For example, certain federal contractors have special legal obligations when it comes to combating workplace discrimination. A notable example includes the steps the contractor must take to prevent ...

A new Office of Legal Counsel opinion says disparate impact rules pushed employers to treat workers as members of racial ...

(Reuters) - President Donald Trump recently ordered federal agencies not to enforce laws that prohibit policies and practices with discriminatory impacts that are often unintended. Curbing so-called ...

A new Department of Justice opinion could portend a diminished role for disparate impact doctrine, according to some employment law observers. The DOJ issued a 25-page opinion on Tuesday that found ...

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department on Tuesday accused the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under previous presidential administrations of violating civil rights laws through its guidelines ...

Recent changes limit employment discrimination claims, especially for disparate impact, with the Supreme Court possibly challenging its constitutionality. The EEOC will focus only on direct ...

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Wednesday directing federal agencies including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to eliminate enforcement of disparate-impact liability ...

Alyesha Asghar, Chris Gokturk, James Paretti, Jr. On April 23, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order instructing that federal agencies cease using the disparate impact theory of liability ...

Even as the government shutdown stalls work in Washington, D.C., the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is taking additional steps to undermine its mission. The primary federal agency charged by ...

On Wednesday, April 23, 2025, President Trump signed EO 14281, titled Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy (EO), stating a new Trump Administration policy “to eliminate the use of ...

The U.S. civil rights agency responsible for enforcing worker rights will stop investigating complaints about company policies that don’t explicitly discriminate but may disproportionately harm ...