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Quorum-Less EEOC and New Acting Chair: What Are the Impacts for Employers?
08 Feb 2025 03:08 GMT
… , and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) … supported the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA … decisions, pregnancy discrimination, and religious discrimination and accommodation issues … claims alleged. Regardless, employers should take steps …
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Federal workers mounting a defense against Trump's executive orders Many federal workers are drawing a line in the sand as Trump intensifies his efforts to shrink government. Read more »
07 Feb 2025 22:36 GMT
… Wednesday, federal workers showed up at the Department of Labor, where Musk … Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, an independent agency, enforces laws that ban discrimination … entered their floor, the worker said.
The employee and her colleagues decided …
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Project 2025 laid the foundation for Trump using DEI to target USAID staff and level a broader attack on workers
07 Feb 2025 22:02 GMT
… 2025 pushes extreme, anti-worker policies. It calls for … child labor laws and create “employee involvement organizations” as employer- … calls for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which … motivated race and sex discrimination,” according to The …
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Labor & employment in Week 3 of Trump 2: The Empire Strikes Back
07 Feb 2025 20:13 GMT
… afternoon, approximately 40,000 workers had reportedly accepted. … Commissioners on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission -- Charlotte … to CBAs involving federal employees, and there are … on charges related to discrimination based on sexual orientation …
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What Employers Can Expect From EEOC Personnel Changes
07 Feb 2025 20:12 GMT
… motivated race and sex discrimination; protecting American workers from anti-American national … Equal Pay Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Americans … the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). With these changes, employers will likely …
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Judge blocks Trump administration from placing USAID workers on leave. Here’s how it unfolded.
07 Feb 2025 16:26 GMT
… employees on paid leave as of midnight Friday.
The workers … South Africa blatantly discriminates against ethnic minority … jobs added last month — suggests he inherited a solid but unspectacular labor … a “negative for employment growth,’’ according to …
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Accenture, employer of thousands in Ireland, abandons diversity measures after Trump orders
07 Feb 2025 15:41 GMT
… usually face structural barriers, discrimination or disadvantages on an even …
It is abandoning global employee representation goals that set … that involved cutting 890 jobs from its Irish workforce, … A former US Secretary of Labour, Robert Reich, wrote in …
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Lawyers warn ’employment claims have become a costly burden for businesses’
07 Feb 2025 14:53 GMT
… ahead of employment law changes after a new report revealed employers are … .9 per cent, but disability discrimination was a close second with … whistleblowing, harassment or maternity related discrimination.
It was highlighted that the …
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Erie TV news anchor sues station, claiming sex discrimination over pay
07 Feb 2025 14:15 GMT
… and her employer by filing a sexual discrimination lawsuit in … to her complaints about discrimination by retaliating against her, … subjecting her to discriminatory terms and conditions of employment, including paying … at WJET-TV:On-air employees at Erie's …
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Kansas City’s New Criminal History Hiring Law: What Employers Need To Know
07 Feb 2025 14:05 GMT
… which governs discrimination protections for employers with six or more employees. The ordinance … that private employers are barred from considering it in employment decisions. … the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) encourages employers to use …