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The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast
The DC Insider – Employer Update™ brings you insights and expertise from Washington, DC attorneys at FortneyScott. Each episode provides key updates and analyses employers need to know to stay on top of developments affecting the workplace.
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David S. Fortney is a co-founder of Fortney & Scott, LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based law firm counseling and advising clients on the full spectrum of work-place related matters, including employment discrimination and labor matters, compliance programs, government contracting, international dispute resolution, and counseling matters, and developing strategies for avoiding or responding to workplace-related crises.
Burton J. Fishman has devoted his practice to developing the “law of the workplace,” an interdisciplinary approach that offers employers counsel and representation on a broad range of matters growing out of government regulation of business. His experience extends to the full spectrum of employment and labor matters, including employment discrimination, affirmative action (OFCCP), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and human resources counseling. In recent years, his practice has focused on assisting clients with the changing laws of pay equity, mandated leave, and similar workplace matters.
H. Juanita "Nita" Beecher is a nationally recognized expert on OFCCP and EEOC matters. She is Counsel to Fortney & Scott, LLC with a focus on OFCCP regulatory affairs. Ms. Beecher’s primary focus is labor and employment law with substantial experience with class investigations by the EEOC and OFCCP. She has more than 30 years of experience in labor and employment law particularly with class investigations by the OFCCP and the EEOC.
The DC Insider - Employer Update Podcast
Supreme Court Rejects Affirmative Action, Raises Standard for Religious Accommodations
The Supreme Court concluded its term by ending racial affirmative action in college admissions and by making it easier for workers to receive religious accommodations. Following a review of the Court’s rulings, the FortneyScott team (David, Leslie, Nita, and Burt) discuss the impact of the decisions on Employer’s federal contractor obligations, DE&I programs, and the application of the new religious accommodation standards, including the practical and legal challenges that employers now face.
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