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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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Employers caught in middle when COVID-19 safety guidelines, workplace laws collide

Returning to work after stay-at-home orders are lifted raises a host of issues for employers. For one specific group of employees, you may have thought the issue was clear: People in at-risk categories for catching COVID...

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

5 trade secret protection risks to consider during pandemic

In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, companies have changed their core business operations and instituted new practices and procedures in the blink of an eye. The changes, perhaps unknowingly, have created risks that could...

Jul 19, 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

The relative benefits of advisory arbitration

In late June 2020, California's 5th District Court of Appeal overturned an arbitrator's advisory decision in favor of two deputy sheriffs and their union in a contractual dispute arising under a memorandum of...

Jul 19, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

Is John Roberts the new Anthony Kennedy?

Every four years, I address in this column the need for the U.S. Supreme Court to stay above presidential politics. The Supreme Court can play its role in the balance of powers doctrine only if it remains apolitical. In...

Jul 19, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

Employer may need to pay employees for time spent driving

A California appellate court recently determined that a lower court shouldn't have accepted an employer's argument that certain employees didn't have to be paid for their commuting time to the first job of the day or for...

Jul 19, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

4 observations for employers in wake of Supreme Court's LGBTQ ruling

Since the civil rights movement of the 1960s, state and federal laws have been enacted prohibiting employment discrimination against individuals on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, disability, religion, and gender...

Jul 05, 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

Forklift accident spurs wrongful death suit question

In a recent case, the family of an independent contractor’s employee sued the contractor’s hirer, alleging its negligence was a substantial factor in the employee’s death. Under California law, employees of independent...

Jul 05, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

New York Forward leaves plenty of unanswered questions

In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a series of executive orders, beginning in mid-March 2020, to shutter nonessential businesses and restrict in-person work at those companies and...

Jun 30, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · New York

Senate committee approves Leen’s nomination to OPM IG

The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee approved the nomination of Craig E. Leen as inspector general (IG) for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on June 10, 2020, after a virtual hearing with...

Jun 30, 2020 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Title VII protects LGBTQ workers, Supreme Court rules

In an unexpected move, the U.S. Supreme Court recently decided gay and transgender individuals enjoy the full protections of Title VII of the Civil Rights of 1964. No more hodgepodge of state statutes In the 6-3 ruling...

Jun 30, 2020 · Federal Employment Law Insider

You've been WARNed, but are you covered?

Undoubtedly, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act) has popped up on your radar during these times of economic uncertainty arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Any number of articles, posts...

Jun 30, 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