After the start of President Trump’s second term in early 2025, there has been a wave of executive orders and actions affecting the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), as the White House has made diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives the subject of intense scrutiny. Our team at Jackson Spencer Law will keep you informed [...]
On March 19, 2025, the EEOC published a press release warning against “unlawful DEI-related discrimination.” Let’s unpack what’s in the announcement, how we got here, and how this impacts the American workplace and employee rights. Summary of the joint press release In its press release, the EEOC states that “The widespread adoption of DEI… does [...]
Whether you’re laid off or fired, losing your job is a crushing experience. These days, layoffs are an unfortunate fact of life. You still have legal rights when you lose your job because of a mass layoff or workforce reduction. Sometimes, what seems like a layoff is really a wrongful termination in disguise. How can [...]
On April 17, 2024, the Supreme Court delivered a big win for workers and workplace equality, making it easier for workers transferred from one job to another against their will to pursue job discrimination claims (including those based on sex, race, religion or national origin) under Federal Civil Rights law. This also includes instances where [...]
There is a common misconception among employees that you cannot discuss your pay with others. In fact, employees’ right to discuss their salary is protected by law. While employers may restrict workers from discussing their salary in front of customers or during work, they cannot prohibit employees from talking about pay on their own time. [...]
On March 2nd, Governor Abbott officially repealed Texas’ statewide mask mandate with an executive order, effective March 10. Many Texans and leaders of other states have criticized the measure. A Progress Texas poll found that Texans are almost evenly split on Texas’ re-opening and the repeal of the mask mandate. However, major metro areas like [...]
A few months ago, we outlined what each presidential candidate’s platform meant for employees. With President Joe Biden now sworn in as president, we’ll now take a look at the potential implications for employees as a result of Biden’s pick for labor secretary. While COVID relief has dominated the news, we would like to take [...]
In the simplest possible terms, contact tracing is a way of tracking all the individuals who have come into contact with an infected or contagious person. Given the current pandemic, contact tracing – and particularly contact tracing apps – have grown in popularity as countries are trying to find safe ways to return to a [...]
Jackson Spencer Law is pleased to welcome Allayna Ford and Areesha Hemani as the newest [...]