With the Trump administration threatening to cut off its federal support, Harvard recently released its long-awaited internal report detailing rampant national-origin discrimination on campus – ...

On May 7, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) again issued guidance in the form of a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) to educational institutions discussing how Title VI ...

For example, certain federal contractors have special legal obligations when it comes to combating workplace discrimination. A notable example includes the steps the contractor must take to prevent ...

As noted in the guidance, discrimination against caregivers violates federal law when based on the individual’s sex (including pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, sexual orientation, or gender ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Supreme Court on June 5 made it easier for workers to file so-called "reverse discrimination" lawsuits after siding with ...

Discrimination is everywhere. It’s in our workplaces, in the news and on our minds. Discrimination affects every one of us in multiple ways. As corporate and community leaders grow increasingly ...

Employers often have a set of standards and guidelines that establish the types of workers they prefer to hire. There is a fine line, however, between preference and discrimination. Employers must be ...

Sometimes discrimination is easy to spot. Many forms of unfair treatment toward an individual of a certain group are hard to deny. The most obvious examples may include acts of violence or offensive ...

Recent research has found that only small minorities of people engaged in racial or ethnic discrimination, ranging from a low of 1.3 percent to a high of 20 percent. These numbers are so low, they ...

Think about the last time you left the house. Did strangers on the street acknowledge your presence with a smile or avert their glance? Chances are that the answer depended on your age, gender and, of ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 5 made it easier for workers to file so-called "reverse discrimination" lawsuits after siding with Ohio worker Marlean Ames who claimed she didn't get a job and was ...