September 22, 2026 · Federal administrative finding The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division announced a finding that the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine discriminated on the basis of race when selecting its 2023, 2024, and 2025 entering classes. UCSF disputes the department’s conclusions. What the Justice Department found According to…
Country: South Africa Procedural status: Final Constitutional Court judgment issued July 15, 2016. In Solidarity and Others v Department of Correctional Services and Others, South Africa’s Constitutional Court reviewed an employment-equity plan used by the national corrections department. The plan relied on national demographic targets when making appointment and promotion decisions. The Court’s ruling The…
Country: Canada Procedural status: Current federal statute; the consolidated Act reviewed here is current to July 21, 2026. Canada’s federal Employment Equity Act requires covered employers to identify employment barriers and adopt measures intended to improve representation of four designated groups: women, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities, and members of visible minorities. The statute defines…
Country: South Africa Procedural status: Active national regulations and sectoral numerical targets published April 15, 2025. South Africa’s Department of Employment and Labour published regulations implementing five-year employment-equity targets across 18 economic sectors. The rules apply to designated employers with 50 or more employees and to organs of state, while smaller employers are generally excluded…
Updated September 14, 2026. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a federal action seeking enforcement of an administrative subpoena issued to the City and County of San Francisco. What the EEOC is investigating The subpoena arose from a former employee’s charge alleging race and sex discrimination, disparate treatment, constructive discharge, and discriminatory mandatory…
Updated September 14, 2026. The U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Education announced a joint administrative finding that the University of California, Berkeley School of Law deliberately discriminated against White and Asian applicants in violation of Title VI. What the agencies found In a September 9 findings letter, the agencies said their compliance review…
Two EEOC matters from 2026 illustrate how federal employment law applies to race-conscious workplace programs—and why procedural status matters. NIKE: an active investigation In February 2026, the EEOC filed a subpoena-enforcement action seeking information for an investigation into allegations that NIKE discriminated against White employees, applicants, and program participants through employment decisions and race-restricted development…
Filed May 2026. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued The New York Times Company in federal court, alleging that it declined to promote a qualified White male employee because of race and sex. The EEOC says the longtime editor was excluded from the final interview panel for a deputy editor position while the company…
Decision issued April 29, 2026. In Louisiana v. Callais, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Louisiana’s SB8 congressional map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The Court concluded that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act did not require Louisiana to create the additional majority-minority district at issue, so no compelling interest justified the state’s use…
Updated September 2026. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the resolution of 13 race- and age-discrimination charges involving the St. Louis Sheriff’s Office. According to the EEOC, its investigation found reasonable cause to believe that former Sheriff Alfred Montgomery systematically terminated nearly a dozen White employees and two Black employees in January 2025 without…
