On March 20, 2025, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued two key pieces of guidance: What To Do If You Experience Discrimination Related to DEI at Work and What You Should Know ...

For decades, men, straight people and White people were often held to a higher legal standard when bringing workplace bias claims than groups that historically faced discrimination. No longer. The ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In 2020, Marlean Ames alleged that she was denied a job promotion and subsequently ...

WASHINGTON − Marlean Ames twice lost jobs at the Ohio Department of Youth Services to other candidates she thought were less qualified. Both workers were gay and Ames, a heterosexual, tried to sue for ...

When Jocelyn Samuels learned through an email late on the evening of Jan. 27 that she was being removed from her seat on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, she was shocked. She had ...

Two federal agencies provided more information about what the Trump administration considers unlawful discrimination related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts in the private sector. The ...

Marlean Ames in her lawyer's office in Akron, OH on February 20, 2025. A Thursday Supreme Court decision about workplace discrimination is expected to change the way that employment law is practiced ...

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The justices rejected an appeals court’s requirement that members of majority groups meet a heightened standard to win employment discrimination cases. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington The ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Discrimination in the workplace doesn’t always make headlines or appear as an obvious legal ...