AXIOS (Rebecca Falconer) - Coca-Cola bottler sued by federal agency over work event that excluded men
A Coca-Cola distributor and bottler is being sued for alleged sexual discrimination over a corporate networking event that excluded men, announced the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which filed the lawsuit, Wednesday. Why it matters: This is the first lawsuit related to workplace diversity that the federal agency in charge of enforcing anti-discrimination laws at work has filed during President Trump's second term. - Trump has made dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion policies a priority for his administration. - He signed an executive order soon after taking office again last year that targeted DEI and revoked a decades-old EO that was designed to give equal opportunity to people of color and women in the…
A Coca-Cola distributor and bottler is being sued for alleged sexual discrimination over a corporate networking event that excluded men, announced the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which filed the lawsuit, Wednesday. Why it matters: This is the first lawsuit related to workplace diversity that the federal agency in charge of enforcing anti-discrimination laws at work has filed during President Trump's second term. - Trump has made dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion policies a priority for his administration. - He signed an executive order soon after taking office again last year that targeted DEI and revoked a decades-old EO that was designed to give equal opportunity to people of color and women in the…Open