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All Items: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

  • EEOC Provides Guidance on "Illegal DEI"

    Date:
    March 20, 2025

    The EEOC has released guidance that sheds some light on the types of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and initiatives the Trump administration considers to be illegal.

  • Trump's DEI Orders Go Back Into Effect

    Date:
    March 17, 2025

    The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has stayed a lower court's injunction blocking key provisions of President Trump's executive orders that aim to stop workplace DEI programs.

  • Court Temporarily Blocks Key Pieces of Trump's DEI Executive Orders

    Date:
    February 28, 2025

    A federal district court judge has issued a preliminary nationwide injunction blocking three provisions of two executive orders that target employers' DEI initiatives.

  • Blue States Respond to Trump Executive Order with DEI Guidance

    Date:
    February 20, 2025

    A group of Attorneys General representing 16 states has issued guidance about the legality of DEIA programs and policies in the wake of President Trump's Executive Order 14173, Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.

  • Private-Sector DEI Programs Land in DOJ Crosshairs

    Date:
    February 7, 2025

    The Attorney General is planning criminal and civil investigations of publicly traded corporations whose use of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) or accessibility programs constitutes "illegal discrimination or preferences."

  • Florida's Stop WOKE DEI Training Ban Permanently Blocked

    Date:
    August 1, 2024

    A federal district court has permanently blocked portions of Florida's "Stop WOKE Act" that placed limits on the content of workplace diversity and inclusion training.

  • Diversity Hiring Initiatives Are Illegal, Texas Governor's Office Says

    Date:
    February 14, 2023

    In a directive written last week, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott warned state agencies and public universities in the state not to use diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in hiring.

  • Survey Reveals Extensive Antisemitism in Hiring

    Date:
    December 2, 2022

    There is an extensive amount of antisemitism within too many organizations, and much of it is considered acceptable, according to a new study. Even more troubling is that participants in the survey were all hiring managers and recruiters.

  • Florida's Stop WOKE Act Is Blocked

    Date:
    August 19, 2022

    The workplace provisions of a controversial Florida law that placed limits on the content of diversity and inclusion training have been temporarily blocked by a federal judge.

  • Same-Sex Marriage Rights Buoyed by House Bill

    Date:
    July 20, 2022

    Same-sex marriage protections would be guaranteed nationwide with additional legal safeguards under a bill the House of Representatives passed with bipartisan support.

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