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What is the EEO-1? The EEO-1 Component 1 report is a mandatory summary of an employer’s workforce demographic data, including race/ethnicity, gender, and job category information, that must be submitted to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) annually. Submission of this report and the...
New Jersey’s wage transparency law that was signed by Governor Phil Murphy on November 18, 2024, will take effect on June 1, 2025. For a more fulsome discussion of the ins and outs of New Jersey’s pay transparency law, check out our prior blog here . As the effective date approaches, employers...
On April 24, 2025, the Florida House and Senate passed legislation introducing large-scale changes to Florida’s non-compete landscape. The Florida Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth Act (the “CHOICE Act”) is expected to be signed into law by Governor...
Although not prohibited by federal law, employment discrimination based on marital status is illegal in several states. However, the exact contours of “marital status” discrimination have been somewhat unclear, leading to a recent decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that interpreted New...
This month’s Friday Five explores decisions from around the country discussing the concept of reasonableness in various forms. One court rejected the parties’ proffered definitions of the term “working” and instead determined that a dictionary definition was reasonable. Two cases reflect courts...
Following a recent decision by the Seventh Circuit, employers who violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by requiring medical examinations of an employee without a business necessity may now be liable for back pay even if the employee is not disabled. The ADA prohibits employers from...
Between Biden’s “most pro-union president ever” term and Trump’s recent federal policy changes done more by chainsaw than scalpel, Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) have endured a tumultuous path recently. Used primarily on construction projects, PLAs refer to pre-hire contractor collective bargaining...
Harvard University has filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s decision to freeze more than $2 billion in federal grants and contracts benefitting Harvard. The funding freeze came after Harvard refused a list of demands aimed at eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)...
Earlier this year, the American Institute of Architects (“ AIA”) released updated form contract documents for traditional design-build (“ Traditional DB”) construction projects and introduced a new set of progressive design-build (“ Progressive DB”) forms. In a design-build project, the owner...
On April 23, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order instructing federal agencies to “deprioritize” enforcement of disparate-impact discrimination claims (the “EO”). Titled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy,” the EO states it is intended to combat a “pernicious movement” by...
On March 12, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) issued an Interim Final Rule (“IFR”) implementing a new registration requirement (“Registration Requirement”) for certain foreign nationals to be filed with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”). The...
On April 15, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) informed the public that, effective May 13, 2025, the USPTO will be accelerating the process for issuing patents. Currently, the time between Issue Notification and Issue Date averages around three weeks. However, with the...
Continuing a nationwide trend, three states recently enacted new legislation further restricting the enforceability of non-compete provisions in employment agreements. Starting in July, these new regulations are set to take effect in Virginia, Arkansas, and Wyoming. Virginia Bars Non-Competes With...
On March 25, 2025, the Second Circuit clarified the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standard on reasonable accommodations. Specifically, in Tudor v. Whitehall Central School District, the court held that an employee may be entitled to a reasonable accommodation even if he or she can perform...
Saul Ewing LLP is pleased to announce that Amy Kline and Caitlin Strauss have been honored in the 2025 JD Supra Readers' Choice Awards for their exemplary authorship of The Friday Five. This prestigious award recognizes the top authors and firms for exceptional thought leadership over the past year...
The Virginia General Assembly recently passed a second of its kind AI anti-discrimination bill, HB 2094, which would have taken effect on July 1, 2026. However, on March 24, 2025, Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed the proposed law. Although HB 2094 is no longer going into effect, businesses that utilize AI...
Recent EEOC actions and guidance provide additional context regarding the Trump Administration Executive Orders targeting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (“DEI”) and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (“DEIA”) policies, programs, and mandates. The guidance clarifies when DEI initiatives...
On March 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a civil money penalty (“CMP”) of $200,000 against Oregon Health & Science University (“OHSU”) for failing to provide a patient’s personal representative with timely access to medical...
The Trump administration has declared March 12, 2025, as “the greatest and most consequential day of deregulation in the history of the United States.” United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, Lee Zeldin, issued various press releases (linked on our Environmental Executive...
What You Need to Know: • Instead of filing multiple applications claiming different aspects of an invention but not sharing a single priority chain, patentees should strive to file highly comprehensive applications that consider as many features and aspects of the invention as possible. Such a...