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The U.S. Department of Justice will vigorously enforce federal prohibitions on discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, an agency official said April 8 during an American Bar Association conference.
Specifically, we re going to work to identify areas where we can do investigations and look for employer policies that deny equal employment opportunities to LGBT individuals, said Pamela S. Karlan, principal deputy assistant attorney general for the agency’s Civil Rights Division. DOJ will be looking at policies regarding health care and bathrooms, among other things, she added.
Karlan identified a few other enforcement priorities for the agency, including Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act noncompliance; physical fitness and paper tests for public safety jobs that may have a disparate impact on protected groups; and workplace sexual harassment.
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WASHINGTON, April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Toni Michelle Jackson, Deputy Attorney General of the Public Interest Division at the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (OAG), is joining Crowell & Moring as a partner in its Litigation and Labor & Employment groups, as well as State Attorneys General practice.
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