Judge Halts Fla. Law Barring Certain Diversity, Inclusion Training Requirements

Mealey's (August 22, 2022, 8:18 AM EDT) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on Aug. 18 in two rulings partially granted a motion for preliminary injunction and declined to dismiss a lawsuit by two employers and a diversity and inclusion consultant challenging a state law expanding the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992’s (FCRA) unlawful employment practices to include required training promoting various concepts on race and gender discrimination, calling the challenged provision “a naked viewpoint-based regulation on speech that does not pass strict scrutiny.”...