Tag: discrimination

Level Up Your HR Skills at HR Boot Camp
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Level Up Your HR Skills at HR Boot Camp

Can you let a new employee start working while their drug test or background check is pending? Do you know when meal break premiums are…

How Privacy Agency’s Proposed AI Regulations Would Affect California Businesses
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How Privacy Agency’s Proposed AI Regulations Would Affect California Businesses

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts, Covington & Burling LLP Partner Lindsey Tonsager and Covington & Burling LLP…

Executive Order Seeks to Eliminate Disparate Impact Discrimination Liability
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Executive Order Seeks to Eliminate Disparate Impact Discrimination Liability

Through executive actions, President Trump has issued orders addressing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, federal contractor minimum wage and affirmative action obligations, among many others….

EEOC Issues DEI Guidance
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EEOC Issues DEI Guidance

On March 19, 2025, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued two technical assistance documents intended to educate the public about unlawful discrimination related to…

Executive Order Requiring Affirmative Action by Federal Contractors Revoked
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Executive Order Requiring Affirmative Action by Federal Contractors Revoked

Through several significant executive actions, President Donald Trump has begun reshaping the federal administration’s priorities and objectives for the next four years. Among them, he…

What California’s AI Proposed Rules Mean for Employers
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What California’s AI Proposed Rules Mean for Employers

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts and CalChamber Senior Policy Advocate Ashley Hoffman discuss regulations on the use…

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…

Register Now for HR Boot Camp on May 2-3
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Register Now for HR Boot Camp on May 2-3

Do you know what the “ABC Test” is? Are you aware of what criminal history information is prohibited for job applicants? What about 2024 changes…

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…