Advocacy groups have sought to intervene in at least two lawsuits filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of transgender workers alleging job discrimination after EEOC moved to dismiss the cases, according to court documents. The two ...
Dive Brief: Only a little over half the workforce knows how to access their mental healthcare benefits, according to a recent poll of more than 2,000 U.S. adults conducted by the National Alliance on Mental Illness in cooperation with Ipsos. ...
Dive Brief: Close to half of workers surveyed by Resume Templates said they are concerned that Trump’s policies will lead to layoffs at their companies, according to a Feb. 25 report. Of the nearly 1,200 workers surveyed, 59% pointed to ...
Attorneys for both the petitioner and respondent at Wednesday’s oral argument session in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services largely agreed that the U.S. Supreme Court should clarify that majority-group plaintiffs alleging job discrimination need not prove the existence ...
Keith Sonderling — a former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commissioner and President Donald Trump’s current nominee for deputy secretary of labor — faced a range of questions Thursday as members of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee sought ...
A group of Democrat attorneys general stood up against President Donald Trump’s executive order, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” that targeted diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility, claiming it was “inaccurate and misleading.” Meanwhile, most business leaders say Trump’s orders ...
Dive Brief: Job seekers entered 2025 with optimism, despite facing little movement in the number of jobs available and a quit rate that’s fallen below pre-pandemic levels for more than a year, Indeed’s research arm, Hiring Lab, reported Feb. 20. ...
Dive Brief: DoorDash will pay $16.75 million to settle a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James alleging that the delivery company used workers’ tips to subsidize their base pay, according to a news release issued Feb. 24 ...
Only 8% of C-suite leaders surveyed say they are seriously considering changing their diversity, equity and inclusion programs as a result of President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting DEI, according to a Feb. 26 report from Littler. While 53% of ...
A worker who was fired by Liberty University for disclosing her transgender status and announcing her intention to transition may proceed with her employment discrimination case against the institution, a Virginia district court judge ruled Feb. 21 (Zinski v. Liberty ...