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HR Alert: EEOC Now at Full Strength

Written by Lisa Coppola on November 10, 2025. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

President Trump named Andrea Lucas to chair the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She has been acting chair since January, 2025. She was first nominated in 2020 to the EEOC during President Trump’s first tenure....

HR Alert: Guide for Supporting Transgender Employees

Written by Lisa Coppola on August 21, 2024. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

With our ever changing society, identities and the associated standards are constantly developing. Transgender and non-gender conforming workers are becoming more common, and new laws are being created to protect them. As a...

HR Alert: LGBTQ+ Rights in the Workplace

Written by Lisa Coppola on July 5, 2024. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

As most of us know, it’s unlawful for an employer to discriminate against workers on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. This is true in both public and private workplaces in the United States. Yet LGBTQ+ employees...

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HR Alert: Title VII and Gender Stereotypes

Written by Lisa Coppola on June 30, 2021. Posted in Business, Charter Schools, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

If you’ve been keeping up with our Pride Month series, you know that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination against LGBTQ+ workers. You may have some questions about gender stereotypes. It’s...

HR Alert: Title VII and Pronouns

Written by Lisa Coppola on June 29, 2021. Posted in Business, Charter Schools, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

If you’ve been keeping up with our series, you know that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on, among other things, sexual orientation or transgender status. You may be wondering...

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HR Alert: What Types of Discriminatory Employment Actions Does Title VII Prohibit?

Written by Lisa Coppola on June 28, 2021. Posted in Business, Charter Schools, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

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What is Title VII and Which LGBTQ+ Workers Does it Cover?

Written by Lisa Coppola on June 18, 2021. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship. 1 Comment

Title VII prohibits employers from discriminating based on sexual orientation or transgender status. Continue Reading What is Title VII and Which LGBTQ+ Workers Does it Cover?

Supreme Court Ruling Confirms Federal Protections for LGBTQ Employees During Pride Month

Written by Lisa Coppola on June 15, 2020. Posted in Employment, Entrepreneurship.

The United States Supreme Court decided Bostock v. Clayton County this morning, affirming the rights of LGBTQ workers under Title VII, protecting them from workplace discrimination. The decision in favor of LGBTQ workers was...

Recent Legislation Expands Liability for New York Public Schools

Written by Lisa Coppola on August 5, 2019. Posted in Charter Schools, Compliance, Litigation.

On July 25, 2019, Governor Cuomo signed new legislation that expands the New York State Human Rights Law (Executive Law § 292). The law previously applied to education corporations, and it now applies more broadly to “educational...

HR Alert: U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Cases on LGBTQ+ Workplace Bias

Written by Lisa Coppola on April 22, 2019. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

During its next term, which begins in October, the U.S. Supreme Court plans to hear three cases that should result in a ruling about whether federal workplace discrimination laws (commonly known as Title VII) protect sexual...

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