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Eleventh Circuit Puts The Breaks On Florida’s Individual Freedom Act (a/k/a “Stop Woke Act”) 

By James B. Sherman / March 29, 2024

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Sunshine State’s legislature have been aggressively opposed to certain fringe elements of DEI initiatives. In 2022 they enacted the Individual Freedom Act to prevent schools as well as employers from subjecting students or workers to instruction or training that compels them to believe in various banned subjects.  Among the…

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NLRB Decision Finds Home Depot USA, Inc. Constructively Discharged Minnesota Employee Who Refused To Remove A BLM Insignia From His Store Apron   

By James B. Sherman / March 28, 2024

While Florida’s court battle over DEI may not be over, oddly enough, workers opposed to mandatory DEI training may have better luck going to the National Labor Relations Board.  For starters, consider that the Board’s General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo has declared in a memo that federal labor law protects the right of employees to refrain…

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