Discrimination

New and Updated

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Maine Broadens Order of Protection Discrimination Definition

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Discrimination: Maine

  Updated to reflect forthcoming law broadening discrimination protections for individuals who have received an order of protection under a domestic violence law.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  EEO Handbook Statement: West Virginia

  Updated guidance to reflect the definition of "sex" under state law, effective June 9, 2025.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  EEO Handbook Statement: Washington

  Updated guidance to reflect an amendment to Washington’s equal pay law that prohibits pay discrimination based on membership in any protected class, effective July 1, 2025.

• Date:

  June 20, 2025

  Type:

  News

  Supreme Court Narrows Scope of ADA Coverage

  Retirees who neither hold nor desire a job are not covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Court held in Stanley v. Sanford.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Nebraska Prohibits Discrimination Based on Military or Veteran Status

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Discrimination: Nebraska

  Updated to reflect law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of military or veteran status, effective June 4, 2025.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  EEO Handbook Statement: Minnesota

  Updated guidance to reflect amendments to state medical cannabis laws, effective May 24, 2025.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  EEO Handbook Statement: Iowa

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect amendment removing gender identity as a protected characteristic under state law, effective July 1, 2025.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Disabilities (ADA): New Mexico

  Updated to reflect the Medical Psilocybin Act, effective June 20, 2025.