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Adapting Barrier Analysis Models: What Private Employers Can Learn from Federal EEO and Non-Discrimination Reporting in 2026
26 Jan 2026 19:11 GMT
… face significant changes to equal employment opportunity compliance requirements. While … subcontractors that have sunset their affirmative action programs for minorities and women … another means to promote equal employment opportunity, foster civil workplace …
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Remembering White House Appointee and Equal Employment Activist Pierpont Mobley
26 Jan 2026 15:53 GMT
… uplifting others through equal employment and justice overall.
“ … he was an equal employment opportunity specialist for … House and writing equal employment opportunity policies for several … crafting the White House affirmative action plan, ever a staunch …
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EEC issues final orders to employers that are non-compliant with Affirmative Action
25 Jan 2026 07:18 GMT
Staff Reporter
THE Employment Equity Commission (EEC) has issued … for non-compliance under the Affirmative Action Employment Act of 1998.
The review … succeeded and approved the Affirmative Action report. The employer also committed to improving …
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RFA and 14 other entities summoned after employment equity reports disapproved
25 Jan 2026 18:29 GMT
… shortcomings as required.
“Procedurally, the employer was informed of the nonapproval … terms of the Affirmative Action Act 29 of 1998.
“The Affirmative Action (AA) report … entities were referred to the Employment Equity Commission’s administrative head …
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Black Democrats blast AG Uthmeier’s attack on affirmative action
23 Jan 2026 17:25 GMT
Three days after Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier observed Martin Luther King Jr. Dayby declaring in an advisory legal opinion that more than 80 state laws aimed at protecting minority employees and businesses are no longer valid, Black Democratic …
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Black Democrats decry state’s stance on affirmative action
23 Jan 2026 16:22 GMT
… James Uthmeier that said numerous affirmative action laws are discriminatory.
Uthmeier’s … served as DeSantis’ chief of staff before being appointed attorney general … measure (SB 1662) would repeal affirmative-action requirements in state agencies and …
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Sec. Hegseth orders sweeping Pentagon audit of affirmative-action contracting – Alabama defense firm says crackdown will ‘strengthen’ the program
23 Jan 2026 11:41 GMT
A sweeping federal review of Small Business Administration 8(a) defense contracts ordered by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is sending ripples throughout the defense industry.
The directive, issued Jan. 16, subjects all active 8(a) firms nationwide to a …
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Florida Black Democratic lawmakers speak out against AG's anti-affirmative action opinion
23 Jan 2026 10:13 GMT
… will not enforce or defend affirmative action laws.
“Are Florida laws that … , using race-based classifications, or employing racial quotas, constitutional?" he …
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Federal Government Takes on Minnesota’s Affirmative Action Law
23 Jan 2026 09:10 GMT
… the state’s civil service employment affirmative action mandates, claiming they clash with … . This order tossed out federal affirmative action requirements for government contractors. So … ’s law requires civil service jobs to be making strides in …
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The Myth of the Police State
27 Jan 2026 13:37 GMT
… out the window.
Psychiatrists employed by the state used … with a white construction worker—who was “holding a … , instituted a form of affirmative action for government contracts, and … African government to drop affirmative action for state contracts and …