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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released final guidance on harassment in the workplace on April 29, 2024. The document titled, “Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace” discusses how...
Category: Employment Discrimination
May 21, 2024
Employment Discrimination
Supreme Court Clarifies Requirements in Discriminatory Job Transfer Suits
Employers should be aware of a new ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that may make it easier for some plaintiffs to sue for discrimination. The lawsuit involved a plaintiff who alleged sex discrimination in a job transfer. The...
Dec 12, 2023
Employment Discrimination
New Restrictions on Releases of Claims Involving Discrimination and Harassment
On November 17, 2023, New York enacted a new law (S4516) that restricts what terms can be included in nondisclosure provisions in a release of claims involving discrimination, harassment, or retaliation. The law went into...
Nov 30, 2023
Employment Discrimination
New York City Prohibits Discrimination Based on Height and Weight
On May 26, 2023, New York City enacted legislation to cover discrimination based on height and weight. The City joins the state of Michigan and five other U.S. cities that have enacted similar legislation. The law went into...
Dec 13, 2022
Employment Discrimination
New York City Delays Enforcement of Artificial Intelligence Bias Law Until April 15, 2023
As we previously explained, New York City enacted a law governing employers’ use of automated employment decision tools (“AEDT”). Under the law, which takes effect January 1, 2023, New York City employers may not use an...
Mar 31, 2022
Employment Discrimination
NYC Posts Guidance Regarding Upcoming Salary Transparency Requirements For Job Advertisements
New York City recently released guidance concerning its new requirement that New York City employers with four or more employees (or one or more domestic workers) include a good faith salary range for every advertised job....
Mar 24, 2022
Employment Discrimination
President Biden Signs New Law Banning Mandatory Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Claims
On March 3, 2022, President Biden signed into law H.R.4445 – the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (“the Act”), passed by the House on February 7, 2022, and the Senate on...
Mar 12, 2020
Employment Discrimination
Because of Sex: Whether Title VII Protects Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Can an employee be fired for being gay? Transgender? The U.S. Supreme Court will answer those related, yet distinct, questions in the upcoming term. Read more...
Feb 27, 2020
Employment Discrimination
New York City Employers Must Provide Sexual Harassment Training to Independent Contractors and Freelancers Under a Recent Expansion of the New York City Human Rights Law
New York City employers must now ensure that their independent contractors and freelancers are trained regarding the prevention of sexual harassment in the workplace, in light of a recent expansion of the New York City Human...
Feb 20, 2020
Employment Discrimination
New York State Prohibits Discrimination Based Upon Reproductive Health Decisions
Following in the footsteps of New York City, which enacted a law earlier this year prohibiting discrimination based on sexual and reproductive health decisions (as previously reported here), New York State has passed its own...