On April 29, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published its first final guidance on workplace harassment since 1999, Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace (the Guidance). Informed by the significant changes to the workplace over the last quarter-century, the Guidance incorporates twenty-five years of judicial interpretation of the laws that the EEOC enforces. The Guidance does not change the general structure of the applicable law, but rather includes dozens of new illustrative examples of challenges in the modern workplace that could help employers like CAAs better understand harassment. The Guidance also includes practical tips on workplace policies that CAAs can implement.

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