On June 29, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to rescind longstanding guidance addressing voluntary affirmative action plans under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the EEOC voted to rescind the interpretive...
A Black former BNY employee failed to show that his placement on a performance improvement plan was the result of race-based discrimination. A Black former BNY employee failed to show that his placement on a performance improvement plan was the result of race-based...
The employer critiqued the plaintiff’s attempt to form a class of “all White” advisors while simultaneously alleging White women benefited from the program.
Consistent with its recently announced National Enforcement Plan to ferret out what the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regards as unlawful DEI activities, on May 5, 2026, the agency filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against The New York Times in the...
HR leaders don’t have the luxury of rewriting their compliance strategy every four years. A recent Supreme Court ruling raises new questions about just how long today’s enforcement priorities will last. In Trump v. Slaughter, the Court concluded that federal agency...
What employers should know about key developments this week: Agencies Lose Their Independence: In Trump v. Slaughter, the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal agencies such as the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) are not “independent.” The NLRB’s Board members...
Hawaii has enacted a new law expanding the state’s family leave law to better support military families. Hawaii’s family leave statute will allow eligible employees to take unpaid family leave for qualifying military exigencies connected to a family member’s...
On July 1, 2026, the leaders of the German governing coalition, CDU/CSU and SPD, agreed on a thirty-four-point reform package during the coalition committee meeting, with labor and employment law reforms that include a relaxation of dismissal protections for top...
Takeaways The Fourth Circuit’s Overby decision vacated certification of a wage and hour class action, holding that broad allegations of a common pay practice could not overcome potentially significant differences in employees’ alleged pre- and post-shift work. General...
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