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Pronoun war: What Trump EEOC’s erasure of ‘gender ideology’ means for NV employers

In his first few weeks in office, President Donald Trump has demonstrated that one of his key policy initiatives is the elimination of what some call “gender ideology,” or the recognition of gender identities other than...

Mar 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

What employers should do with a deceased employee’s paycheck

Q We have an employee who recently passed away. He wasn’t married, didn’t have a will, and didn’t have company life insurance or death benefits. How do we handle his final paycheck? Do we continue with our regular...

Mar 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming

Is it DOA for DEI? Questions and answers on recent Executive Order

The concept of DEI—which stands for diversity, equity, and inclusion—is much in the headlines recently. Matters came to a head on January 21 when President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) styled “Ending...

Mar 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

According to Houston court, manager aced out by DEI gets to jury

Corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs are leading to all sorts of trouble for Texas employers. For just one such court case, read on. Good intentions lead to . . . Broken Hill Proprietary is an energy...

Mar 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Lost now found? Online retirement benefits database now live

Employers know that locating terminated vested participants and beneficiaries owed benefits under a retirement plan can be difficult—in part because people move, change jobs, and will forget they may have a balance or...

Mar 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · New York · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma · 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

Employer argues no attorneys’ fees for successful appeal of wage claim

The California Labor Code has a streamlined labor commissioner process in which employee wage claims can be raised and determined, and the losing party has a right to appeal to the superior court. The process has its own...

Feb 12, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · California

Parties agreed to arbitrate based only on California law, but court steps in

A newly enacted provision in the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) says an agreement to arbitrate sexual harassment disputes is unenforceable. However, in a recent case from the California Court of Appeal, an employer and...

Feb 12, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · California

Trump’s first week: Federal workplace remade, affirmative action revoked, DEI banished

President Donald Trump began his second term fulfilling major parts of his domestic agenda: banning immigration, pardoning insurrectionists, and remaking the federal workforce, including all those who do work for the...