EEOC
Senate Confirms 3 Commissioners, Maintaining EEOC’s Right-Leaning Quorum
The U.S. Senate this week confirmed the nominations by Republicans of three commissioners for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Keith E. Sonderling, deputy administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, was confirmed Sept. 22 with a term that expires July 1, 2024 with a vote of 52-41. Sonderling was nominated in July 2019,…
Read MoreEEOC: Kroger’s Refusal to Exempt Workers From Wearing Rainbow Logo Was Discrimination
An Arkansas Kroger store engaged in religious discrimination when it refused to exempt two employees from a dress code that required they wear a rainbow heart logo, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. The Kroger Co. dba Kroger Store No. 625, No. 4:20-cv-1099 (E.D. Ark., Sept.…
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