The U.S. Labor Department is investigating companies with federal contracts that have included specific numerical goals in their pledges to increase diversity, arguing that these resemble illegal quotas and could potentially discriminate against white applicants and other groups, according to people familiar with the matter. The department, which sent letters to Microsoft Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. last week about their stated goals to hire more Black employees into management roles, is now looking more broadly and might...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 08, 2020 23:09 UTC