EEOC
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The debate over diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in the workplace has intensified under the Trump administration. The DEIA brouhaha under Trump has raised significant legal and civil rights concerns. Former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) General Counsel Karla Gilbride, who was fired by Trump on January 27, warns in an article published…
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Republican-led states filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from enforcing broad legal protections for transgender workers. The 18 states filed the complaint in federal court in Knoxville, Tennessee, late Monday. They asserted that the federal workplace bias agency lacked the power to assert that federal law requires employers to use…
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On May 3, 2024, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) for denying an employee’s religious accommodation request to wear a head covering. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, alleges that TDCJ’s refusal to accommodate the employee’s religious practice…
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On Monday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission declared that employers who refuse to use transgender workers’ preferred pronouns and prevent them from using bathrooms aligned with their gender identity are engaging in unlawful workplace harassment under federal anti-discrimination law. This update marks the first revision of the commission’s enforcement guidance on workplace harassment in…
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A medical equipment company is slated to compensate a former employee, Imani Jackson, with $50,000 following allegations of racial discrimination stemming from her choice to wear her natural hair. The lawsuit, filed against American Screening, LLC, in the US District Court For The Eastern District of Louisiana by the federal government on behalf of Jackson,…
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