Compliance

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    LGBTQ+ groups prevail in challenge to Trump executive orders

    The executive branch “cannot weaponize Congressionally appropriated funds to single out protected communities,” a U.S. district court judge wrote.

    By • June 10, 2025
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    Ditched by Trump’s EEOC, job applicant advances bias lawsuit against Sheetz

    The agency said it would drop the lawsuit because it no longer aligned with the president’s executive order ending enforcement targeting disparate-impact discrimination.

    By • June 9, 2025
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    Trendline

    Inside the rapidly changing world of compliance

    The HR landscape is ever-shifting, leaving compliance professionals to meet today’s requirements while keeping an eye on the future.

    By HR Dive staff
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    Michigan representative introduces proposal to explicitly ban antisemitism

    A Democratic lawmaker introduced legislation on June 4 to crack down on antisemitism, including at work.

    By • June 9, 2025
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    Las Vegas restaurant operator ordered to pay more than $215K for alleged racial slurs against Black line cook

    Olives, Inc., allegedly took no remedial or disciplinary action after an HR manager came to the “spurious” conclusion there was no “malicious intent” behind the conduct.

    By Laurel Kalser • June 9, 2025
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    Opinion

    How should construction companies handle DEI under Trump?

    Given the president’s order targeting “illegal” equity programs, firms need to prepare for challenges from both the government and workers, writes an employment attorney.

    By Neil C. Schur • June 9, 2025
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    Strategic HR compliance: Powering business success

    Beyond mere box-ticking, strategic HR compliance builds business stability, mitigates risk and fosters employee trust. Discover how this foundation can drive your organization's long-term success.

    June 9, 2025
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    Marketing executive alleges he faced retaliation for defending pregnant workers

    The plaintiff claimed he was fired after corroborating anti-pregnancy statements made by the company’s president.

    By • June 6, 2025
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    Slurs, stalking and shoddy pay: Culver’s franchise settles slew of EEOC claims

    The settlement includes one case alleging sexual orientation-based discrimination, despite EEOC’s recent enforcement shifts affecting LGBTQ+ workers.

    By • June 6, 2025
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    This week in 5 numbers: Workers push back on AI

    Here’s a roundup of numbers from the last week of HR news — including the share of workers who are skeptical that the “skills gap” is a reflection of their abilities.

    By • June 5, 2025
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    SCOTUS unanimously sides with straight Ohio woman in ‘reverse discrimination’ row

    Requiring majority-group plaintiffs to show “background circumstances” as part of their bias claims flouts U.S. Supreme Court precedent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote.

    By • Updated June 5, 2025
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    Contradictory documentation keeps T-Mobile worker’s race claim alive

    The company said it laid off the plaintiff because of performance failings, but an HR officer reportedly said the layoff had “nothing to do with performance.”

    By • June 4, 2025
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    ICE raids on building sites stoke fear, uncertainty

    Law enforcement officers arrested construction workers in San Antonio, New Orleans and Tallahassee, Florida, last week.

    By Zachary Phillips • June 4, 2025
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    DOL recommits to opinion letters

    The Biden administration issued a number of opinion letters in recent years, using the method to weigh in on situations mainly involving the FMLA and FLSA.

    By • June 3, 2025
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    Gay, Christian lawyer alleges he was fired due to social media posts critical of transgender policies

    A former in-house counsel for Lucid Software alleged that his criticism of policies supported by Equality Utah, an organization that partnered with the company on DEI trainings, cost him his job.

    By Laurel Kalser • June 2, 2025
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    Trump moves to shutter OFCCP after months of chopping away at it

    If adopted as part of the Labor Department’s 2026 budget proposal, some enforcement powers would be moved to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

    By • June 2, 2025
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    Lawsuit alleges Amazon denied leave to worker with ectopic pregnancy

    The worker claimed Amazon violated the PWFA, the ADA and the FMLA when it denied her request for leave and then fired her without engaging in any interactive process.

    By Laurel Kalser • June 2, 2025
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    Rethinking cost containment: Why women’s health benefits are your strategic advantage

    The hidden lever to lower healthcare costs? Rethinking your women’s health benefits strategy.

    June 2, 2025
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    Hospital seeks $11.5M in allegedly delayed COVID retention tax credits

    The lawsuit is one of several filed in recent years challenging a troubled component of the 2020 CARES Act.

    By • May 30, 2025
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    Identity of HR 2025

    Once a branding strategy, pay transparency is here to stay

    Even though the verbiage might change, the necessity of pay transparency isn't going away, a vice president at Salary.com said.

    By • May 30, 2025
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    EEOC pulls funding from joint state, local transgender bias investigations

    The move is yet another step in the agency’s effort to abandon enforcement of workplace anti-discrimination laws with respect to transgender employees.

    By • May 30, 2025
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    Labor Department drops Biden-era ESG fiduciary rule

    The agency will no longer defend the rule allowing retirement plan managers to consider ESG factors and intends to work through a new rulemaking process on the topic “as expeditiously as possible.”

    By Lamar Johnson • May 29, 2025
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    Widow sues Coca-Cola under ERISA for former exec’s retirement benefts

    The company assured the couple before and after they married that she would receive his retirement benefits if he predeceased her, the lawsuit said.

    By Laurel Kalser • May 29, 2025
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    DOL rescinds Biden-era warning against offering cryptocurrency in 401(k) plans

    In reversing course on the 2022 guidance, the department said it is “reaffirm[ing] its neutral stance” on cryptocurrency’s inclusion in plans.

    By • May 28, 2025
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    5th Circuit rejects NLRB effort to revive ‘long-dead case’ against plumber

    A majority held that “extraordinary circumstances” applied in part because the board left its case dormant for nearly a decade.

    By • May 28, 2025
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    Atlanta worker was demoted because of conduct, not FMLA leave, 11th Circuit holds

    The city had multiple reasons to back up the demotion decision, the court found.

    By • May 27, 2025