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A high school basketball announcer was caught on a live microphone uttering a racial slur about the girls of the Norman basketball team, who had taken a knee during the national anthem.
What is a hostile work environment?
We hear that phrase used a lot. But what does the law consider to be a hostile work environment? Continue reading
One of the proudest days in an attorney’s legal career is making partner. There are two tiers of partnership in most law firms: (1) non-equity/contract partner; and (2) shareholder/equity partner. Ascending to that second shareholder tier means that you own part of the business. How cool is that?
But, if things eventually go sideways, the shareholder may be SOL. Continue reading
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A black man who was fired after recording a rap song, claims that his race — not his use of the “N”-word twice in the video — motivated his employer to end his employment.
And, according to a federal judge in California, he may be right.
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As Microsoft deals with a government investigation into its diversity hiring program, the rest of you federal contractors should take note of these new Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFFCP) guidelines addressing the White House “Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping.” Continue reading
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Yesterday, both Law360 (here) and Bloomberg (here) reported that the U.S. Department of Labor had begun investigating whether Microsoft violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal anti-discrimination law the prohibits race bias, when Microsoft decided to double the number of Black managers and executives.
In full transparency, Microsoft announced the news too! Continue reading
On the heels of the federal government announcing that it will change how it trains federal workers on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), thank you to the hundreds of readers that took a few minutes to respond to this anonymous survey about DEI efforts in your workplace.
Below are the survey results. (If you are viewing this in an email, you’ll need to download the images.) I’ll add my commentary at the end.
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This two-page memo from the Executive Office of the President made several headlines on Friday. Continue reading
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On Wednesday evening, the players on the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks shocked us all. Continue reading
Two black employees complain to a supervisor that a white co-worker is taunting them with racial pejoratives.
What do you do? Continue reading
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