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What is a hostile work environment?
We hear that phrase used a lot. But what does the law consider to be a hostile work environment? Continue reading
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Court: Shareholders and equity partners cannot sue for discrimination under Title VII.
One of the proudest days in an attorney’s legal career is making partner. There are two tiers of partnership in most law firms: (1) non-equity/contract partner; and (2) shareholder/equity partner. Ascending to that second shareholder tier means that you own part of the business. How cool is that?
But, if things eventually go sideways, the shareholder may be SOL. Continue reading
He used the “N”-word twice . . . and may just win his race discrimination claim too?!?
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A black man who was fired after recording a rap song, claims that his race — not his use of the “N”-word twice in the video — motivated his employer to end his employment.
And, according to a federal judge in California, he may be right.
OFCCP elaborates on what kind of diversity training government contractors can (and can’t) do.
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As Microsoft deals with a government investigation into its diversity hiring program, the rest of you federal contractors should take note of these new Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFFCP) guidelines addressing the White House “Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping.” Continue reading
Is a Fortune 50 company’s diversity program discriminatory? The DOL wants to know!
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Yesterday, both Law360 (here) and Bloomberg (here) reported that the U.S. Department of Labor had begun investigating whether Microsoft violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal anti-discrimination law the prohibits race bias, when Microsoft decided to double the number of Black managers and executives.
In full transparency, Microsoft announced the news too! Continue reading
Here are the results of the diversity, equity, and inclusion survey. You may be surprised…
On the heels of the federal government announcing that it will change how it trains federal workers on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), thank you to the hundreds of readers that took a few minutes to respond to this anonymous survey about DEI efforts in your workplace.
Below are the survey results. (If you are viewing this in an email, you’ll need to download the images.) I’ll add my commentary at the end.
The government plans to change how it trains employees on issues of race
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This two-page memo from the Executive Office of the President made several headlines on Friday. Continue reading
Jacob Blake, racism, and what it means to be on the right side of history
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On Wednesday evening, the players on the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks shocked us all. Continue reading
1,250,000 reasons to take all complaints of race discrimination seriously
Two black employees complain to a supervisor that a white co-worker is taunting them with racial pejoratives.
What do you do? Continue reading
Three important employment law lessons from ViacomCBS firing Nick Cannon for anti-Semitic remarks
Earlier this week, ViacomCBS announced that it had severed ties with Nick Cannon over anti-Semitic remarks he made recently on this episode of his YouTube podcast “Cannon’s Class.” Continue reading