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The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Minnesota of running a statewide hiring system that unlawfully pressures agencies to make employment decisions based on race and sex, setting up a high‑stakes clash over how far governments and employers can go in pursuit of diversity.
According to the complaint, Minnesota law requires all state agencies to adopt sex‑ and race‑conscious affirmative action plans and to factor “affirmative action goals on all staffing and personnel decisions.” The program instructs agencies to “balance” the demographic makeup of their workforces with the broader civilian labor force, effectively embedding demographic targets into day‑to‑day HR decisions.
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division alleges that, as implemented, the state’s program violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by discriminating against and classifying employees and job applicants based on protected characteristics. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, contends that Minnesota’s framework goes beyond lawful equal‑opportunity measures and crosses into explicit race‑ and sex‑based decision‑making.
“From suing over sanctuary city policies to a wide-ranging fraud investigation, today's lawsuit is the Department of Justice's latest effort to bring Minnesota into compliance with federal law,” said Attorney General Pamela...
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