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A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal law protects gay and transgender workers from job discrimination in a decision that gives millions of LGBT people new civil rights.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision holding that employers can’t discriminate against workers based on their sexual orientation or gender identity has a glaring loophole: It doesn’t apply to small businesses that employ as many as one in six Americans.

Marilyn Booker seeks a judgment that bars the bank from discriminating against her and other Black women and asks for unspecified damages.

Google says it will try to improve the number of black workers in senior roles and set a goal of filling at least 30% of leadership positions with employees from underrepresented groups by 2025.

While the moves to recognize Juneteenth have been welcomed by many, companies will be scrutinized by the public to see whether they’re devoting resources to making concrete, measurable changes.

The hunt for a job this summer has become even more difficult for the nation’s youth because of the coronavirus pandemic.

“Just change in the law is not enough,” said Glennda Testone, executive director of New York City’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center. “We need to change people’s lived professional equality.”

If tech companies really want to increase representation, they must do more, Black employees and corporate diversity experts say.

For office buildings, there’s a whole new slate of rules to worry about 一 for dealing with the coronavirus.

After several years of increases, less than a third of millennials now anticipate changing jobs in the next two years. Young people cited the need for stability as one reason for their desire to stay put.