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On April 29, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published its final form Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace (Guidance).

Almost seven months after seeking public comment on an initial proposed version, and more than seven years after first attempting to update its guidance on the issue, the Equal...

Builds on Previous Work, Addresses Legal Developments and Emerging Issues, Including Virtual Work Environments - WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...

On April 29, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a long-anticipated update to its enforcement guidance on harassment in the workplace. The update...

Companies are increasing pressure to address environmental, social, and governance ESG issues. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink recently reiterated his support for stakeholder capitalism; we ask businesses to demonstrate how they deliver on their responsibility to shareholders.

I. Introduction - Companies are increasing pressure to address environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) issues.  ESG topics have taken center stage in boardrooms,...

Why Do We Need to Talk About Bystander Training? Many companies train employees on sexual harassment, but studies have shown that much of this training is ineffective and does not empower companies and employees to prevent harassment. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace issued a report in 2016 finding that some sexual harassment training even caused men to be more likely to blame both the harasser and the victim involved ...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. There is an old saying in Washington, D.C., that personnel is policy. It is common sense: whoever is in charge of a federal agency or subagency will impart his or her own particular policy preferences on the agencys priorities, resource allocation, and regulatory agenda. In the current hyper-partisan political environment, where the U.S. Congress has ceded much of the federal policymaking app...

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Advertisement EEOC Roundup, Part II: The Latest Personnel Changes at the Agency and How They Are Expected to Shape Policy Monday, April 5, 2021 There is an old saying in Washington, D.C., that personnel is policy. It is common sense: whoever is in charge of a federal agency or subagency will impart his or her own particular policy preferences on the agency’s priorities, resource allocation, and regulatory agenda. In the current hyper-partisan political environment, where the U.S. Co...