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Target Corp. plans to increase the number of Black staffers by 20% over the next three years, responding to years of under-representation at the retailer whose Minneapolis headquarters lies a short drive from the spot where police killed George Floyd.

The number of U.S. workers who voluntarily left their jobs in July increased to a five-month high, indicating more Americans are becoming sanguine about their prospects of finding a new position as the economy recovers.

The EEOC and Magneti Marelli of Tennessee LLC reached a $335,000 settlement over allegations that female assembly line employees at the company’s Pulaski, Tenn., facility, were subjected to sexual harassment, federal court records show.

Employers testing workers for Covid-19 won’t run afoul of federal disability law, as long as they’re following current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, the EEOC said.

Ben Penn: Senate Republican leadership has made it known that the chamber will prioritize a floor vote this month for three nominees to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, two sources who’ve recently communicated with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office said.

Paige Smith: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission met behind closed doors Thursday to discuss its authority under a section of civil rights law that’s been marked by discrimination lawsuits against companies such as Cintas Corp. and CVS Pharmacy—and it teased publishing an opinion letter on the matter.

Workplace safety concerns sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic have inspired a handful of state and local laws that nudged forward protections for whistleblowing employees, but not as far forward as advocates say is needed.

A California engineer must arbitrate sexual harassment and other claims against his former employer even though he wasn’t explicitly told a revised handbook barred him from suing in court, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday.

McDonald’s Corp., in an ongoing investigation into former Chief Executive Officer Steve Easterbrook’s behavior, is looking into whether he covered up improprieties by other McDonald’s employees, according to a company executive.

National Labor Relations Board officials in regional offices should schedule remote hearings for most unfair labor practice cases due to the Covid-19 pandemic without awaiting approval from headquarters, the agency’s top lawyer said.

Facebook Inc. may have denied promotion to a Black critical facilities technician in North Carolina based on his race, the Fourth Circuit ruled Wednesday, citing evidence he performed better than a White worker who was promoted.

Wells Fargo will pay $7.8 million to settle Labor Department allegations of hiring discrimination against women and Black workers at the bank’s locations across the country.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission advanced a regulatory proposal that could expand how much information it provides employers during its conciliation process for resolving workplace discrimination allegations, a potential change agency leaders hope would encourage participation.

heri Bronstein, Bank of America Chief Human Resources Officer discusses the company giving parents backup child care payments through December.