The HRTech Wire

‘This is not a new story’: Legal professionals expect tide to turn on DEI

Speakers at an American Bar Association labor and employment law conference argued that the backlash against DEI does not mean the work is a short-lived trend. Stacy Hawkins of Rutgers Law tied DEI's roots to the civil rights movement, while former EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows said federal anti-discrimination law has not changed and that state regulators may step into the federal enforcement gap. Speakers also noted that Vasseghi Law Group's Roya Vasseghi cautioned that EEOC has flagged quotas and workforce balancing based on protected characteristics as potentially illegal.