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HR - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts recently blocked the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) efforts to withhold funding from states and grant recipients that have not confirmed their compliance with Trump administration policies on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), “gender ideology,” women’s and girls’ sports, and immigration.
Sex Discrimination - Title IX
On June 30, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States held that state laws that restrict interscholastic and intercollegiate athletic participation based on biological sex—and that effectively ban transgender women and transgender girls from participating in women’s and girls’ sports—do not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment or Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
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Most widows are women. Most employers still aren't built for what comes after the funeral.
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It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager and I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. Employer wants to offer paid parental leave — but only for women (#2 at the link) The update on this […] The post updates: parental leave only for women, can feedback ever really be anonymous, and more appeared first on Ask a Manager .
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Your employer owns your title, not your credibility. Why women are building reputations that outlast any single job.
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From marriage and parenting to careers and caregiving, women across generations increasingly disagree about what loyalty, sacrifice, and self-respect should look like.
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From policing other women's leadership styles to rewarding likability over competence, these common workplace habits may be contributing to gender inequality more than we realize.
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As artificial intelligence spreads, millions of middle-class jobs in human resources, billing and payroll could be at risk. Most are held by women.
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People often notice when a woman is the lone female expert in a group. But do they notice when women are missing entirely? New research suggests the answer is often no.
Sex Discrimination - Title IX
The Supreme Court of the United States will consider whether a former Georgia Tech head women’s basketball coach and a former Augusta University art professor may bring employment-based sex discrimination claims under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972—a civil rights law that prohibits dis
Multinational Employers
Deepfakes—deceptively realistic image, video, and audio content generated by artificial intelligence (AI)—are no longer a marginal phenomenon. Those affected are not only public figures but also increasingly private individuals, predominantly women. Beyond the currently debated classification under
Multinational Employers
UK Government Launches Guidance on Pay Gap and Menopause Action Plans The UK Government’s latest guidance was published on March 4, 2026, a few days ahead of International Women’s Day, and encourages employers to take action to improve workplace gender equality. tgelbman@littler.com Wed, 03/11/2026
Sex Discrimination - Pregnancy
March is Women’s History Month, lending itself to a review of the lessons learned over the last three years since enactment of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). While the guidance from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) provides some insight, employers regularly face acc
HR - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
On January 30, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit heard oral argument in Chicago Women in Trades v. Trump , No. 25-2144, concerning whether the Trump administration can require federal contractors and grantees to certify that they do not operate diversity, equity, and inclusion
Puerto Rico
\\\\t The Puerto Rico Supreme Court found that the Women’s Advocate Office (OPM) has the authority to investigate and fine public and private employers for violations of women’s rights under Puerto Rico constitution and laws, including employment laws.
Federal Gov't - DOT
TakeawaysDepartment of Transportation issues interim final rule removing presumption of social and economic disadvantage for women and designated minorities from two federal programs.The new rule is immediately effective, without a notice and comment period.Recipients of federal funds must not inclu
Oregon - General
The Court of Appeals of the State of Oregon recently held in Trumper v. Women’s Healthcare Associates, LLC that an at-will employee could not bring a wrongful discharge claim where she did not challenge the lawfulness of her employer’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate and otherwise failed to identify a
Sex Discrimination - Title IX
Whether and how transgender women may participate in women’s collegiate sports remains one of the most closely watched issues in the country. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia’s September 2025 decision in Gaines v. National Collegiate Athletic Association —a case brought b
Sex and Gender Discrimination
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) recently banned transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports, becoming the latest institution to take such action following President Donald Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 14201, titled “ Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports ,” and a wave of stat
Sex Discrimination - General
International Women’s Day (IWD) falls on the March 8th each year. This year’s campaign theme, “Accelerate Action,” highlights the urgent need for progress as data from the World Economic Forum predicts that, at the current rate of progress, it will take until 2158 to reach full gender parity – rough
HR - Education Industry
In the latest slew of executive orders affecting educational institutions, on February 5, 2025, President Trump signed an order titled, “ Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports .” This order states, “it is the policy of the United States to rescind all funds from educational programs that deprive women a
HR - Education Industry
On February 6, 2025, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced its new policy, prohibiting athletes assigned male at birth from participating in women’s sports competitions, aligning the NCAA eligibility rules with President Donald Trump’s recent executive order (EO) barring tran
Sex and Gender Discrimination
On his first day in office, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled, “ Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government .” The order defines “sex” as each “individual’s immutable biological classification as either male or female,” and
Sex and Gender Discrimination
On January 28, 2025, Andrea Lucas (R), the acting chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, issued a statement outlining her views on gender identity in the workplace, and listing a series of actions she has taken to “return” the agency “to its mission protecting women from sex-based dis
HR - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit blocked a contest by a venture capital fund that provided grants and other benefits to black women-owned businesses, finding the contest is likely to unlawfully discriminate based on race under 42 U.S.C. Section 1981 (Section 1981). The decision in
Lawyering - General
Littler Women's Leadership Initiative co-chair Margaret Parnell Hogan, interviews fellow Littler attorney Dionysia L. Johnson-Massie, about how respecting women in the workplace helps recruit and retain crucial talent, among other IE&D efforts.
