The number of employment discrimination claims filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission continued a steep decline in 2021. At the lowest level in at least several decades, data from the past two years suggests that COVID-19 contributed to the reduction. But a review of 2021 EEOC charges reveals some interesting trends that may … Read more
On February 18, 2019, the New York City Commission on Human Rights released enforcement guidance about discrimination based on hair. “Hair discrimination” is not per se illegal under either New York State or New York City law. However, this guidance notes that race discrimination, especially anti-black discrimination, takes many explicit and implicit forms. Thus, the … Read more
Most employers know they can’t discriminate against employees based on the employees’ own legally protected characteristics. But they may not realize that the same laws often also prohibit “association discrimination,” or “relationship discrimination.” In other words, employers can’t discriminate based on an individual’s association with someone in a protected class. Forms of Association Discrimination The … Read more