The EEOC is providing data on employment practices to 20 law firms to increase diversity, equity and inclusion, and federal agencies warn that this could be illegal.
Andrea Lucas, acting chairman of the committee, sent letters to the company to seek detailed information about the DEI program that may have violated Section VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits the use of race, color, religion, gender and ethnic origins.
Some companies have raised legal challenges to the president Donald Trump’s Policies against DEI may be linked to his political opponents. Perkins Coie; Hogan Lovells; Rope and Gray; and Wilmerhale are one of the companies currently representing plaintiffs litigating against the Trump administration.
Lucas said some companies have issued public statements expressing their commitment to workforce diversity. At least two companies have numerical goals based on race, race, sexual orientation and gender identity.
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The EEO Commission is providing data on diverse, equitable and inclusive employment practices to 20 law firms. (Getty Image)
Her employment practices for companies “may require illegal disparity treatment in terms, conditions and privileges, or based on race, gender and other protected characteristics.
“The EEOC is ready to take root in discrimination wherever it may be raised, including in the elite law firms in our country,” Lucas said in a statement. “No one is beyond the law, and certainly not a private bar.”
These letters require information on internships, scholarships and scholarships provided by the company to law students, as well as the company’s recruitment and compensation practices.
Lucas also asks for the name, gender and race of each lawyer who has worked Apply for a job The companies and each company have participated in the diversification program since 2019.
Require some of this information to be included in the Searchable Excel Spreadsheet.
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Andrea Lucas, acting chairman of the EEOC, sent a letter to the company to seek detailed information about the DEI program that may have violated Chapter VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (Andrew Harrer/Getty Images)
The EEOC can investigate companies’ employment practices and file lawsuits on allegations of discrimination, but only after a formal complaint by the worker or one of the five commissioners of the agency. The agency shows no sign that Lucas has filed a complaint against any company.
Trump is trying to eliminate DEI programs across the country, including in the federal government, higher education and the private sector.
The president also took action taken by high-profile law firms in response to DEI’s practices.
Trump issued an executive order this month targeting Perkins Coie as well as Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and the garrison, involving the so-called discriminatory internal diversity policies and former political opposition efforts of the two companies. The orders revoke security permits for corporate attorneys and limit access to their government and federal contract work.
The order against Perkins Coie also directed Lucas to “review the practices of representative, influential or industry-leading law firms”, although the committee is intended to act independently of the White House.
President Donald Trump is trying to eliminate DEI programs across the country, including the federal government, higher education and the private sector.
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Perkins Coie sued alleging that the order violated rights under the U.S. Constitution. The judge temporarily blocked part of the order last week.
Some companies have previously adopted policies to encourage their diversity External law firm.
In a letter, Lucas asked the law firm to determine the client’s “diversity requirements” or preferences for staffing since 2019. She also requested action on the client’s requirements, including the production of relevant documents.
Reuters contributed to the report.
