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Jim Paretti, Nancy A. Johnson and Cindy-Ann L. Thomas examine two challenges to Florida’s so-called Stop WOKE Act, and advise Florida employers to consider pausing mandatory IE&D training while coordinating plans to take preparatory action to comply with

Jeff Nowak discusses FMLA-triggering situations in which employees have serious mental health issues that render them unable to come to work.

Nancy A. Johnson, Lauren C. Robertson and Nicole B. Dunlap discuss Florida’s new Individual Freedom Act (“IFA”) – also referred to as the “Stop W.O.K.E. Act” – what it prohibits, its legal challenges, how it will be enforced and how employers should proce

Cindy-Ann Thomas says employers should start preparing for the Stop Woke law, a controversial Florida law, set to take effect July 1, that experts say will restrict their ability to discuss race and gender in workplace training seminars.

Diane P. Perez says Florida’s controversial Stop WOKE Act will make diversity, equity and inclusion workplace training harder, and that may open employers up to more liability.