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OFCCP Updates Required EEO Posters

David Richie

Recently, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), which is responsible for enforcing the nondiscrimination and affirmative action commitments of companies doing business with the Federal…

First Circuit Allows Whole Foods to Ban Employees from Wearing Black Lives Matter Face Masks

Scott D. Blake

The First Circuit recently dismissed a case against Whole Foods, allowing the company to ban employees from wearing face masks with the message “Black Lives Matter” in their stores. The…

EEOC Addresses LGBTQ+ Discrimination on Anniversary of Landmark Bostock Ruling

David Richie

On June 15, 2021, the EEOC issued a new technical assistance document (the “Guidance”) which aims to “educate employees, applicants, and employers about the rights of all employees, including lesbian,…

Should Employers Use the Same Arguments as Sports Teams Using Native American Imagery?

Dennis J. Merley

The sporting world has been abuzz recently with news that Washington’s NFL team and Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team are considering changing their team names and logos to move away…

U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Federal Law Banning Sex Discrimination Also Applies To Gay and Transgender Workers

Laura I. Bernstein

In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the prohibition on employment discrimination “because of sex” in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act extends to discrimination…

Are Gender-Associated Pronouns the Next Workplace Battlefield?

Dennis J. Merley

Pronoun wars in the workplace are heating up. American workers are increasingly identifying as transgender, an umbrella term covering a wide range of gender identity and gender expression that differs…

Court Says Staffing Company Can Sue Their Customer for Race Discrimination

Dennis J. Merley

A federal appeals court recently affirmed the right of a staffing company to sue for race discrimination if they are harmed by their customer’s discriminatory placement requests. Officials of White…

Genetic Information Discrimination Apparently is Not Spreading

Dennis J. Merley

What if Congress passed a nondiscrimination law and nobody paid any attention? That may be the primary impact of the federal Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA). GINA bans…