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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.
Belgium
Osborne Clarke
The impact of AI spans across various sectors, with notable implications observed in the employment relationship.
Canada
Clark Wilson LLP
Can an employer terminate an employee who is on sick leave? This is a question many employers have been grappling with lately and frustratingly the answer is usually not straight forward.
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...
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...
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
Herrington Carmichael
Over the past few weeks, the Gender Pay Gap reporting deadlines passed in the UK. However, despite the headline figures suggesting that the gender pay gap...
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
McDonald Hopkins
On October 10, 2023, the Department of Education published final regulations that apply to most educational programs that are eligible to participate in the student financial assistance programs...
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
On April 17, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision that could increase plaintiffs' abilities to bring discrimination claims...
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
The final regulations amend § 34 C.F.R. 106.1, et seq. According to a statement from the Department announcing the final rule, "The unofficial version of the final regulations is available here.
Foley & Lardner
On March 13, 2024, Governor Spencer Cox signed House Bill (H.B.) 55 into law, making Utah the latest state to restrict the use of certain nondisclosure and non-disparagement agreements relating to sexual assault or sexual harassment claims.
Mintz
In Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Mo., the U.S. Supreme Court made it easier for employees who are involuntarily transferred to a lateral position to pursue discrimination claims, even when they retain...
Jones Day
The Court's decision in Muldrow v. St. Louis requires plaintiffs to prove "some injury" respecting employment terms or conditions in discrimination cases.
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