@rmintzer

Deputy team lead for Labor @Blaw. Opinions mine, RT not endorsement. Reach me here: [email protected]

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Rebecca Klar@rebeccaklar_30 Oct 2024
NEW for @BLaw : NEW: CA's first-of-its kind law codifying protections against intersectional discrimination claims fills in gaps left by conflicting rulings on related cases — even as it raises practical questions about how the law will play out in court. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…

Intersectional Bias Claims Poised to Grow After California Law

A first-of-a-kind California law codifying protections against workplace discrimination on the basis of two or more protected traits adds momentum to the spread of “intersectional bias” as a legal...

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Rebecca Klar@rebeccaklar_10 Sep 2024
My first story for @BLaw ⬇️ Lowe’s, Coors, and Ford are part of a growing list of companies restructuring employee resource groups as they scale back DEI programs — which could provide fodder for discrimination claims. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…

Employer Cutbacks to Worker Diversity Groups Pose Legal Risks

A growing list of companies are restructuring employee resource groups as they scale back diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, raising legal risks for employers responding to public pressure...

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@BLaw28 Jun 2024
BREAKING: Supreme Court overturns Chevron ruling in blow to agency power. Full opinion here: blawgo.com/vCktnwb
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GOP commissioners working behind the scenes to press pause on EEOC/NLRB joint memo. Scoop from @RiddhiKSetty here: news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…

EEOC Republicans Force Pause on Picket-Line Harassment Memo

A joint memorandum from two federal labor agencies on navigating racially charged picket-line speech that risks violating anti-discrimination laws is on hold due to an internal push from EEOC...

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Different employers pay massively different rates for the same service at the same hospital. It's not an issue of quality, but it does beg cost questions: news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…

Hospital Cost Gaps Puzzle Employers Armed With New Rate Data (1)

Health plans obligated to pay reasonable costs for workers’ care are grappling with wide price ranges in newly disclosed hospital data, which shows some employers pay thousands of dollars more for...

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Final fiduciary rule released, in a big moment for Biden's Labor Department: news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…

Biden 401(k) Advice Rule Finalized Over Wall Street Pushback (1)

The US Labor Department has released a closely watched rule that will expand strict fiduciary standards of conduct to cover more retirement plan advisers, and has already drawn ire from Wall Street.

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Changes to worker categorization will equal new opportunities for the EEOC to analyze company data and investigate potential bias: news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…

Federal Race Data Revamp Gives EEOC More Precise Worker Insights

The EEOC’s implementation of recently finalized federal race and ethnicity reporting categories, including the introduction of “Middle Eastern or North African,” paves the way for more precise data...

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Shalom Goodman
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People's eyes are hurting, and they're seeking answers
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Jeff Green
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MENA EMERGES: People of Middle Eastern and North African descent can place themselves in a distinct group for the first time in US government data collection - story w/@RiddhiKSetty & @gardnerakayla bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @bbgequality #MENA #census

US Overhauls Race Data to Add Middle Eastern, Hispanic Categories

The moves are the first changes in a quarter century.

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Large companies are beginning to disclose DEI programs and practices as a "risk factor" to shareholders in their 10-K forms-- story from @RiddhiKSetty and @Clara_fHudson news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…

Firms From KKR to Coors Flag DEI as Business, Legal Risk (1)

JetBlue Airways Corp., Molson Coors Beverage Co., and Leidos Holdings, Inc. are part of a growing group of companies listing DEI as a “risk factor” in their securities filings, citing a potential...

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New: Businesses challenging a new US Department of Labor worker classification rule will have their case before the same court that sided with them in past litigation over the Biden administration's previous efforts to regulate on independent contractor status.
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Republican lawmaker raises threat of CRA action to cancel fiduciary rule if it's completed: news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…

GOP Lawmaker Raises Stakes With Threat to Block 401(k) Rule (1)

A Republican lawmaker has said he plans to invoke a congressional review measure with the power to overturn the US Labor Department’s fiduciary retirement advice proposal once it’s been finalized,...

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$366M verdict_--> less than $300k. We look at how it happened and why some believe it's time to raise Title VII's cap on damages: news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…

Slashed $366 Million Bias Verdict Shows Damage Cap Downsides

A recent decision cutting a former FedEx executive’s massive $366 million jury award to about $249,000 displays in stark terms how plaintiff payouts are hindered by a decades-old damages cap for a...

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Sending #GovLove to our colleagues at the @USEEOC, who work with us to create more equitable workplaces, advance equal employment opportunities and help workers access good jobs.
A gov love Valentine's graphic with the text "To the EEOC: Roses are red, violets are blue, we love making workplaces fairer with you. dol.gov"

ALT A gov love Valentine's graphic with the text "To the EEOC: Roses are red, violets are blue, we love making workplaces fairer with you. dol.gov"

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Tesla, News Corp among companies caught up in NYC's first round of enforcement on its job ad salary range requirements: news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…

Tesla, News Corp. Caught in NYC Crackdown on Job Ads’ Pay Ranges

Tesla Inc. and News Corp. face some of the earliest regulatory enforcement actions under New York City’s closely watched pay transparency law.

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Happy Third Anniversary of #Lawyercat day, for all who celebrate! Hard to believe it's only been three years since the phenomenon swept the globe! It's been used in hundreds of CLEs, and even now we hear echoes of "I'm here live. I'm not a cat!" xitter.cf/JudgeFergusonTX/status…
Judge Roy Ferguson@JudgeFergusonTX9 Feb 2023
Happy #LawyerCat day for all who celebrate!! Today is the 2nd anniversary of Lawyercat. To celebrate, here is the full and complete hearing from start to finish, with a few seconds at the end that you haven't seen! For the next year, may you all be here live and #NotaCat.
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New employee case against J&J over inflated plan drug prices, citing PBMs as a big factor, could set off wave of imitators: news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…

Johnson & Johnson Case Signals Employee Drug Price Suits to Come

A novel lawsuit from an employee suing Johnson & Johnson Inc. for allegedly mismanaging drug benefits appears a harbinger of litigation to come against companies, especially those that rely on...

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Tomorrow's Fearless Fund oral arguments in the 11th Circuit may reveal a lot about the future of anti-DEI efforts in the courts: news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…

Black Business Fund Appeal Tests Post-Civil War Law in DEI Cases

A legal advocacy group’s challenge to an Atlanta venture fund’s grants for Black women entrepreneurs could help define the reach of a Civil War-era anti-discrimination statute and the legality of...

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Lisa Helem@lisahelem29 Jan 2024
Biden Orders US Contractors to Reveal Salary Ranges in Job Ads news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-… Story by @BLaw's @RiddhiKSetty

Biden Orders US Contractors to Reveal Salary Ranges in Job Ads

The Biden administration plans to require companies with federal government contracts to disclose expected salary ranges in job postings, as part of a broader effort to boost race and gender pay...

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Betterment is launching the nation’s first commercial product tying qualified student loan repayments with employer retirement plan matches: news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…

First 401(k) Provider Wades Into Uncertain Student Loan Program

Mid-sized 401(k) provider Betterment LLC will launch the nation’s first commercial product tying qualified student loan repayments with employer retirement plan matches, just three weeks after the...

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