To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Amendments to Chicago Ordinance Impose Additional Obligations Relating to the Prevention of Sexual Harassment As of July 1, 2022, amendments to the Chicago Human Rights Ordinance went into effect, requiring employers with at least one employee working within the city’s…
Once an employee requests an accommodation, the employer has a duty to engage in an “interactive process” to try to determine whether the employer can accommodate the employee’s disability. With that in mind, employers should take note of this recent decision from the US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers Tennessee), which provides that…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On July 1, 2022, the law Florida Governor Ron DeSantis labeled the “Stop the Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees,” or Stop WOKE (“Act”), is set to go into effect, amending Florida’s employment discrimination laws state wide. The Act is…
The Equality Act provides that it is unlawful to discriminate against someone because of a protected characteristic. “Religion or belief” is one of the nine specified “protected characteristics”, and the list also includes “sex” and “gender reassignment”. Sometimes protected characteristics can come into conflict with each other. This is particularly likely to happen where a…
The Chicago City Council recently enacted legislation aimed at addressing unlawful harassment in Chicago workplaces. This legislation, amending the City’s Human Rights Ordinance and applying to all employers with at least one employee working in Chicago’s city limits, implements a variety of measures designed to combat harassment in the workplace, including by (i) expanding the…
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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The last several years have seen algorithm-driven technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and other algorithmic or automated decision-making systems proliferate throughout nearly every industry, from managing the supply chain to detecting and preventing fraud and helping farmers decide…
The Biden Administration’s Department of Education issued a new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on June 23, 2022 – the 50th anniversary of the day Title IX was signed into law – intended to overhaul the Trump Administration’s May 2020 Title IX regulations. A Department-prepared Fact Sheet and Chart summarize the proposed regulations. As explained…
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On May 2, 2022, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law HB 389 (Act 809), altering the scope of the employer-employee relationship. This new law is likely to reclassify many independent contractors as employees and trigger a host of assets and obligations for Georgia employers. This measure will become effective on July 1, 2022. Ultimately,…
24 June 2022 Borden Ladner Gervais LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Les membres de BLG ont récemment eu l’occasion d’assister à la formation « Feuille de route pour devenir un·e bon·ne allié·e : une série en trois parties ». Animées par Mme Melaku, ces…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. le 1private juin 2022, dance son élan visant à renforcer le statut de la langue française au Québec, le gouvernement québécois a obtenu la sanction royale de son Projet de loi nHe 96, Loi sur la langue officielle et commune…
