Arizona lawmakers cleared a ballot measure that could lead to a ban on race-based diversity, equity and inclusion programming in public workplaces and schools, and Colorado's governor vetoed a bill aimed at curbing employers' use of data gleaned through surveillance to set workers' pay. Here, Law360 looks at notable state-level legislative developments this month that discrimination lawyers should have on their radar.
So far in 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has used amicus briefs to push courts to adopt its views on employer liability in third-party harassment cases, as well as the breadth of the U.S. Supreme Court's Muldrow decision, which lowered the bar for workplace bias claims. Here's a look at where the agency is directing its amicus efforts this year.
Kaiser Permanente will pay $358,000 to settle U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigations into allegations that the healthcare consortium unlawfully denied employees religious exemptions from its vaccination policy, the federal agency announced Wednesday.