The U.S. Dept. of Labor has withdrawn a rule adopted in the last days of the administration of former President Trump that had expanded a religious exemption from anti-discrimination laws for federal contractors.
The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday withdrew a rule adopted in the last days of the administration of former Republican President Donald Trump that had expanded a religious exemption from anti-discrimination laws for federal contractors.of the 2021 rule, which had been criticized by civil rights groups, restores a previous, narrower exemption that allows churches and their affiliates to only hire members of their religion.
The Trump administration framed the rule as a necessary step to ensure the full participation of religious organizations in the federal contractor system.critics of the rule Jenny Yang, the director of the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, in a statement said withdrawing the rule would ensure that the exemption is “applied to the facts and circumstances of each contractor.”
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