Florida's "Stop WOKE Act” (HB7) restricts employers from requiring diversity training that “espouses, promotes, advances, inculcates, or compels [employees] to believe” certain prohibited concepts related to race, color, sex or national origin." While Florida's law is the first of its kind, there is speculation that other states could adopt similar legislation in the future.
Authors: Dawn Siler-Nixon, Louis Wilson, and Emily Chase-Sosnoff
The article was originally published on the website of FordHarrison on June 29, 2022.
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