US EditionCivil rights agency sued over handling of transgender worker discrimination complaints under Trump
UNITED STATES, JUL 29 – Legal groups allege the EEOC under Acting Chair Andrea Lucas ignored Supreme Court precedent and stalled transgender discrimination claims, violating federal workplace protections.
- On Tuesday in Maryland, several legal organizations filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging that the agency is unlawfully neglecting to uphold workplace protections for transgender employees.
- The lawsuit comes after Acting EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas aligned the agency’s actions with President Trump's directive affirming a fixed binary understanding of sex, including dropping lawsuits supporting transgender employees.
- Under Lucas's direction, the EEOC delayed the handling of new cases, intensified examination of certain others, and stopped funding state and local civil rights organizations responsible for probing complaints related to discrimination based on gender identity.
- The suit argues the EEOC's 'Trans Exclusion Policy' violates the 2020 Supreme Court Bostock v. Clayton County ruling, Title VII, the Fifth Amendment, and the Administrative Procedure Act.
- Plaintiffs contend the EEOC under Lucas undermines its 60-year mandate to protect against discrimination, risking increased workplace harm to transgender employees.
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EEOC sued for refusing to enforce protections for trans workers
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and its acting chair, Andrea Lucas, were accused of failing to enforce protections for transgender workers in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday by Democracy Forward and the National Women’s Law Center. In their complaint, the groups argue that the EEOC’s non-enforcement policy denies complainants’ access to the investigative processes, dismisses active cases brought on their behalf, and blocks pay…
Federal agency sued for failing to enforce employment protections for transgender workers
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency responsible for enforcing laws against workplace discrimination, has refused since January to fully enforce employment protections for transgender workers, two left-leaning legal organizations argue in a new lawsuit. A complaint filed Tuesday by Democracy Forward and the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) on behalf of FreeState…
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Civil rights agency sued over handling of transgender worker discrimination complaints under Trump
Legal groups have challenged the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's handling of discrimination complaints from transgender workers.
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