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Discrimination
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Government Contracts Law
UPDATE: New Executive Order and Accompanying OFCCP FAQs Demand Federal Contractors and Grantees Scrutinize All Diversity Workforce Training
On September 22, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping (the Order). The Order is directed squarely at federal contractors and subcontractors, and states…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
Guidance Issued on Executive Order Banning Unconscious Bias Training
By Trina Fairley Barlow, Peter J. Eyre, Kris D. Meade, Rebecca Springer, Jillian Ambrose
Two weeks after President Trump issued an “Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping,” which bans federal contractors from utilizing training that “inculcates in its employees any form of race or sex stereotyping,” the…
Workforce Bulletin
Webinar Video: Avoiding Discrimination Claims in the Great Employment Reset – Class Action Avoidance Series
In this installment of Epstein Becker Green’s “Class Action Avoidance” webinar series, attorneys Lauri F. Rasnick and Frank C. Morris, Jr. address potential discrimination class actions related to office reopenings, the changing…
The Trade Practitioner
President Trump Uses Executive Power to Target Reverse Discrimination in Federal Contracting
What are the implications? What practical steps should US government contractors take? Our multidisciplinary team provides an overview of President Trump's Executive Order 13950, Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping, its…
Health Law Prof Blog
The Intersection between Disability and LGBT Discrimination and Marginalization
Victoria Rodríguez-Roldán, The Intersection between Disability and LGBT Discrimination and Marginalization, 28 (3) Am. U. J. Gender 2 (2020):In February of 2016, Kayden Clarke, a 24-year old autistic, transgender man…
A Lawyer's Blog
ARBITRATION OF DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS: STATE LAW V. FEDERAL
CPLR 7515 prohibits "any clause or provision in any contract which requires as a condition of the enforcement of the contract or obtaining remedies under the contract that the parties…
Religion Clause
Court Enjoins NY Ban On Adoption Agencies Discriminating Against Gay Or Unmarried Couples
In New Hope Family Services, Inc. v. Poole, (ND NY, Oct. 5, 2020), a New York federal district court, hearing a case on remand from the Second Circuit (see prior…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy of Empathy and Courage
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life embodies the best of America. Her experiences of being a first-generation American, a religious minority, and a woman who overcame discrimination informed her jurisprudence.The grandchild…
California Workplace Law Blog
Governor Signs Legislation Extending Period to File a Discrimination or Retaliation Complaint with California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement – Labor Commissioner
By Jonathan A. Siegel, Kymiya St. Pierre
On September 30, 2020, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1947, which extends the period to file a discrimination or retaliation complaint to one year with the California Division of Labor…
Global Workplace Insider
Discrimination dans un processus d’embauche ou exigence professionnelle justifiée : la Cour d’appel rappelle les principes applicables
By Global Workplace Insider Team
Au Québec, la Charte des droits et libertés de la personne[1] (la Charte) interdit notamment aux employeurs, dans le cadre de leurs processus d’embauche, d’exercer de la discrimination en se…