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Trump ends safeguards on women's pay, ability to sue for sexual harassment

Trump ends safeguards on women's pay, ability to sue for sexual harassment

An executive order from President Trump, signed on the eve of Equal Pay Day, has canceled an Obama policy that directed companies with federal contracts to afford equal treatment to women in the workplace.


The Obama policy had also barred federal contractors from steering sexual harassment complaints into private arbitration, which often favors the employer.


Quietly last week, Trump revoked the 2014 Fair Play and Safe Workplaces order by President Obama, requiring that those doing business with the federal government comply with 14 labor, workplace safety and civil rights laws.


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