Congress passes bill to end forced arbitration in sexual misconduct cases
As we write, a bill that prohibits mandatory arbitration of sexual assault and sexual harassment claims is traveling from the House and Senate to President Biden’s desk for his signature. […]
New lawsuit serves as reminder of new trend in employer grooming policies
The old saying “Get a haircut kid,” may have been popular during the 1960s, but today it could cause problems in the workplace. A suit filed last week in San […]
EEOC update: Artificial intelligence and discrimination
Excerpted from a Venable LLP blog by Thomas H. Strong and Robin L.S. Burroughs On October 28, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced an initiative to ensure the […]
Vaccine-exemption requests putting legal departments in tricky spot
Excerpted from a McDermott Will & Emery blog by Carole A. Spink In-house legal departments are facing a big challenge: finessing company vaccine-exemption policies to strike the right balance between […]