Category: Discrimination

Navigating Halloween in the Workplace
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No Tricks, Just Treats: Navigating Halloween in the Workplace

As Halloween approaches this year, employees may be eager to bring some festive spirit into the workplace by dressing up in costumes. While costumes can…

California Employment Laws Starting 2025
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California Employment Laws Starting 2025

We’ve reached October — the annual legislative cycle has ended as California Governor Gavin Newsom signed or vetoed bills over the last few weeks. Now…

Age-Related Litigation, Challenges in Today’s Workplace
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Age-Related Litigation, Challenges in Today’s Workplace

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts and Employment Law Subject Matter Expert Vanessa Greene discuss age-related litigation and…

Pride Month: Building Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace
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Pride Month: Building Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace

Every June, Pride Month not only celebrates lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer and/or questioning, plus other sexual and gender minorities (LGBTQ+) and their contributions…

Reminder: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) Regulations Start June 18
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Reminder: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) Regulations Start June 18

On April 19, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published its final rule implementing the 2023 federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). And on…

EEOC Releases Updated Workplace Harassment Guidance
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EEOC Releases Updated Workplace Harassment Guidance

On April 29, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published its updated “Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace.” This new guidance updates,…

Lateral Job Transfer Can Be Discriminatory Under Federal Law
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Supreme Court Says Lateral Job Transfer Can Be Discriminatory Under Federal Law

The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a decision holding that a lateral job transfer can be discriminatory under Title VII when the transfer brought some…

EEOC’s Enforcement Efforts
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What Employers Can Learn From EEOC’s Enforcement Efforts

Discrimination in the workplace is, unfortunately, alive and well. In fiscal year 2022, for example, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received 73,485 discrimination…

Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) Regulations Approved
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Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) Regulations Approved

On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will publish its final rule implementing the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) — a…

Prevent Halloween Horrors This Year
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Prevent Halloween Horrors This Year

This year, Halloween falls on a Tuesday, and with a record number of people planning to participate in related festivities (73 percent, according to the…