Gender Identity Discrimination Still Illegal, Lawyers Remind Employers
Gender identity discrimination is still illegal for most private sector employers, and companies can still get sued if they discriminate against transgender employees.
Ex-EEOC Attorney Agrees to End Bias Suit Over Denied Promotions
A Black former attorney at the US Equal Opportunity Commission agreed to drop her suit alleging the agency discriminated and ...
EEOC's Anti-American Bias Focus Will Test Scope of Title VII
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s new enforcement push against anti-American employer practices is poised to test ...
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EEOC Policy Shifts Under Trump: Effects on Gender Identity, DEI, and Abortion Accommodations
As 2025 begins under President Donald Trump’s administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is experiencing significant ...
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Updates at the EEOC Under the Trump Administration
Shortly after taking office, President Trump made several changes to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). First, President ...
EEOC must face states' challenge to Biden-era rule on abortion protections
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday revived a lawsuit by 17 Republican-led states challenging a U.S. Equal Employment ...
ACLU moves to take up gender identity lawsuit that EEOC is abandoning following Trump's order
The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking to represent two restaurant workers in a gender identity discrimination lawsuit after a U.S. agency that enforces civil rights laws filed to drop the case ...
Under Trump, EEOC seeks to drop trans discrimination lawsuit against metro-east pig farmer
Court documents show that the transgender employee was an undocumented worker from El Salvador who had provided the farm’s ...
EEOC shift on LGBT protections creates legal complications for businesses
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under the Trump administration is reversing course on LGBT protections ...
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Federal Court Concludes States Have Standing to Challenge EEOC’s Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Rule (US)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled on February 20, 2025, in Tennessee v. Equal Employment Opportunity ...
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EEOC shift on LGBT protections creates legal complications for businesses
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's changing stance on LGBT protections is putting employers in a tricky position. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under the Trump ...