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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently issued its technical assistance document addressing the questions related to employers’ use of algorithmic or artificial intelligence decision-making tools under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 USC § 2000e‑2(k)(1)(A)(1) et seq. (“Title VII”). The EEOC’s technical assistance documents are not binding and do not have the force... READ MORE

The U.S. Supreme Court recently expanded its unanimous 2012 ruling in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church,[1] where it first applied to a parochial school teacher the “ministerial exception” to federal anti-discrimination employment laws. The exception is an outgrowth of the First Amendment’s Free Exercise and Free Establishment clauses, which protect the right of religious institutions... READ MORE