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 ...

(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 ...

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

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The threat to disparate impact analysis places our country at a crossroads. One path leads to public health scholarship and court practices that acknowledge and seek to overcome structural bias. The ...