US EditionCivil rights agency sued over handling of transgender worker discrimination complaints under Trump
- Legal groups have sued the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for allegedly refusing to enforce federal workplace protections for transgender workers, claiming this is unlawful.
- Under Andrea Lucas's leadership, the EEOC has dropped lawsuits for transgender workers and stalled progress on new cases.
- The lawsuit argues that the EEOC is not fulfilling its obligation to protect workers from discrimination as mandated for over 60 years.
- The complaint states that the actions of the Trump-Vance administration to erase protections for transgender individuals violate the law and the Constitution.
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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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