Discrimination

New and Updated

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  EEO Handbook Statement: New York

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect state constitutional discrimination protections under the Equal Rights Amendment, effective January 1, 2025. 

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Discrimination: Massachusetts

  Updated to reflect the launch of the online reporting portal for submitting required EEO data reports, with an initial deadline of February 1, 2025.

• Date:

  January 15, 2025

  Type:

  News

  New Jersey Antidiscrimination Law Applies to AI Bias

  Bias resulting from the use of artificial intelligence violates New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination (LAD), according to new state attorney general guidance.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Mass Layoffs, Reductions in Force and Plant Closings: New York

  Updated to reflect law regarding call center employees' retention rights with successor contractors, effective December 21, 2024.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Mass Layoffs, Reductions in Force and Plant Closings: Delaware

  Updated to reflect regulation requiring additional information concerning a mass layoff, plant closing or relocation in the advance notice to employees, effective December 10, 2024.

• Type:

  Editor's Choice

  January 1, 2025: Employers, Act Now Before New Compliance Requirements Take Effect

  Updated to include New York Equal Rights Amendment and law regarding digital replica usage in employment agreements.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  New York Equal Rights Amendment Takes Effect

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  FMLA: California

  Updated to reflect amendments to the state paid family leave law regarding benefit amounts and interaction with paid time off benefits, amendments to the kin care leave qualifying reasons and the repeal of the family leave mediation program, all effective January 1, 2025.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  USERRA: Illinois

  Updated to reflect an amendment under Illinois law that extends state military leave protections to members of the US Space Force, effective January 1, 2025. 

• Date:

  December 23, 2024

  Type:

  News

  EEOC: Wearable Technology May Violate Discrimination Laws

  New guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) cautions employers that directing employees to use wearable devices in the workplace may violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other federal antidiscrimination laws.