Bloomberg Law
Sept. 29, 2020, 3:32 PMUpdated: Sept. 30, 2020, 1:19 PM

‘Anti-American’ Training Hotline Set Up for U.S. Contractors (2)

Paige Smith
Paige Smith
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Louis C. LaBrecque
Louis C. LaBrecque
Reporter

The U.S. Labor Department has set up dedicated telephone and email hotlines enabling employees of federal contractors to file complaints about “offensive and anti-American race and sex stereotyping and scapegoating,” in workplace training, an action that follows President Donald Trump’s recent executive order.

The DOL’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced the rollout of those dedicated channels on Monday.

Executive Order 13950, which Trump signed Sept. 22, defines “divisive” training as that which implies the U.S. is “fundamentally racist or sexist,” or that an individual is “inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously,” among other definitions. ...

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