Webinar
Legal Insights for HR: Adapting DEI Strategies Amid Regulatory Shifts
Aired: 23 April 2025
Duration: 1 hour
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In this webinar:
The federal framework for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) continues to change rapidly since President Trump issued the Executive Order shutting down “illegal” DEI programs. Since then, the EEOC and Department of Justice (DOJ) have issued joint guidance discussing when DEI initiatives can be deemed unlawful. Employers need to stay informed about the shifts in regulations and guidance to ensure legal compliance.
Join Brightmine for a 60-minute webinar with Pierson Ferdinand attorneys Alejandro Pérez, partner, and Edmund Brown, partner and Chief DEI Officer. They’ll explore how the EEOC and DOJ guidance affects current legal standards related to President Trump’s DEI order and what your organization needs to know to stay compliant. They will address the importance of regularly reviewing programs and adapting them to meet the goals of both compliance and supporting a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace.
In this webinar, you will learn about:
Maintaining compliant DEI policies and practices
Taking action to identify and correct compliance gaps
Upholding and strengthening DEI initiatives in a legally compliant manner
And more!
More about our contributors
Speaker
Edmund F. Brown
Partner, Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer
Edmund represents public and private entities, including for-profit and non-profit corporations, as well as traditional public and charter schools, in labor and employment matters, collective bargaining, contract negotiations, mediation, arbitration, civil litigation, and the daily administration of internal policies, as well as compliance matters involving state and federal laws.
Edmund also practices in Pierson Ferdinand’s Privacy and Data Security practice group where he routinely serves as incident response counsel for clients experiencing cyber security and/or data privacy incidents. Edmund advises organizations experiencing crisis in various industry sectors, but particularly in the public entity, education, wealth management, professional services and healthcare industries. Edmund prides himself on his professionalism in expeditiously responding to cyber events as quickly as possible, while maintaining compliance with all federal and state laws and regulations.
Speaker
Alejandro Pérez
Partner | Employment, Labor, and Benefits
Alejandro defends employers of all sizes against claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour violations, wrongful termination, unfair labor practice charges, and other disputes arising out of the employment relationship. He also represents employers in matters involving the misappropriation of trade secrets, breaches of restrictive covenants, non-compete agreements, and other contractually based claims.
Alejandro relishes learning about his clients’ businesses and works closely with them to create handbooks, HR policies, and develop best practices that are maximally compliant, minimize risk, increase employee job satisfaction, and support diversity and inclusion. He also assists clients with compliance-related concerns and helps with labor and employment issues that arise during mergers and acquisitions, and other corporate transactions. He also helps clients with internal audits in various areas, including pay equity studies, I-9 compliance, and other employment-related compliance concerns.
Alejandro also travels around the country speaking and training employers, managers, and workforces on a myriad of cutting-edge employment law and labor relation topics, diversity and inclusion, LGBTQ+ workplace issues, workplace civility, the creation of respectful workplace norms, and leadership development. Alejandro enjoys assisting his clients and others by demystifying the most complex employment laws and developments.
