The U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation into the California Environmental Protection Agency over accusations of racial equity-based hiring practices. (Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images, left, and MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images, right.)
The letter specifically cites CalEPA's "Practices to Advance Racial Equity in Workforce Planning" document that promotes "applying a racial equity lens to every phase of workforce development" and states that "interview panels should reflect racial, ethnic, gender and other diversity as much as possible."
"Including different groups of people and perspectives in the hiring process, including people of color, can lessen the impact of in-group bias in hiring," the document reads.
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The letter specifically cites CalEPA's "Practices to Advance Racial Equity in Workforce Planning" document. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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"Agencies that unlawfully use protected characteristics as a factor in employment and hiring risk serious legal consequences," she continued.
Fox News Digital reached out to CalEPA for comment.
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