Trump Agencies Aim to Reshape Workplace Anti-Bias Enforcement

The Trump administration is moving to transform enforcement of workplace anti-bias laws by restricting the Labor Department’s ability to refer complaints from individual workers to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and giving the Justice Department heightened oversight, Bloomberg Law has learned.

The changes come in the form of an update to an existing memorandum between two of the three agencies, which has yet to be finalized, according to two sources familiar with the plans and EEOC Democratic Commissioner Charlotte Burrows.

The changes could result in the Labor Department’s federal-contractor watchdog having fewer resources to focus on conducting companywide audits, a ...