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Civil rights agency drops a key tool used to investigate workplace discrimination
- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will stop investigating complaints based on 'disparate impact liability,' as announced in a memo on September 15.
- President Donald Trump's executive order influenced the EEOC's decision, claiming that such investigations assume racial imbalance indicates discrimination, which burdens businesses.
- Critics, including civil rights attorney Christine Webber, argue that this decision weakens a vital tool against workplace discrimination.
- Former EEOC commissioner Chai Feldblum expressed concern that thousands could be affected by this policy change, indicating that it does not consider individual cases.
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Civil rights agency drops a key tool used to investigate workplace discrimination
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 certain groups.
·United States
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Civil rights agency drops a key tool used to investigate workplace dis
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 certain groups, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press. The memo, emailed to all area, local and district office directors of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Sept. 15, says that the agency will discharge by Tues…
·Baltimore, United States
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