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Federal judge strikes down workplace protections for transgender workers

A federal judge in Texas struck down guidance from a government agency specifying protections against workplace harassment based on gender identity and sexual orientation

The Independent UK

Civil rights agency moves to fire judge fighting Trump directives

The federal agency tasked with protecting workers’ civil rights has moved to terminate a New York administrative judge who has resisted compliance with President Donald Trump’s directives for the agency

The Independent UK

Barnard College staff alarmed by federal survey asking if they're Jewish

A federal regulator tasked with rooting out antisemitism on college campuses is sending text messages to the personal phones of Barnard College employees asking if they are Jewish, and if they’ve experienced harassment as a result

The Independent UK

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US federal agency texts Barnard College employees to ask if they’re Jewish

Employees received text from EEOC on personal phones linking to survey asking if they are Jewish or Israeli

The Guardian - US

Judge blocks worker protections for abortion and fertility care for Catholic employers

More than 9,000 Catholic employers do not need to abide by federal regulations protecting workers who seek abortions and fertility treatments under a ruling issued this week by a federal judge

The Independent UK

Trump says five more law firms agree to pro bono work to avoid punitive executive orders

Cadwalader and Latham & Watkins among major firms to provide $600m in pro bono work to Trump-backed causes

The Guardian - US

Community, mentors and skill-building: Experts weigh the role of employee resource groups

Employer-sanctioned groups designed to enhance diversity and inclusion began in corporate America in the 1970s to help address tensions around race, gender and sexual orientation

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EEOC chief shift focus to investigating DEI but her methods provoke outcries

The acting chief of the top federal agency for protecting worker rights has signaled a pivot toward prioritizing President Donald Trump’s campaign to stamp out diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the private and public sectors

The Independent UK

New EEOC and DOJ guidance outlines how employees can make anti-DEI claims against their employer

New releases from the EEOC and DOJ are aimed at getting workers more involved in their fight against DEI.

Fortune

‘I hope it lights a fire under people’: The federal worker standing up to Donald Trump and his ‘illegal mandates’

In an email, she called on colleagues to ‘resist.’ Then it was ‘mysteriously’ deleted

The Independent UK

Lawsuit filed by 17 states against abortion accommodations in the workplace can proceed

A lawsuit filed by 17 states challenging federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions may proceed, a federal appeals court ruled

The Independent UK

States Have Standing to Challenge Regulations Requiring Them to Reasonably Accommodate Employees Who Seek Abortions

From today's decision in Tennessee v. EEOC, decided by Eighth Circuit Chief Judge Steven Colloton, joined by Judges James Loken… The post States Have Standing to Challenge Regulations Requiring Them to Reasonably Accommodate Employees Who Seek Abortions appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

The Latest: Tensions rise between Trump and Zelenskyy over the Russia-Ukraine war

President Donald Trump on Wednesday called Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator without elections,” lashing out after the Ukrainian president said Trump was being influenced by Russian disinformation as he moves to end the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine on terms that Kyiv says are too favorable to Moscow

The Independent UK

Decades of civil rights advancement gone

We are witnessing a reversion back to Jim Crow

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The Guardian - US

Trump vowed to champion US workers - the reality has been a relentless assault

President has begun slashing federal workforce while hobbling labor watchdogs NLRB and EEOC

The Guardian - US

US civil rights agency seeks to dismiss gender-identity discrimination cases

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission moves to withdraw cases that conflict with Trump order on two sexes

The Independent UK

EEOC seeks to drop a gender discrimination case, signaling a big shift in civil rights enforcement

The federal agency that enforces workplace anti-discrimination laws has moved to dismiss its own lawsuit on behalf of a worker allegedly fired for his sexual orientation and gender identity, arguing that the case now conflicts with President Donald Trump’s recent executive order

The Guardian - US

US equality chief fired by Trump condemns ‘demonization of the term DEI’

Jocelyn Samuels says her dismissal from EEOC is part of greater strategy to target inequity and roll back rights for trans employees

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Latin Times

Trump Signs Order to Kill Federal Agency Investigating Tesla

Trump's executive order dismantled a federal agency tasked with investigating Tesla for workplace racial discrimination, ending audits and enforcement nationwide.

The Guardian - US

Trump’s disregard for US constitution ‘a blitzkrieg on the law’, legal experts say

Scholars warn of president’s lawlessness in actions such as federal funding freeze and birthright citizenship order

Roll Call

Trump firings tee up broader legal clash over congressional power - Roll Call

President Donald Trump’s firings sets up another major legal clash over Congress’ power to put limits on the removal of federal officials.

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Trump Fires Democratic EEOC Commissioners In Unprecedented Move

President Trump's firing of EEOC and NLRB members raises concerns about the agency's independence and focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

Fortune

A former Tesla executive is suing the company, saying he was fired for not returning to an office more than 400 miles away

In a lawsuit filed in California last month, the former legal consultant claims the company fired him for not returning to the office, disregarding his disability.

Salon

Miller makes clear Trump's DEI subtext

Stephen Miller makes clear the subtext behind Trump’s call to ban DEI

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