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 ...

President Trump has tried to scale back anti-discrimination regulations that date back decades. Federal agencies have heeded ...

(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 ...

Over the past year and a half, the federal government has pulled back its disparate-impact regulations and enforcement while confirming that ...

The Trump Department of Justice announced new regulations that ban the use of disparate impact, a leftist theory that says that a racial disparity in outcomes must always be the result of racism and ...

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 ...

Federal agencies are expected to limit their enforcement of disparate impact discrimination claims. Employers should look to remove barriers to equal employment opportunity and avoid making any ...

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 ...

Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, arrives to testify in a House Financial Services Committee hearing. (Bill Clark / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) By signing up, ...

Illinois SB 3777 could reshape disparate impact challenges involving hiring criteria, criminal history screening standards, and AI-assisted hiring tools.