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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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5th Circuit rejects discrimination, hostile work environment claims

A former employee failed to establish she was subjected to a hostile work environment and discriminated and retaliated against by her former employer, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit (which covers Texas...

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When and how you can require notice of FFCRA paid leave during pandemic

As COVID-19 continues to affect the workplace, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is trying to provide guidance on how employers should implement the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). You may be wondering...

Nov 30, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California · New York · Texas · 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

Year's end means key COVID-19 relief measures expiring

Back in March, when a rapidly proliferating pandemic forced workers across the country out of their offices and into their homes, most thought the arrangement would be short-lived—a few weeks, maybe a month or so. As the...

Combating isolation just one more priority for employers during COVID era

Privacy is more than simply updating your website

Business owners and employers know they need to comply with privacy laws, but the scope of compliance has expanded. In the past, organizations created general privacy policies, posted them on their websites, and went...

Balancing safety and return to work: discrimination in age of COVID-19

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, 42% of the U.S. workforce now works from home, and 33% of workers are unemployed. Many employers are eager to get their current employees back to the office and hire new ones, but they...

Nov 30, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Trump order pulls back on race, sex stereotyping training

President Donald Trump recently signed an Executive Order (EO 13950) that seeks to "combat offensive and anti-American race and sex stereotyping and scapegoating" and end so-called "divisive concepts" covered in certain...

Nov 22, 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 NLRB poised to exterminate Scabby the Rat

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) has special provisions that limit the pressure tactics a union can use in trying to force an employer to recognize the union. One of the major limitations is a prohibition against...

Nov 22, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

Can Lyft make the drive to arbitration? 'Piqued' CA appeals court says no

Last issue, we reported on a scathing California Court of Appeal decision against Uber and Lyft approving a broad injunction that required them to treat their drivers as employees. The giant transportation companies were...

Nov 22, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

Arbitrator's powers curbed by public policy

One of the most basic rules of arbitration is that an arbitrator's ruling won't be overturned for an error of law, even if the error creates an injustice—this is to preserve the finality of arbitration and honor the...

Nov 22, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

Prop 22 allows Uber and Lyft to classify drivers as independent contractors

A California Court of Appeal issued a ruling October 22 strictly applying the ABC independent contractor test and upholding a preliminary injunction requiring Uber and Lyft to stop classifying drivers as independent...

Nov 09, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

You can't force arbitration over whether claimant is 'aggrieved employee'

The California Court of Appeal recently held that an employee's class action suit under the state's Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) couldn't be separated into individual and representative components. The plaintiff...

Nov 08, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

When in doubt, check it out: Make sure you have sound reasoning for termination

They say the primary rule of journalism is, "If your mother tells you she loves you, check it out." Similarly, a primary rule of HR management, particularly before taking an adverse employment action, should be, "When in...

Nov 08, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

Agency issues RFI for EO 13950

On October 21, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued its request for information (RFI) required by President Donald Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 13950 on race...

Oct 31, 2020 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Trump order on combating race, sex stereotyping places limits on DEI training

President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 13950, issued on September 22, 2020, prohibits federal contractors, federal agencies, and certain federal grant recipients as well as the military from using workplace...

Oct 31, 2020 · Federal Employment Law Insider