fires an...more
Almost all good news for employers. DHILLON'S FIVE PRIORITIES- Janet Dhillon, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, issued her priorities for the year 2020, and employers ought to like most of them: ...more
2019 was a busy year for lawmakers across the nation, underscoring the need for employers to remain apprised of all the new laws that will be taking effect in 2020. Below we summarize some of the significant developments...more