EEOC’s Power to Shut Probes Under Scrutiny in Amazon Driver Suit

The EEOC’s investigatory discretion will be tested in an Amazon worker’s case challenging the agency’s directive for staff to ...

Changes in Discrimination Interpretation and Enforcement

Recent changes limit employment discrimination claims, especially for disparate impact, with the Supreme Court possibly ...
JD Supra

EEOC Policy Shifts Under Trump: Effects on Gender Identity, DEI, and Abortion Accommodations

As 2025 begins under President Donald Trump’s administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is experiencing significant changes. President Trump has issued executive orders ...
Law

Law Students Sue EEOC Over Demands for Big Law DEI Hiring Data

The students' lawsuit marks another chapter in Democracy Forward’s broader campaign against executive overreach, echoing previous legal challenges the organization has brought against Trump-era ...
NPR

Trump fired EEOC commissioner Jocelyn Samuels. She isn't going quietly

Former EEOC commissioner Jocelyn Samuels was Trump's pick to fill a Democratic seat in 2020. She was fired at the start of his new administration in what she calls an attempt to eviscerate the ...
Wall Street Journal

Trump’s EEOC and NLRB Firings Will Likely Prevail in Court

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Bill Mcgurn, and Kyle Peterson. Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images/Bill Clark/Zuma Press/J. Scott Applewhite/AP ...