Hiring must be based on merit — not sex — as Title VII requires,” EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas stated in a media release.

In January 2026, through a series of party-line votes, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) continued its ...

Kourtney Oehlerich, a former juvenile detention officer at the Denney Juvenile Justice Center in Everett, has sued Snohomish ...

The EEOC is investigating the sportswear giant over DEI-related discrimination—a case that could make an example of Nike and create a chilling effect across corporate America. The federal agency that ...

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) revealed Wednesday that it is investigating Nike over allegations ...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had expanded in its now-stricken guidance the definition of “sex” under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation and gender ...

A change in management can be a common time for employers to run afoul of discrimination laws, particularly when an accommodation that had been in place without issue — sometimes for years — is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Winthrop University students walk on campus Tuesday in Rock Hill. (TRACY KIMBALL/tkimball@heraldonline.com) Amy Bailey, a former ...

Amy Bailey, a former employee of Winthrop University, was fired after filing a federal discrimination complaint, but the university denies it was retaliation. The public university in Rock Hill cited ...

WIESBADEN, Germany – When asked what brought them to a position with Installation Management Command – Europe here, most standard responses focus on making a difference for service members and ...

EXCLUSIVE: America First Legal (AFL) says it has filed a request with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) seeking a federal investigation into Penguin Random House over what the group ...

The University of Pennsylvania is stonewalling a federal civil investigation over complaints it subjects its Jewish faculty to a hostile work environment, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ...