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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…
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…
Several Cities Join California in Ending Local COVID-19 State of Emergency
On Tuesday, February 28, California will end its COVID-19 declaration of emergency, and the federal government anticipates terminating the national emergency on May 11, 2023….
Avoid Holiday Party Headaches
The holiday season is here — including Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, the Winter Solstice, Christmas and more. It’s when employers and their employees often let loose…
‘Furry’ Query Shows Advisability of Formalized Dress Code Definitions
One of our employees is a “furry” and has asked to come into the office dressed as a furry. Do we have to accommodate this…
District Court Enjoins SB 399 Enforcement Limiting Employer Speech
On September 30, 2025, the U.S. District Court preliminarily enjoined enforcement of SB 399, which prohibited employers from taking — or threatening to take — adverse…
Best Ways to Handle Coworker Concerns about Transgender Employee
I recently hired a transgender employee. Some employees have told me that using pronouns which don’t align with someone’s biological sex goes against their religious…
DOJ Issues DEI Compliance Guidance
Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sent a memorandum to all federal agencies providing guidance for federal-funding recipients on applying federal antidiscrimination laws to…
Ministerial Exception Applied to Religious Employer’s Customer Services Representatives
Recently, the Ninth Circuit took a broad view of the First Amendment’s protection of religious organizations, concluding that a religious employer’s customer service representatives (CSR)…
Conduct Workplace Investigations with Confidence
An employee has made a complaint, alleging that a manager has continually asked her out after work and is now retaliating against her for rebuffing…
