News Summary

• The U.S.
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will stop investigating complaints about company policies that may disproportionately harm certain groups.
• The agency will discharge by Tuesday any complaints based on “disparate impact liability,” a legal concept that argues that even if a policy looks fair on the surface, it can still be discriminatory if it creates unnecessary barriers.
• The move marks a significant shift in EEOC enforcement, and critics say it weakens an effective legal tool used to root out workplace discrimination.