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Australia
Cooper Grace Ward
Brief reminder of changes to the sexual harassment laws, summary of the landmark judgment & key takeaways for employers.
Stacks Law Firm
The "Respect@Work" laws require employers to take "positive steps" to eliminate sexual harassment in the workplace.
Belgium
Osborne Clarke
The impact of AI spans across various sectors, with notable implications observed in the employment relationship.
Canada
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
On March 27, 2024, Bill 42, An Act to prevent and fight psychological harassment and sexual violence in the workplace (Act), was sanctioned by the Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec.
Fasken
The Alberta courts found that a private school discriminated against two students by not allowing them to pray at school. This decision is a good reminder...
Rubin Thomlinson LLP
Under Ontario's human rights jurisprudence, when an employee raises a complaint of discrimination, the employer has a duty to address that complaint. The employer's response to a complaint...
CCPartners
A concerning arbitration decision has been quashed on judicial review.
India
BTG Advaya
A hostile work environment is created when an employee experiences workplace harassment or discrimination that is pervasive and severe enough to affect...
BTG Advaya
There is a significant gender gap in the labour market, with low rates of female labour force participation. This gender gap in the LFPR has remained almost consistent...
Ireland
Ogier
In a noteworthy decision highlighting the critical importance of employee rights, the Irish Workplace Relations Commission (the "WRC") awarded €143,268.00 in the case of Sharanjeet...
Malta
CSB Group
In a recent survey conducted by the National Statistics Office in Malta, alarming figures shed light on the prevalence of sexual harassment in workplaces.
Switzerland
Wenger Vieli AG
Berichterstattungspflichtige Schweizer Unternehmen mussten sich erstmals für das Geschäftsjahr 2023 intensiv mit der nichtfinanziellen Berichterstattung auseinandersetzen.
UK
Ankura Consulting Group LLC
Non-financial misconduct has become an urgent matter of discussion across the financial services sector. Workplace behaviours such as harassment and abuse are indicators...
Pierson Ferdinand
An employment tribunal in the UK stated that "[o]ffering a chair to an older colleague at work could count as age discrimination."
Pierson Ferdinand
We know that bullying in the workplace, no matter how horrible or damaging, is not by itself actionable under Title VII...
United States
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
On April 17, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a decades-old circuit split regarding what amount of harm a plaintiff must demonstrate to bring an employment discrimination claim ...
Holland & Knight
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) on April 19, 2024, released its final regulations for Title IX, the law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs...
Goodwin Procter LLP
To prevail on a claim of unlawful employment discrimination, a plaintiff must establish that the employer took an "adverse employment action" because of the employee's protected class.
Duane Morris LLP
Today, after more than a year of anticipation, the U.S. Department of Education published the Title IX Final Rule, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs...
Littler Mendelson
Alyesha Asghar said the Supreme Court's decision in Muldrow v. St. Louis, which will make it easier for employees to pursue discrimination claims over job transfers, does not mean an end to IE&D.
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