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Beware AI screening based on race, age and disability

Workday, a human resource management service that provides applicant screening services as one of its capabilities, is accused of using machine-learning algorithms and artificial intelligence tools to screen out applicants who are African-American, disabled and/or over the age of 40.

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Stamp out gender stereotyping before it triggers discrimination and harassment claims

If you tolerate gender stereotyping in the workplace, you could be courting a lawsuit that alleges both sex discrimination and sexual harassment.

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Court: Denying transgender-care coverage violates Title VII

For the first time, a federal appeals court has ruled that an employer that provides health insurance for its employees violates Title VII if it refuses to cover transgender care.

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Follow best practices for criminal-conviction screening

You could wind up facing a discrimination lawsuit even if you had no intention of discriminating against anyone for any reason.

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EEOC charges jump for second straight year

EEOC charges rose sharply in fiscal year 2023. Find out which claim garnered the top spot by a wide margin, and how to prevent these at your company.

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Employ low-skill, entry-level workers? Avoid EEOC’s anti-discrimination crosshairs

"Protecting individuals seeking entry-level or temporary jobs from discrimination” is an EEOC enforcement priority.

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Beware the high cost of tolerating a racially hostile environment: $20.5 million

Allowing a hostile work environment can cost you big--for one employer it was more than $20 million.

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CROWN Act alert: Ensure grooming rules don’t perpetuate hairstyle bias

The EEOC will pursue employers with dress and grooming codes that discourage or prohibit natural hairstyles as a recent case reaffirms.

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Court: Faith allows skipping preferred pronouns

A worker whose gender identity differs from that assigned at birth must be addressed by their preferred pronouns.

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Court calls working beyond pay grade intolerable

Federal court rules in favor of worker who quit because the work was beyond the pay grade.

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