HR - General
Millions of college sports fans and alumni each year tune in to watch the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men’s and women’s college basketball tournaments, referred to as “March Madness.” But with more than one hundred games between the two tournaments—many of which tip off during re
Sexual Harassment - General
Luis Rubiales resigned as the president of the Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) amid controversy over his kissing a women’s national team player without her consent following the team’s 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup win. The situation has sent shockwaves across the sports world and may serve as a remi
Sex Discrimination - Equal Pay
This year’s Women’s World Cup, which kicked off on July 20, 2023, has been drawing record viewers both in person and on television. As viewers watch these teams compete, many wonder whether these athletes receive pay equal to their male counterparts. The goal of this Insight is to examine
HR - General
On Equal Pay Day, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced three bills, including a national pay transparency bill, that she believes would help to close the pay gap between men and women. She chose Equal Pay Day for the introduction of these bills because it marks the additional days w
HR - General
In this episode of our Women’s History Month podcast series, Conversations with Women , WLI co-chair Margaret Hogan talks with three Littler associates who have shaped their legal careers in the area of traditional labor. Listen as Kameron Miller, Ashton Hupman and Brittany Stepp tell their stories
Sex Discrimination - General
In honor of Women’s History Month, we asked New York shareholder Diana Nehro, the newest member of the firm’s board of directors and chair of Ogletree Deakins’ Cross-Border Practice Group, a few questions about her experiences as a prominent and respected woman in the legal profession.
HR - General
March Madness and the annual National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men’s and Women’s Division I Basketball Tournaments routinely trigger countless office bracket contests and big distractions for workers. While March Madness can be an opportunity to boost employee engagement and workplace
Sex Discrimination - General
Sex Discrimination - Equal Pay
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has expressed a renewed intention to enforce federal laws prohibiting discrimination in pay amid a reported persistent “pay gap” between women and men in the United States workforce. The effort comes as “Equal Pay Day” is being recognized in th
California - General
On February 7, 2023, California Assembly Member Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-16) introduced Assembly Bill (AB) No. 521, which calls on the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) to submit a rulemaking proposal to the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board that would “requ
Sex Discrimination - Equal Pay
The first Equal Pay Day observance in the United States was organized in 1996 by the National Committee on Pay Equity to raise awareness of the wage gap and its impact on women. Equal Pay Day marks the point when the average woman’s current earnings, combined with what she earned in the previous yea
Sex Discrimination - Pregnancy
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, signed into law by President Biden on December 29, 2022, enacted two laws providing protections to pregnant women and nursing mothers in the workplace: the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act
HR - Construction Industry
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) promised in a March 2022 hearing to address what it considered to be “severe and pervasive” discrimination in the construction sector. According to EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows, “[M]any women and people of color have either been shut out of construc
HR - Drugs & Alcohol
On October 25, 2022, U.S. professional basketball player Brittney Griner lost her bid in a Russian appeals court to overturn a nine-year sentence for attempting to smuggle illegal drugs into Russia. According to reports, Griner, a Women’s National Basketball Association star and two-time Olympic gol
HR - General
The legal landscape around abortion rights has changed greatly following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , No. 19-1392 (June 24, 2022), which ended a nearly 50-year precedent protecting the right to abortion and opened the door for states to implemen
Louisiana - General
On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , overturning Roe v. Wade , holding that the U.S. Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion, and returning the authority to regulate abortion to individual states. Lo
Benefits - General
For the second time in six months, frequently asked question (FAQ) guidance from federal regulators is calling attention to the requirement that employer-sponsored health plans provide coverage for women, without any cost sharing, for the full range of contraceptive methods approved by the U.S. Food
Benefits - HIPAA
Many states have enacted or revived statutes limiting or barring access to abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court of the United States’ ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and further legislative or regulatory initiatives on this subject are likely.
Benefits - ERISA
The U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , No. 19-1392 (June 24, 2022), overruling Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, has far-reaching consequences across many areas. This special report examines the potential impact Dobbs will have on employee benef
Benefits - General
Friday, June 24, 2022, began with the United States Supreme Court’s publication of its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade . In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (19-1392), the Supreme Court held: “ The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the au
Benefits - General
Friday, June 24, 2022, began with the United States Supreme Court’s publication of its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade . In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (19-1392), the Supreme Court held: “ The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the au
Benefits - General
Executive Summary: Today’s Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization will have a significant impact on abortion procedures offered under employee benefits plans.
Benefits - General
On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its highly anticipated decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , No. 19-1392. The Dobbs decision expressly overrules the two key precedents that established and upheld a constitutional right to abortion and gives states
Benefits - General
As predicted, the United States Supreme Court issued its final decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning the landmark 1973 case Roe v. Wade , which held the U.S. Constitution protected the right of women to terminate a pregnancy prior to the date of viability. The June 24,