April 2025 data from digital platform WorkL indicates that while workplace happiness increased slightly for heterosexual workers in 2025, it decreased for LGBTQ+ workers — suggesting a change in the ...

A study from the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law has provided some sobering statistics about the experiences of LGBTQ+ employees, including that 47% of LGBTQ+ workers have experienced ...

As Women’s Equality Day approaches, we are reminded that women have made great progress in many areas yet still face gender-based discrimination in the workplace. Workplace discrimination based on ...

Women today make up nearly half of the U.S. labor force, and yet they still frequently face discrimination and harassment in the workplace. 1 A 2022 poll finds that nearly 1 in 3 women were “very ...

The growing intergenerational divide could be a source of conflict in the workplace, but what if we could shift it to an opportunity for growth? Younger workers may feel an economic pinch while older ...

Even in workplaces that aim to be fair, discrimination can slip by unnoticed. New research finds that when Asian Americans experience potentially biased treatment at work, others are less likely to ...

This article first appeared on Mother Jones. It has been republished with the publication’s permission. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was established by the 1964 Civil Rights Act ...

In December 2025, Andrea Lucas, the chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, invited white men to file more sex- and race-based discrimination complaints against their employers.

Experiencing or even suspecting age discrimination can leave job seekers and employees questioning how to move forward. For established professionals, the possibility that age could influence ...

The federal agency that fights workplace discrimination is calling on White men to come forward with bias allegations. “Are you a white male who has experienced discrimination at work based on your ...

Field staff at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission say they are being pressured to bring politically charged cases, even with little evidence. By Rebecca Davis O’Brien Field staff at the ...