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Latest DEI Executive Order raises compliance issues for federal contractors

by Tammy Binford

President Donald Trump’s latest order targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices by employers brings up issues about how employers with federal contracts can ensure compliance.

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The thin blue unemployment line

Like the rest of our nation, police commissions and courts are sensitive to complaints of excessive use of police force and often discipline those who commit it and those who observe it without reporting. In the...

Aug 16, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

California injunction assails Uber, Lyft business model

Editors note: California Employment Law Letter co-editor Mark I. Schickman was inter-viewed for the following article, which first appeared in the HR Daily Advisor ezine and is re-printed with permission. Uber and Lyft...

Aug 16, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

Evidence wins out in nurse's claims for unpaid wages

A fact-intensive inquiry into a California wage and hour case resulted in a win for employers with compliant meal and rest break policies and facially neutral time-rounding policies. The California Court of Appeal shut...

Aug 02, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

U.S. Supreme Court declares Title VII prohibits LGBTQ employment discrimination

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits an employer from discriminating against an employee or applicant “because of . . . sex.” There has been a decades-long debate in courtrooms and corporate offices across...

Jul 31, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

Senate splintered as Congress seeks new COVID-19 relief package

After just returning from a holiday break, Congress faces a staggered country, stunned constituencies, unmovable deadlines, a Republican House bloc nearing revolt, and a Senate majority fragmented as never before during...

Jul 31, 2020 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Q - A: Weighing the pros and cons of expanding telecommuting options

Q Several employees forced to work from home during the pandemic say they prefer it to working in the office and actually feel more productive. Should we be preparing to extend and expand our telecommuting options even...

Jul 31, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

What you should know about Trump order suspending certain work visas through 2020

When President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) on June 22 suspending the admission of certain temporary workers to the United States, it came after weeks of speculation the directive might call for massive...

Jul 31, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

Kansas retroactively restricts COVID-19 lawsuits

The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature passed, and Democratic Governor Laura Kelly recently signed, a measure to shield businesses and healthcare providers from COVID-19-related lawsuits. Even though the Response...

Jul 31, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

Former employee's harassment claims snuffed out by her own conduct

For current or former employees to claim they are victims of unwelcome and unlawful workplace harassment in the workplace, the conduct must be both unwelcome and offensive to the individual asserting the charges. In a...

Jul 31, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

Trump extends green card ban, bars entry under certain work visas for rest of 2020

As expected, President Donald Trump recently signed an Executive Order (EO) suspending the entry into the United States of certain people eligible for temporary work visas, their spouses, and children effective June 24...

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