US EditionDOJ investigates California EPA’s hiring over racial equity
- The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division has opened an investigation into the California Environmental Protection Agency to determine if it discriminates based on race, sex, and other characteristics, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
- Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon stated that race-based employment practices violate equal treatment laws.
- The California Air Resources Board is reportedly using policies in its Racial Equity Framework that may involve discrimination.
- A spokesman for CalEPA acknowledged the DOJ’s announcement and stated they are reviewing the notice.
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DOJ To Probe Calif. EPA For Hiring Bias Over Equity Plan
The U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday that it has begun investigating whether discrimination has plagued hiring practices in California's Environmental Protection Agency, after raising concerns that the agency's racial equity initiatives could be violating Title VII.
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Justice Department to investigate employment practices at California’s EPA
The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday said it had opened an investigation into employment practices at California’s Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA). The investigation is aimed at determining whether the agency “may be engaged in employment practices that discriminate based on race, sex, color, or national origin,” the department said in a statement. —By Ryan Patrick Jones, Reuters
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