Attention Employers: *Part IV* Timeline of President Trump’s Crusade Against DEI Initiatives in the Private Sector
Following up on our timelines documenting DEI-related events impacting the private sector, this fourth installment discusses new developments, including executive order (EO) updates, activity over at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), new cases and significant case updates, and responses from lawmakers and state attorneys general (AG) on the administration’s law firm-related EOs. As […]
Attention California Employers: Los Angeles County’s Fair Workweek Ordinance is Fair Game on July 1, 2025
Hot on the heels of the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Work Week Ordinance – which became effective April 1, 2023 – Los Angeles County’s own predictive scheduling ordinance will take effect on July 1, 2025. Similar to the city’s ordinance, Los Angeles County’s Fair Workweek Ordinance requires covered employers to provide covered employees with predictable […]
Attention Employers: *Part III* of Timeline of President Trump’s Crusade Against DEI Initiatives in the Private Sector
Following up on Part I (see HERE) and Part II (see HERE) of our timelines documenting DEI-related events impacting the private sector, this hefty edition continues to capture significant developments, including new executive orders (EO), new cases and case updates, actions taken by state attorneys general (AG) in support of and in opposition to the […]
Attention California Employers: Spring Forward with a Roundup of Employment-Related Bills Introduced In 2025 – *HINT* You’ll Want to Keep Your Eyes on These
While it’s still early in the legislative session, employers may want to get a head start on reviewing the avalanche of employment-related bills introduced in the 2025 legislative session. State lawmakers have proposed several bills that collectively impact nearly every aspect of employment, from recruitment and hiring, to monitoring and surveillance, and everything in between and […]
Attention Employers: Part II of Timeline of President Trump’s Crusade Against DEI Initiatives in the Private Sector
If you’ve been tracking DEI-related events in the private sector, you know a lot has happened since we first published our timeline on March 26 (see HERE). In this follow up, we continue to capture significant DEI-related events impacting the private sector, including case updates, a flurry of activity from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and […]
ATTENTION NEW JERSEY EMPLOYERS: LAWMAKERS SEEK TO CODIFY NJ SUPREME COURT’S SAVAGE V. TOWNSHIP OF NEPTUNE DECISION – HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO RESTRICTIONS UNDER MCLAREN MACOMB?
If you haven’t updated your employment contracts and settlement agreements in light of the New Jersey Supreme Court’s May 2024 Savage v. Township of Neptune decision, your time to do so may be running out. In Savage v. Township of Neptune, the court unanimously held that any provision in an employment contract or settlement agreement, including a non-disparagement provision, […]
Attention Employers: Federal District Court Issues Narrow Order Limiting Enforcement of Termination and Certification Provisions in DEI-Related Executive Orders
On March 27, 2025, in Chicago Women in Trades v. Trump et al., U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a narrow temporary restraining order (TRO) limiting enforcement of the Certification Provision in Executive Order 14173 (Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity) and the […]
ATTENTION CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS: GET AHEAD OF ANNUAL COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS – AND PROPOSED CHANGES – UNDER CA’S WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION LAW
As the anniversary of California’s workplace violence prevention law approaches, so too does the deadline to comply with the law’s annual policy review and training requirements. As a brief recap, by July 1, 2024, employers were required to develop and implement a workplace violence prevention plan (WVPP) and provide employee training on the WVPP. On an annual basis thereafter, […]
Attention Employers: A Timeline of President Trump’s Crusade Against DEI Initiatives in the Private Sector
UPDATE: On March 27, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (Addressing Risks from WilmerHale) accusing the firm of “abandon[ing] the profession’s highest ideals and abus[ing] its pro bono practice to engage in activities that undermine justice and the interests of the United States[,]” including employing Robert Mueller following his investigation of Trump’s 2016 presidential […]
ATTENTION CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS: NEW LAW ALLOWS EMPLOYERS TO SEEK WORKPLACE VIOLENCE RESTRAINING ORDERS BASED ON HARASSMENT
California employers will no longer have to wait until harassment escalates into unlawful violence or a credible threat of violence to protect their employees. Thanks to a new law, effective as of January 1, 2025, employers may now seek a temporary restraining order (TRO) on behalf of an employee based solely on the act of harassment. The […]