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A former Amazon.com manager says she was fired after she complained to higher-ups that her supervisor told her to scan the social media accounts of prospective hires to determine their race and gender.
In a wrongful termination suit filed Monday in Alameda Superior Court in Oakland, Lisa McCarrick, a former regional loss prevention manager in California, said she knew Amazon had been criticized publicly for its lack of diversity in the workplace.
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Trump's executive orders haven't fundamentally changed employment law, no matter how sweeping they may sound.
A slew of U.S. businesses including Amazon.com and Walmart rolled back their diversity and inclusion efforts as they increasingly face legal attacks over their efforts.
President Trump has already signed several executive orders targeting DEI — but employers shouldn't treat them as law.
New orders from the president will impact diversity, equity and inclusion within the federal government and its contractors.
A proven way to accomplish this is to have employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives
