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2 months ago | 
jdsupra.com | Brent Hamilton
On his second day in office, January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” This Executive Order reverses roughly 60 years of federal policy and leaves many employers with questions about the future of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and affirmative action programs (AAPs).
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
stoelrivesworldofemployment.com | Brent Hamilton
On his second day in office, January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” This Executive Order reverses roughly 60 years of federal policy and leaves many employers with questions about the future of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and affirmative action programs (AAPs).
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Brent Hamilton |Victoria Slade
Originally Posted: 6/23/23, Updated: 6/29/23
Today, the Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision in
two cases challenging race conscious university admissions
policies, Students for Fair Admission v. President and
Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair
Admissions v. University of North Carolina. In it, the Court
overturned 20-year old caselaw and ruled that educational
institutions are no longer permitted to consider an applicant's
race in making admissions decisions.
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May 14, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Brent Hamilton |Melissa Healy
Federal contractors and subcontractors must certify the status of their Affirmative Action Programs (AAPs) to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) by July 1, 2024. Who Must Certify?
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Nov 1, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Brent Hamilton
Employers nationwide should be aware that the long-delayed 2022 EEO-1 reporting period opened October 31, 2023. The deadline for filing 2022 EEO-1 Component 1 data is December 5, 2023, though employers are encouraged to file sooner if possible. All private-sector employers with 100 or more employees in the U.S., and federal contractors with at least 50 employees, are required to submit an EEO-1 report with workforce demographic data to the EEOC annually.
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Jun 26, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Brent Hamilton |Victoria Slade
June 26, 2023
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Sometime in the next few days, the Supreme Court will issue its decision in two cases challenging race-conscious university admissions policies, Students for Fair Admission v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina.
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Jun 9, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Jeffrey Bosley |K.C. Halm |Brent Hamilton
Employee use of artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT presents both opportunities and risks, from sales to marketing to human resourcesAs generative artificial intelligence (GAI) technology, like ChatGPT, finds new and greater uses in the workplace, employers must consider the myriad of legal and other issues that come with it. For good reason, employers increasingly are implementing policies to mitigate potential risks and ensure safe and permissible uses of GAI by employees.
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Jun 9, 2023 | 
dockets.justia.com | Brent Hamilton
Whitmore v. Amazon.com Services, Inc. Plaintiff: Mary Whitmore Defendant: Amazon.com Services, Inc. doing business as Amazon Fulfillment Center Case Number: 3:2023cv00844 Filed: June 9, 2023 Court: US District Court for the District of Oregon Presiding Judge: Adrienne Nelson Nature of Suit: Civil Rights: Employment Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1331 Fed. Question Jury Demanded By: None RSS Track this Docket Docket Report This docket was last retrieved on June 9, 2023.
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May 25, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | K.C. Halm |Brent Hamilton |Matthew Jedreski
Guidance explains the "four-fifths rule" to determine whether tools for hiring and promotion might result in a disparate/adverse impact on a protected classLast week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a "technical assistance document" that it characterized as a "new resource" relating to the use of automated decision-making tools in employment decisions, such as hiring and promotion.
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May 15, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Brent Hamilton
Orders that cover federal employees and contractors, air travel, healthcare facilities, and insurance cost-sharing are expiring as Public Health Emergency also endsOn May 1, 2023, the Biden Administration announced the end of COVID-19 vaccine requirements for federal employees, federal contractors, and international air travel at the end of the day on May 11.
