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Attention Employers: EEOC Acting Chair Requests Information from Twenty Law Firms Regarding DEI-Related Employment Practices
UPDATE: In a March 18 letter addressed to EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas, seven former EEOC officials urged Lucas to withdraw the 20 letters issued to law firms, expressing concerns that Lucas’ request for extensive information exceeded the agency’s authority under Title VII. The former officials also noted that “no single member of the Commission […]
ATTENTION CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS: FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DENIES MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION IN“HEADLESS” PAGA ACTION
On February 26, 2025, in Parra Rodriguez v. Packers Sanitation Services Ltd., LLC, the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District held that trial courts cannot order arbitration of unasserted individual claims under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). The decision affirmed a Superior Court decision denying a motion to compel arbitration where the plaintiff disclaimed all […]