The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has made a target of race bias in the construction industry.

Florida-based specialty contractor denied the allegations outlined in a federal EEOC lawsuit but said settling the case was preferable to continued litigation.

The discovery of nooses displayed at the online retail giant' Windsor, Conn., jobsite had gained wide media attention.

 It’s clear that only an expanded and inclusive workforce can meet the industry's challenges.

The lawsuit against Asphalt Paving Systems was brought on behalf of multiple former employees working at the company's Florida-based operation.

The contractor says two workers on a data center job for Google who initiated the complaint had been bullying a coworker.

The federal civil rights lawsuit alleges the contractor created a racially hostile work environment and fired employees who complained.

In its remaining months, the Obama administration is accelerating one of its most ambitious efforts to narrow pay gaps by gender, race and ethnicity.