Title VII

EEOC Scales Back Disparate Impact Enforcement After Trump Order

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has begun closing disparate impact discrimination cases following an executive order from President Donald Trump that directs federal agencies to deprioritize that legal theory. The shift, which legal experts say conflicts with long-standing precedent under Title VII, has left workers like former Amazon delivery driver Leah Cross without the usual federal backing for claims that facially neutral policies have discriminatory effects.