The Indiana Department of Education will comply with a federal order to remove diversity, equity, and inclusion from schools, saying it will collect signed forms from schools and districts saying they will abide by the Trump administration directive.
Read MoreHendricks County Indiana, has agreed to implement new policies and training, to pay $295,000 in compensation to an Islamic educational organization, and to pay a $5,000 fine to resolve a Justice Department lawsuit alleging that the County violated the Fair Housing Act and Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act by twice unlawfully denying zoning approval to Al Hussnain Inc., when it sought to develop a religious seminary, school and residential housing in Hendricks County.
Read MoreIndiana lawmakers are fast-tracking a bill they say will ban antisemitism in public educational institutions — although critics of the proposal maintain it limits free speech and conflates anti-Jewish rhetoric with criticism of a foreign government.
Read MoreAlthough Indiana lawmakers maintain the 2024 legislative session will be quicker, quieter and “noncontroversial,” there’s no shortage of critical — even touchy — education-related topics expected to be prioritized in the coming months.
Read MoreA subsidiary of LabCorp — a global laboratory services provider — has entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor in which the company will pay $525,000 in back wages and interest to 205 Black and 13 Asian applicants after a routine investigation by the department alleged hiring discrimination by the federal contractor at its Indianapolis facility.
Read MoreKeith Busch, Warsaw, a former employee of Patrick Industries Inc., doing business as AIA Countertops, South Huntington Street, Syracuse, has filed a complaint against his former employer for discrimination.
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS — Another CEO heads to Capitol Hill and is certain to face hard questions, and NASCAR has been hit with a lawsuit over racial discrimination.
Read MoreBy LAUREN SCHREGARDUS Director of Client Services, BAR Communications INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Competes, a coalition of more than 350 Indiana businesses and business-related organizations, delivered a letter today, Tuesday, Jan. 5, to all 150 members of the Indiana General Assembly calling for lawmakers to amend the state’s civil … Read More
The Indiana Civil Rights Commission announced today that there is probable cause to believe two women, previously working for R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company of Warsaw, and Pizza King of Muncie, respectively, were discriminated against because of their sex in violation of the Indiana Civil Rights Law (Ind. … Read More
Elkhart, Ind. – Indiana Civil Rights Commission Deputy Director Joshua Brewster announced today that the agency has issued a finding that there is probable cause to believe that a former employee of Elkhart Rehabilitation Center was subject to unlawful discrimination because she was pregnant. An investigation stemming from … Read More
