President Trump was sworn in for a second term the morning of January 20, and he spent the rest of that day setting a record for the most ever Day 1 executive actions. Among those Day 1 executive actions (and …
Alphabet’s Google is scrapping its goal to hire more employees from underrepresented groups and is reviewing some of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, joining a slew of U.S. businesses scaling back diversity initiatives. “In 2020, we set aspirational …
President Donald Trump’s executive orders against “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion policies have left corporations and their lawyers struggling to grasp exactly what that means. Trump on Tuesday ordered federal contractors to affirm they don’t “engage in illegal discrimination, including …
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Jan. 17 sued two large automakers, accusing General Motors and the United Auto Workers of age discrimination and the Stellantis unit that includes Chrysler of subjecting female employees to sexual harassment. GM and …
The commercial property market is showing signs of stabilization, and buyers with favorable risk profiles will see rate decreases or low-single-digit increases this year, according to USI Insurance Services’ 2025 Commercial Property & Casualty Market Outlook. Accounts with unfavorable loss …
A woman who worked as a hairstylist for Fox Sports alleges in a lawsuit that former host Skip Bayless made repeated, unwanted advances toward her — including an offer of $1.5 million to have sex with him. Attorneys for Noushin …
The Institutes and Sean Kevelighan, chief executive of the Insurance Information Institute, deny the allegations of discrimination and retaliation from former employee Michael Barry. According to a filing in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Triple-I …
Apple has been accused in a new lawsuit of illegally monitoring its workers’ personal devices and iCloud accounts while also barring them from discussing their pay and working conditions. The complaint filed in California state court on Sunday by Amar …
Walmart Inc. is reversing course on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, joining a growing list of businesses retreating on DEI programs targeted by conservative activists. The world’s biggest retailer will no longer consider race and gender to boost diversity when …
A federal judge reduced a $237.6 million jury award against United Parcel Service to $39.6 million in the case of a Black former driver who accused the package delivery company of workplace bias and wrongful firing. In a decision made …
