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**Please note this blog has been updated as of January 25, 2021. Read our update here.

Beginning November 20, 2020, President Trump’s Executive Order 13950 On Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping (“EO 13950” or “The Order”) will fundamentally reshape the way government contractors conduct diversity training.  Signed September 22, 2020, the Order prohibits federal workplace trainings that “promote race or sex stereotyping or scapegoating.” Importantly for private employers, federal contractors also “will not be permitted to inculcate such views in their employees.” On October 7, 2020, the Department of Labor issued guidance in the form of “frequently asked questions” regarding EO 13950.
Continue Reading Executive Order 13950 on diversity training: Hidden traps for employers

In the case of Tradition Securities & Futures SA v X & Y, the Employment Appeal Tribunal clarified the Employment Tribunals’ jurisdiction in sex discrimination cases.

Whilst this case relates to sex discrimination, its implications are relevant to other types of discrimination as well and will be of interest to large multi-national organisations whose employees work in various jurisdictions throughout their employment.Continue Reading Jurisdictional limits in sex discrimination cases