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2 weeks ago | 
mondaq.com | Evandro C Gigante |Laura Fant |Margo Richard
On May 1, 2025, Minneapolis, Minnesota's city council passedseveral amendments to its civil rightsordinance (the "Ordinance"), which prohibitsdiscriminatory practices in employment, among other areas. Withregard to employment, the amendments add new protected classes,expand the definition of race, familial status, and disability, andincrease protections for pregnant workers and religiousobservance.
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3 weeks ago | 
mondaq.com | Evandro C Gigante |Laura Fant |Arielle E. Kobetz
New York City employers are reminded that they are now requiredto physically and electronically post a copy of their writtenlactation accommodation policy. As we previously reported, Local Law109– which became effective on May 8, 2025 – amends theNew York City Human Rights Law's existing obligations onemployers to implement and distribute a written lactationaccommodation policy.
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3 weeks ago | 
jdsupra.com | Laura Fant |Evandro C Gigante |Arielle E. Kobetz
New York City employers are reminded that they are now required to physically and electronically post a copy of their written lactation accommodation policy. As we previously reported, Local Law 109 – which became effective on May 8, 2025 – amends the New York City Human Rights Law’s existing obligations on employers to implement and distribute a written lactation accommodation policy.
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4 weeks ago | 
natlawreview.com | Stephen G. Weizenecker |Leslie Eason |Evandro C Gigante |Laura Fant
Skip to main content May 09, 2025 Volume XV, Number 129 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found.
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4 weeks ago | 
natlawreview.com | Stephen G. Weizenecker |Leslie Eason |Evandro C Gigante |Laura Fant
Skip to main content May 09, 2025 Volume XV, Number 129 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found.
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4 weeks ago | 
natlawreview.com | Leslie Eason |Stephen G. Weizenecker |Evandro C Gigante |Laura Fant
Recently, I had a conversation with a friend who had been planning a college tour with her sister. She informed her manager of the trip well in advance and otherwise followed the policies for requesting time off. But when the time came for her to take the trip, her boss acted confused and annoyed that she was actually going through with her plans. At that moment, she found herself caught between two impossible (but familiar) choices: prioritize her family or her job.
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2 months ago | 
mondaq.com | Evandro C Gigante |Laura Fant |Jurate Schwartz |Arielle E. Kobetz
Employers in New York, Connecticut, and Vermont should take noteof a recent Second Circuit decision holding that an employee maystill be entitled to a reasonable accommodation under the Americanswith Disabilities Act ("ADA") even if they can performthe essential functions of their job without accommodation. In Tudor v. Whitehall Central SchoolDistrict, (2d Cir.
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2 months ago | 
natlawreview.com | Keith Bishop |Evandro C Gigante |Laura Fant |Ayman Guirguis
On March 24, 2025, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin asked the Virginia state legislature to strengthen the protections provided in a bill (S.B. 854) passed by the legislature earlier this month that imposes significant restrictions on minors’ social media use.
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2 months ago | 
jdsupra.com | Laura Fant |Evandro C Gigante |Arielle E. Kobetz
Employers in New York, Connecticut, and Vermont should take note of a recent Second Circuit decision holding that an employee may still be entitled to a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) even if they can perform the essential functions of their job without accommodation. In Tudor v. Whitehall Central School District, (2d Cir.
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Feb 24, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Allan Bloom |Evandro C Gigante |Laura Fant |Brenna R. McLean
On Wednesday, February 19, 2025, Acting Equal EmploymentOpportunity Commission ("EEOC") Chair Andrea R. Lucas announced the EEOC plans to target employersthat "illegally prefer non-American workers," as well as"staffing agencies and other agents that unlawfully complywith client companies' illegal preferences against Americanworkers" through increased enforcement of Title VII'snational origin protections.
