On May 1, 2025, Minneapolis, Minnesota’s city council passed several amendments to its civil rights ordinance (the “Ordinance”), which prohibits discriminatory practices in employment, among other areas. With regard to employment, the amendments add new protected classes, expand the definition of race, familial status, and disability, and increase protections for pregnant workers and religious observance.
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President Trump Issues Executive Order Aimed at Eliminating Disparate Impact Liability Under Anti-Discrimination Laws
By Allan Bloom, Elise M. Bloom, Laura Fant & Rachel Fischer on
On April 23, 2025, the White House issued an Executive Order (“EO”) entitled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy,” which aims to “eliminate the use of disparate-impact liability in all contexts to the maximum degree possible.”
First recognized under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) by the U.S. Supreme Court…
Illinois the Latest State to Enact Legislation Regulating Employers’ Use of AI
On August 9, 2024, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed into law HB3773, a bill amending the Illinois Human Rights Act to address employers’ use of artificial intelligence (AI). The amendment clarifies that it is a civil rights violation to use AI that has the effect of discriminating on the basis of protected classes under…
New Jersey Division on Civil Rights Publishes Guidance on Discrimination and Out-of-State Remote Workers
By Evandro Gigante & Laura Fant on
On May 14, 2024 the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) published guidance on Discrimination and Out-of-State Remote Workers. This guidance, which is not legally binding, aims to clarify the DCR’s position on how the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) applies to all workers who are…