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Lawsuit claims US civil rights agency has halted all federal-sector class complaints

A labor union and two female prison employees filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing a U.S. civil rights agency of unlawfully halting their sexual harassment case as part of wider order to indefinitely suspend proceedings in all federal-sector class claims

The Independent UK

The US agency that fights workplace discrimination just voted to stop measuring it

Republicans have moved to dismantle a 60-year-old demographic reporting system. Now the agency wants to choose what it sees

The Guardian - US

Trump Administration Drops Demand for List of Jewish Employees at University of Pennsylvania

The EEOC had sought names and information of employees affiliated with Jewish organizations to identify potential witnesses or victims of antisemitism following Hamas' attack on Israel in 2023

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US civil rights agency moves to end demographic data collection after 60 years

The Trump administration is seeking to toss aside a 60-year-old requirement for tens of thousands of private sector employers to submit workforce demographic reports each year to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency responsible for enforcing anti-discrimination laws in the workplace

The Independent UK

Court Affirms Rejection of Allegedly Anti-Zionist Professors' Claims That University Should Have Stopped Jewish Professors from Filing Religious Discrimination Complaints Against Them

From Lax v. CUNY, decided in 2024 by N.Y. trial court judge Gina Abadi, and just affirmed Wednesday in a… The post Court Affirms Rejection of Allegedly Anti-Zionist Professors' Claims That University Should Have Stopped Jewish Professors from Filing Religious Discrimination Complaints Against Them appeared first on Reason.com.

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Muslim College Instructor's First Amendment Retaliation / Title VII Claim Can Go Forward

From Judge Donald Middlebrooks (S.D. Fla.) in Ahmed v. Dist. Bd. of Trs. for Indian River State Coll., decided June… The post Muslim College Instructor's First Amendment Retaliation / Title VII Claim Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com.

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DOJ Says Equal Opportunity Officials Pressured Employers Into Race-Based Discrimination

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

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Justice department says it will investigate MLB amid Pride hats controversy

The league was referred to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for possible religious discrimination

The Guardian - US

Judge tosses lawsuit challenging civil rights agency's pullback on transgender workplace protections

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission unlawfully refuses to enforce protections for transgender workers

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Office of Legal Counsel Concludes That Disparate Impact Liability Under Title VII Is Unconstitutional

Two decades after Justice Scalia's Ricci concurrence, the "war between disparate impact and equal protection will be waged" very soon.

Reason

‘We were attacked as bad Jews’: Columbia faculty who supported Gaza protests file claims with Trump’s antisemitism fund

Faculty who support Palestinian rights are applying for compensation, claiming they faced harassment as Jews for their positions

The Guardian - US

The EEOC chair knows gutting diversity reporting will blind the agency to discrimination. She's doing it anyway.

In April, Andrea Lucas told Harvard students that demographic data collection is sometimes necessary. A month later, her agency proposed to stop the reports.

Fortune

A CEO fired all of HR, and the EEOC is suing the NYT

Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow and EEOC chair Andrea Lucas took the stage at the Fortune Workplace Innovation Summit with polarizing positions.

Fortune

Trump's EEOC chair is suing The New York Times because 'we should bring it on behalf of white workers too'

"I think it's important for us to bring cases on behalf of the full rainbow of workers that come before us," Andrea Lucas told Fortune.

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The Independent UK

Chick-fil-A franchise operator faces federal lawsuit over claims it refused to accommodate employee’s religious beliefs

An Austin-based restaurant refused an employee’s request not to work on Saturdays in observance of the Sabbath and fired her instead, the lawsuit claims

Fortune

DEI experts say the acronym may be radioactive, but the underlying business case is stronger than ever

Two former chief diversity officers say companies that abandon DEI under pressure are making a costly, long-term business mistake.

Reason

Plaintiff's Immigration Concerns Don't Justify Pseudonymity

From Thursday's decision by Magistrate Judge JoAnna Gibson McFadden in Doe v. Amazon.com Servs. LLC: Jane Doe has sued Amazon.com… The post Plaintiff's Immigration Concerns Don't Justify Pseudonymity appeared first on Reason.com.

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Ohio Kroger worker says they’re no longer allowed to call out sick with doctor’s notes. Now customers are worried: ‘What an evil thing to say’

An Ohio Kroger worker made a post on Reddit calling out the company. The reason why? Employees in District One of the Cincinnati/Dayton division are no longer allowed to call off from work. Reddit user u/daruuken posted their concerns to r/mildlyinfuriating, a popular community dedicated to annoying and sometimes frustrating…

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Did The New York Times Discriminate Against a White Male Employee?

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New York Times sued over ‘discrimination against white male employee’

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US rights agency sues New York Times for discriminating against white man passed over for promotion

A federal civil rights agency filed a discrimination lawsuit Tuesday against the New York Times, claiming that the new organization passed over a white male employee for a promotion in favor of a lesser qualified woman to meet its diversity goals

The Independent UK

Trump administration sues New York Times claiming discrimination against a white male employee

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims publication violated federal law when unidentified employee was denied a promotion because of his race and/or sex

Latin Times

The Trump Administration Sues the New York Times for Allegedly Denying White Man Promotion Because of Race and Sex

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued The New York Times on Tuesday, accusing the newspaper of violating federal civil rights law by denying a promotion to a White male editor while allegedly relying on diversity, equity and inclusion goals in its hiring process.

The Guardian - US

Lawsuit claims New York Times didn’t promote white male editor because of race or sex

US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission files suit claiming newspaper passed over employee due to ‘diversity aspirations’

Axios

Federal employment agency sues NYT for discrimination

It marks the third lawsuit President Trump or his administration has filed against the Times in less than five years.

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