Gender Discrimination

New and Updated

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  EEO - Discrimination: Virginia

  Updated to reflect amendment relating to the medical use of cannabis oil.

• Date:

  February 9, 2021

  Type:

  News

  Recent Pay Bias Settlements Highlight Risks of Noncompliance

  Recent pay and hiring discrimination allegations have resulted in high-dollar settlements for Google and a hospitality management company.

• Date:

  January 25, 2021

  Type:

  Editor's Choice

  XpertHR's Letters, Forms and Checklists Are Now Gender-Neutral

  More than 500 of XpertHR's letters, forms and checklists have been updated to use gender-neutral language in an effort to help users account for gender fluidity within the workforce when creating, distributing and maintaining legally compliant documentation for their organizations.

• Date:

  January 5, 2021

  Type:

  News

  President's Race and Sex Stereotyping Executive Order Blocked by Judge

  A federal judge has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction to block key parts of President's Trump's executive order on combating race and sex stereotyping from being enforced.

• Date:

  September 29, 2020

  Type:

  News

  Google Parent Agrees to $310 Million Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Settlement, Will Implement DEI Initiatives

  Google's parent company has agreed to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a group of shareholders. The lawsuit claimed that male executives who had been credibly accused of sexually harassing female employees were improperly awarded multi-million-dollar severance packages.

• Type:

  50-State Charts

  Lactation/Breastfeeding Breaks and Facility Accommodation Requirements by State and Municipality

  Updated to reflect amendments expanding Georgia lactation/breastfeeding breaks and accommodations protections, effective August 5, 2020.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  New York Amends Human Rights Law Regulations on Gender Identity or Expression

• Type:

  Best Practice Manual

  Transgender Employees and Applicants in the Workplace

  Updated in relation to the Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ+ rights.

• Type:

  50-State Charts

  Equal Pay and Wage Disclosure Laws by State

  Updated to include Virginia law regarding wage disclosure, effective July 1, 2020.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Title VII Protects LGBTQ+ Employees