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The White House proposal highlights its priorities, especially when it comes to agencies under its jurisdiction that enforce federal wage-and-hour, labor-relations and employment-discrimination laws. Here’s who would get what and what cuts or increases may mean for employers/
Read MoreAn email error cost the company a cool $495,000—a big payday for someone who never put in an hour’s work for the company. The case is a reminder that HR needs to play an active role in training hiring managers and potential supervisors in the law.
Read MoreThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s combined FY 2025 Agency Performance Report and FY 2027 Agency Performance Plan signals a clear shift in enforcement priorities under Chair Andrea Lucas.
Read MoreMany companies are incorporating AI into their employment decision-making, especially in hiring. For organizations that receive hundreds or even thousands of applicants per role, AI tools promise efficiency: faster résumé screening, automated candidate ranking and data-driven recommendations. But efficiency does not eliminate legal risk. In some cases, it redistributes it.
Read MoreThe large settlement serves as a bellwether for the agency’s increasing focus on protecting employees from all forms of religious discrimination, harassment and employer refusal to accommodate a wide range of religious beliefs and practices.
Read MoreA new executive order issued March 26 ups the ante by targeting racially discriminatory DEI activities in federal contracts and subcontracts. It also beefs up enforcement.
Read MoreThe Department of Labor has launched a one-stop web resource for employers, faith organizations and employees aimed at eliminating religious discrimination in the workplace and federal grant-making and contracting.
Read MoreBack in the early days of the Trump administration, one of the first moves at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was to drop lawsuits alleging discrimination based on gender identity. Now, one of those abruptly dropped cases has been settled after private attorneys stepped in.
Read MoreThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has spent the better part of a year pursuing employers’ diversity, equity and inclusion policies, calling them illegal. Federal contractors were an obvious early target. The EEOC has now widened its playing field.
Read MoreThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast over allegations that it illegally provides a networking event for female employees only, excluding all male workers. The agency called this sex discrimination and a violation of the Trump administration’s executive orders barring “illegal DEI” practices.
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