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California DFEH Sues Activision Blizzard for Systemic Discrimination

Trusaic

Following a two-year investigation, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) sued the entertainment gaming giant, Activision Blizzard for systematic discrimination on July 21, 2021. There is no place in our company or industry, or any industry, for sexual misconduct or harassment of any kind.

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Harassment Training Deadline Extended, Clarified

HRWatchdog

The Governor signed “clean up” legislation to help clarify training deadlines for employers. As you may remember, on January 1, 2019, a new California law went into effect that made substantial changes to mandatory sexual harassment prevention training. Employer Training Deadlines. year: Explanation: 2019.

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Governor Signs New Employment Laws for 2019

HRWatchdog

Defamation Protection (AB 2770): Under this CalChamber sponsored job creator bill, employers and victims of sexual harassment will be protected from liability for defamation lawsuits for injury to an alleged harasser’s reputation after a complaint of sexual harassment has been made. Senate Bills.

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White Paper: OSHA Vaccine Mandate

Affinity HR Group

On November 6, 2021, the 5th US Court of Appeals issued an injunction based on a legal challenge filed in its courts. On November 12, 2021, the 5th Circuit ruled that this injunction applies country-wide and has ordered OSHA to “take no steps to implement or enforce…until further court order.” Background.

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Colorado POWR Act Proposes Broad Anti-Discrimination Changes

Trusaic

Colorado legislators have again signaled that 2021 is a banner year for policy approaches to issues such as diversity, pay equity, and inclusion (DEI). In an earlier post, Trusaic highlighted the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (EPEWA), Colorado’s aggressive new equal pay law which took effect January 1, 2021.

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Employee Retention Post-Covid – What Employees Want

EngagementMultiplier

Multiple surveys taken over the first quarter of 2021 indicate that between a quarter and half of employees currently working from home like their arrangement so much that they’d quit their current jobs if forced to go back to the office full time. 1 in 4 workers are considering quitting their jobs after the pandemic – CNBC .

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New EEOC Chair Proclaims Pay Equity ‘Front and Center’

Trusaic

Burrows was appointed by Biden in January 2021 and is the EEOC’s newest Chair, though she has been on the commission since 2014. She seeks to enhance the Commission’s enforcement of all laws within its jurisdiction, focusing in particular on initiatives to combat harassment, foster pay equity, and advance diversity and inclusion.”.