Bloomberg Law
March 23, 2021, 9:26 PM

Trump Worker Bias Rule Gets Rare Challenge From Hill Democrats

Paige Smith
Paige Smith
Reporter
Courtney Rozen
Courtney Rozen
Reporter

The chairs of the Senate and House labor committees moved to repeal a rule governing how employers can resolve workplace bias claims, in what appears to be Democrats’ first attempt since regaining control of the Senate to undo a regulation imposed toward the end of the Trump administration.

Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) filed resolutions to disapprove the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s so-called conciliation rule under the Congressional Review Act. The law allows Congress to strike last-minute regulations if both chambers approve it.

President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans repealed more than a dozen Obama administration ...

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