DLA Piper L&E Lawyers Outline New Employment Laws, Federal Agency Priorities to Watch

A surge of employment discrimination lawsuits filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the last fiscal year, along with recent developments in state laws, are creating a more worker-friendly environment, according to a panel of DLA Piper lawyers at a CLE program hosted by the DFW chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel last week.

Much of the EEOC’s uptick in activity focuses on systemic discrimination, workplace harassment and ADA complaints, DLA Piper partner Kim Askew said.