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Employees are becoming increasingly aware of and willing to assert their rights. A proactive strategy and approach to managing Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) issues and minimizing your company’s exposure in discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims is essential today.
We provide services that help you mitigate your risk, including training your managers and supervisors on EEOC requirements; conducting compliance audits to identify, assess, and, if necessary, correct non-compliant practices; and updating and revising your existing employment policies. If matters progress to litigation, our lawyers have successfully defended companies in across the United States.
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Recent Discrimination, Harassment & Retaliation Insights
10 February 2025
Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
Trump Administration Provides Some Guidance on DEI Programs
Following up on the Trump Administration’s series of executive orders and statements regarding diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEI or DEIA) programs, on February 5, 2025, both the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the United States Attorney General Office issued memoranda reflecting additional guidance as to what may constitute an “illegal” DEI or DEIA program and directing enforcement action.
03 February 2025
Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
EEOC Retires Guidance Protecting LGBTQ Workers and Others From Discrimination, Continuing Rapid Remake of Federal Policy Through Presidential Action
In late January, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) made several key removals of content from its online guidance resources — the website location where the EEOC publishes its views on what federal law should be interpreted to mean describing the federal government’s enforcement priorities under the framework of laws administered by the agency.
03 February 2025
Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
Trump Department of Labor Signals Likely Retreat from Biden Era Independent Contractor Classification Rule
The Department of Labor has proposed different tests to determine whether workers are “employees” covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act or “independent contractors” who are exempt from FLSA coverage.