Lawsuit Challenges Federal Move on Transgender Worker Rights

Lawsuit challenges federal move on transgender worker rights

A legal advocacy group is suing the federal government over its decision to scale back workplace protections for transgender employees. Democracy Forward filed the lawsuit after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission began changing how it enforces anti-discrimination laws under President Donald Trump’s executive order. ​​Legal challenge targets rollback of transgender workplace protections The order, signed earlier this year, directs federa…

Democracy Forward, NWLC file suit against EEOC for anti-trans discrimination

Democracy Forward and the National Women’s Law Center filed suit Tuesday, July 29, on behalf of FreeState Justice, against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and its acting chair, Andrea Lucas. The lawsuit, according to a Democracy Forward press release, “challenges the EEOC’s sweeping policy of refusing to enforce federal workplace protections for transgender workers,” a policy that “marks a sharp break from decades of EEOC practice an…

EEOC sued over its treatment of transgender bias charges

The plaintiff alleges the agency has “abdicated” its core duty to protect workers from discrimination.

Democracy Forward, NWLC file suit against EEOC for anti-trans discrimination - Dallas Voice

Democracy Forward and the National Women’s Law Center filed suit Tuesday, July 29, on behalf of FreeState Justice, against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and its acting chair, Andrea Lucas. The lawsuit, according to a Democracy Forward press release, “challenges the EEOC’s sweeping policy of refusing to enforce federal workplace protections for transgender workers,” a policy that “marks a sharp break from decades of EEOC practice an…

Lawsuit challenges EEOC's failure to investigate anti-transgender discrimination

FreeState Justice, a legal-services nonprofit in Maryland, filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s failure to investigate anti-transgender job discrimination.Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter.Under the Trump administration, the EEOC has abandoned trans workers, says the suit, in which FreeState Justice is represented by Democracy Forward and …