Harassment

New and Updated

• Date:

  October 28, 2021

  Type:

  News

  Mandatory Arbitration Goes Under the Microscope at SHRM Inclusion 2021

  Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson called the use of mandatory arbitration agreements as a condition of employment "unfair" in a lively session, while SHRM Chief of Staff Emily Dickens wondered instead about improving the arbitration process.

• Type:

  Employee Handbooks

  Religious Accommodation Handbook Statement: California

  Updated threshold to clarify employer applicability.

• Type:

  Employee Handbooks

  Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation Prevention Handbook Statement [5+ Employees]: California

  Updated threshold and guidance to clarify employer applicability.

• Type:

  Employee Handbooks

  Harassment and Retaliation Prevention Handbook Statement [1-4 Employees]: California

  Updated threshold to clarify employer applicability.

• Type:

  Employee Handbooks

  EEO Handbook Statement: New Jersey

  Updated guidance to reflect amendments that expand the scope of protections against age discrimination, effective October 5, 2021.

• Type:

  Employee Handbooks

  EEO Handbook Statement: Illinois

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect ban on discrimination based on work authorization status, effective August 2, 2021; and updated statement to reflect amendments to the Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act, effective January 1, 2022.

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  EEO - Discrimination: Maine

  Updated to reflect amendments prohibiting discrimination based on familial status, gender identity and domestic violence victim status and modifying requirements regarding disability discrimination, effective October 18, 2021.

• Type:

  Employee Handbooks

  EEO Handbook Statement: Delaware

  Updated guidance to reflect amendments to definitions of sexual orientation and gender identity, effective September 17, 2021.

• Type:

  Employee Handbooks

  EEO Handbook Statement: North Carolina

  Updated guidance to reflect Charlotte's nondiscrimination ordinance, effective January 1, 2022.

• Type:

  Employee Handbooks

  EEO Handbook Statement: Maine

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect prohibition of discrimination based on familial status and gender identity and discrimination against domestic violence victims; and modification of requirements regarding disability discrimination, all effective October 18, 2021.