Reuters

Key issues and practical considerations for employers in addressing workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), including a discussion of relevant laws, legal challenges to corporate DEI initiatives, and best practices for implementing DEI policies and programs.

A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday seemed inclined to rule that Workday must face a novel proposed class action claiming that artificial intelligence software the company uses to screen out job applicants for other employers is discriminatory.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday announced more than $100 million in funding and resources to support American auto workers and small auto suppliers.

A Citigroup managing director said the bank failed to protect her from a supervisor’s violent threats and abuse because of its “pervasive” culture of sexual harassment and gender discrimination, according to an amended legal filing on Monday.

Wells Fargo (WFC.N), opens new tab was accused of sex discrimination in a lawsuit by a bond saleswoman who said the fourth-largest U.S. bank denied pay and promotions available to men and tolerated an “unapologetically sexist” workplace.

Workers at Apple’s (AAPL.O), opens new tab store in Short Hills, New Jersey, have filed for union representation, a staff member who is part of the organizing committee said on Wednesday amid a push for unionization across sectors in corporate America.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has told a federal judge that human resources software firm Workday must face a proposed class action alleging that it violated federal anti-bias laws by using artificial intelligence-powered software to screen out job applicants for other employers for discriminatory reasons.

A federal judge in California on Thursday appeared poised to reject Tesla’s (TSLA.O), opens new tab bid to toss out a U.S. agency’s lawsuit accusing the electric carmaker of tolerating rampant harassment of Black workers at its Fremont, California assembly plant.

A federal judge has agreed to receive counseling and training about workplace conduct after acknowledging “significant problems” raised by a law clerk who accused the judge of abusing and harassing his chamber’s staff.

Protecting communications in the private workplace has always been challenging.

A California-based raisin and dried fruit maker has agreed to pay $2 million to settle the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) claims that it tolerated widespread sexual harassment of female farm workers.

A federal judge in Texas on Friday struck down a U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule that would treat many companies as employers of certain contract and franchise workers and require them to bargain with unions representing them.

The United Auto Workers (UAW) said on Wednesday it would commit $40 million to organizing non-union automobile and EV battery workers in the United States over the next two years.

Amazon.com opens new tab has joined rocket maker SpaceX and grocery chain Trader Joe’s in claiming that a U.S. labor agency’s in-house enforcement proceedings violate the U.S. Constitution, as the retail giant faces scores of cases claiming it interfered with workers’ rights to organize.

A Barclays (BARC.L), opens new tab vice president is suing the British bank for about 230,000 pounds ($290,000), alleging she was passed over for promotion because of racial, religious and sex discrimination.