New Hampshire has enacted a law to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity in employment, housing, and public accommodation. The law, which amends the state’s Law Against Discrimination, takes effect July 8, 2018....more
6/11/2018
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Employment Discrimination ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Identity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Housing Discrimination ,
Job Ads ,
Public Accommodation ,
Residential Real Estate Market ,
State Legislatures
The New Jersey state legislature has passed a new pay equity law which will, among other things, make it an unlawful employment practice to pay employees of any protected class under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination...more
4/18/2018
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Race Discrimination ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
State Contractors ,
State Labor Laws ,
State Legislatures ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Wage and Hour
The New York City Council will consider a series of bills aimed at preventing and addressing workplace sexual harassment, both in the private sector and in city agencies. The eleven bills, collectively titled the Stop Sexual...more
3/6/2018
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Anti-Harassment Policies ,
City Councils ,
Complaint Procedures ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Gender-Based Violence ,
Local Ordinance ,
NYCHRL ,
Posting Requirements ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Workplace Harassment Guidance
The New York City Council voted last month to amend the New York City Human Rights Law (“NYCHRL”) to explicitly require that covered entities engage in “cooperative dialogue” with those persons who may be entitled to a...more
1/23/2018
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Cooperative Dialogue ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Domestic Violence ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Human Rights ,
Interactive Process ,
NYHRL ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
State Labor Laws
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has signed into law an amendment to the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) adding current or prior service in the uniformed services as a protected class under the law. The amendment will take...more
On November 15, 2016, the EEOC published its Fiscal Year 2016 Performance and Accountability Report. The Performance Report details the EEOC’s efforts over the past fiscal year, which ran from October 1, 2015 to September 30,...more
An amendment to the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) introduced before the City Council this week would add current or prior service in the uniformed services as a protected class under the law. If approved by the...more