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Showing posts with label DEI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DEI. Show all posts
Friday, March 7, 2025

WIRTW #750: the 'rule of law' edition

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This news should alarm any rational lawyer. Donald Trump has issued an Executive Order punishing Perkins Coie , the law firm that represent...
Thursday, February 27, 2025

Will SCOTUS heighten the evidentiary burden for plaintiffs in "reverse discrimination" cases?

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Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Marlean Ames, a straight woman who sued the Department of Youth Services fo...
Thursday, February 13, 2025

The attack on DEI does not mean employers must or should eliminate anti-harassment training

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Even as some push back forcefully against DEI workplace initiatives, courts are pushing back even harder. Consider these excerpts from Dieme...
Tuesday, February 11, 2025

How to respond to the Justice Department's DEI hitlist

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"The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division will investigate, eliminate, and penalize illegal DEI and DEIA preferences, mand...
Wednesday, February 5, 2025

What hiring and employment look like without DEI

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What does a country without DEI look like? Some people say that's what they want. No more diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives i...
Saturday, January 25, 2025

Is Trump coming after Title VII next?

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"Dad, did Trump just get rid of workplace discrimination laws?" That's the question my daughter asked me yesterday. She was re...
Monday, January 6, 2025

Costco's masterclass on responding to DEI backlash

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It's not easy to stand firm in today's polarized world, but Costco just showed everyone how it's done. Recently, Costco's bo...
Wednesday, October 9, 2024

SCOTUS to weigh in on the burden of proof in "reverse" discrimination cases

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The purpose of our workplace discrimination laws is to ensure that all employees are treated equally, right? Maybe … but maybe not. Next ter...
Thursday, July 25, 2024

"DEI hire" is the new N-word.

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After President Biden dropped out of the 2024 campaign and elevated his Vice President, Kamala Harris, as the presumptive Democratic nominee...
Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Refusing to participate in mandatory training isn't "protected activity," it's insubordination

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"I am not taking this training because it's a joke … making non-white colleagues all victims and turning white colleagues … into vi...
Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Must you accommodation an employee's religion not to attend DEI training? Believe it or not, it might depend on the training.

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"Your respectful workplace training is against my religion; count me out." That's what one employee told his employer when it ...
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Does DEI training create a hostile work environment?

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"You can't force me to sit through DEI training! I'm White. It creates a racially hostile work environment." That's wh...
Wednesday, March 6, 2024

“DEI” is not a 4-letter word

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"DEI" is not a 4-letter word … no matter what some people want you to believe. Companies such as Sherwin-Williams are scrapping th...
Tuesday, February 6, 2024

A DEI smackdown

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It's a DEI heavyweight battle of epic proportions that played out of X over the past week. In the blue corner, hailing from Big D, the o...
Tuesday, November 7, 2023

DEI programs continue to be a lawsuit target

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Major League Baseball. NASCAR. Starbucks. McDonald’s. Morgan Stanley, American, United and Southwest Airlines. America First Legal, a conser...
Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Despite what SCOTUS said about collegiate affirmative action, corporate DEI efforts are still legal

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Last week, a federal court judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a conservative shareholder against Starbucks challenging the company's div...
Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Uber suspends DEI exec over “Don’t Call Me Karen” events

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Uber has suspended its longtime head of diversity, equity, and inclusion, Bo Young Lee, after Black and Hispanic employees complained that a...
Tuesday, May 9, 2023

My privilege is NOT a superpower

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I am currently in Nashville, at the Craft Brewers Conference . I'm spending my time split between networking at the Start A Brewery lou...