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California Employment Law Report
Termination and Employment Separation Checklist For California Employers
We recommend employers develop a separation checklist to ensure the company’s policies are followed as well as all applicable laws that pertain to the employer. This article provides five issues…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
EEOC Issues Guidance on AI Usage in Employment Practices
By Anne Hall
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued new guidance on using artificial intelligence (AI) in employment practices under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically,…
Workforce Bulletin
California Passes the First U.S. State-wide Ban on Caste Discrimination
By Lori A. Medley, Scarlett L. Freeman
On September 5, 2023, the California legislature passed Senate Bill 403 (“SB-403”), paving the way for a state-wide ban on caste discrimination to be signed into law by Governor Gavin…
Women's Rights NY
NYC Weight Discrimination Lawyer & Obesity Discrimination Attorney
No More Weight Shaming: New York City Law Protects People from Discrimination Based on Height and Weight New York City has signed legislation prohibiting employers from discriminating against a person…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
California Legislature Sends Bill Prohibiting Caste Discrimination to the Governor
By By: Charles L. Thompson IV, Christopher Reilly
California is one step closer to becoming the first state to enact legislation banning caste-based discrimination. Senate Bill (SB) No. 403 adds caste to the list of characteristics protected by…
Employment Law Watch
Am I being unreasonable? The ‘all reasonable steps’ defence in discrimination claims
By Joanna Powis, Jonathan Lord
Employers will be liable for the discriminatory acts of their employees in the course of employment unless they have taken ‘all reasonable steps’ to prevent the wrongdoing. Whether all reasonable…
Ad Law Access
Texas Court Puts Hold on CFPB’s Use of Unfairness Authority to Include “Discrimination”
As the Supreme Court deliberates over the Fifth Circuit’s ruling that the CFPB’s funding method is unconstitutional, another court in the Fifth Circuit dealt a blow to the CFPB’s aggressive…
PrawfsBlawg
JOTWELL: Malveaux on Williams on sex-plus
Main Monday, September 11, 2023JOTWELL: Malveaux on Williams on sex-plusThe news Courts Law essay comes from Suzette Malveaux (Colorado) reviewing Jamillah Bowman Williams, Beyond Sex-Plus: Acknowledging Black Women in Employment…
Consumer Finance Monitor
Texas Federal District Court invalidates CFPB Exam Manual changes which opined that discrimination is a UDAAP violation
By John L. Culhane, Jr., Michael Gordon, Richard J. Andreano, Jr., Alan S. Kaplinsky
As we predicted long ago, on Friday, September 8, 2023, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the changes made in March 2022 to the CFPB’s…
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California May Add Caste as a Protected Employment Category
California employers: To the ever-growing list of characteristics that are receiving protection under anti-discrimination laws, you may soon be adding caste. The legislature in California passed a bill to prohibit…