Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives

On April 23, 2025, the Administration issued a new Executive Order entitled "Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy" along with an accompanying fact sheet. The Executive Order shifts how the federal government approaches civil rights enforcement and how it will analyze allegations of discrimination.  Specifically, the Order limits the federal government’s ability to rely on the disparate impact theory of discrimination in its investigations and enforcement actions.

Read Hunton’s full insight published here: New Executive Order Seeks To Limit Disparate Impact Liability.