Heightened Employment Litigation Risks in the Era of Social Backlash

About this episode

The episode discusses the increased employment litigation risks due to societal and political shifts affecting employer responses.

In the current volatile environment, societal and political shifts have resulted in increased uncertainty about how employers are to respond to issues ranging from the reversal of DEI standards and norms, changes in EEOC guidance and more claims of reverse discrimination. We are seeing greater division employees on social and political issues with social media providing everyone a platform to speak, espousing diverse viewpoints. In this episode, Dorsey labor and employment partners, Nisha Ver...

People in this episode

Host: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Guest: Nisha Ver

Topics covered

• employment litigation
• social backlash
• reverse discrimination
• EEOC guidance
• DEI standards

Keywords

• employment litigation
• social media
• reverse discrimination
• EEOC
• DEI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dorsey & Whitney LLP, EEOC, DEI

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