BLOG OVERVIEW: DOL's new Section 503 rule rescinds the requirement to invite applicants and employees to self-identify, concluding that pre-offer disability inquiries conflict with the ADA, but stops short of prohibiting the practice, telling...
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August 27, 2026
BLOG OVERVIEW: DOJ's $21.5 million Deloitte settlement, announced August 25, 2026, is the second False Claims Act resolution this year built on the theory that a federal contractor's equal opportunity certification can convert discrimination...
August 20, 2026
By Benjamin Kerner
BLOG OVERVIEW: Greece became the fifth EU Member State to complete transposition of the EU Pay Transparency Directive, publishing Law 5316/2026 in the Government Gazette on July 6, 2026 after a July 2 parliamentary vote. The law...
By Zhuang Liu
BLOG OVERVIEW: The EU Pay Transparency Directive sets no fine levels of its own, leaving those to the 27 member states, and the resulting national regimes vary enormously. Many member states are folding pay transparency violations into...
August 19, 2026
By Sally Makreff
BLOG OVERVIEW:
Estonia’s Riigikogu adopted amendments to the Employment Contracts Act on June 17, 2026, effective July 13, 2026, that transpose only the recruitment transparency portions of the EU Pay Transparency Directive. Estonia...
By Don Lustenberger
BLOG OVERVIEW: The EU Pay Transparency Directive requires employers to group workers into categories performing the same work or work of equal value, formed in a non-arbitrary manner on objective, gender-neutral criteria....
August 12, 2026
