Executive Order on Gender and How Private Employers Should React

On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government”.   The stated purpose of the Order is to defend women’s rights and protect freedom of conscience by using clear and accurate language and policies that recognize women are biologically female, and … Read more

Review of “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” Executive Order

The new Trump administrative has issued a flurry of executive orders.  One recent executive order, titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” applies directly to private employers.  This order criticizes various public and private sector entities for adopting and using “dangerous, demeaning, and immoral race- and sex-based preferences under the guise of so-called ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ … Read more

Reminder: New York City Employers Must Post and Distribute“Know Your Rights at Work” Poster by July 1, 2024

As we previously reported, beginning July 1, 2024, New York City employers must display and distribute the “Know Your Rights at Work” poster which can be found here: https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dca/downloads/pdf/workers/KnowYourRightsAtWorkPoster.pdf.  The poster contains a QR code that refers employees to the New York City Workers’ Bill of Rights website.  Employers are required to post the “Know … Read more

Reminder: June 4th is the Deadline for Filing EEO-1 Reports

As you may know, private employers with at least 100 employees must file an EEO-1 report that organizes employee demographic data by employee job category, as well as gender and race/ethnicity, and submit that data to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) on an annual basis.  The deadline for employers to file the 2023 EEO-1 … Read more

EEOC Issues Updated Guidance on Workplace Harassment

On April 29, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued updated guidance on workplace harassment to address recent legal developments and emerging issues in the workplace. The EEOC’s new guidance covers the three components of a harassment claim: (1) the covered bases and causation; (2) discrimination respecting a term, condition, or privilege of employment; … Read more

New York State Extends Statute of Limitations for Unlawful Discriminatory Practices to Three Years

On November 17, 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation that extends the statute of limitations for claims resulting from unlawful discriminatory practices from one to three years.  As you may recall, starting on August 12, 2020, the statute of limitations for filing a sexual harassment complaint in New York State was extended from one year … Read more