EEOC and Department of Justice Clarify DEI Discrimination Guideli
On 19 March 2025, the US Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) issued two technical assistance documents clarifying what workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and…
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EEOC to Crack Down on Anti-American Employment Bias
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will focus its national-origin bias enforcement on companies found to be showing a preference for hiring immigrant workers over U.S. citizens, the agency…
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How employers can prepare for Trump’s EEOC
President Donald Trump hasn’t wasted any time signaling to the world that his administration will be defined by unprecedented — and legally hazy — moves. The restructuring of the Equal…
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Gender restrictions clash with EEOC rules
Transgender workers remain protected from discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 despite President Donald J. Trump’s Jan. 20 signing of Executive Order 14168, stating the…
Read More »EEOC moves to drop transgender discrimination cases, citing Trump’s executive order
The agency’s decision to drop at least six cases raises doubts about whether protections will continue for transgender workers. The post EEOC moves to drop transgender discrimination cases, citing Trump’s…
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EEOC Dismisses Six Gender Identity Discrimination Cases
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission — the federal agency charged with enforcing workplace anti-discrimination laws — has moved to dismiss six gender identity discrimination cases. One of the cases…
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The First 100 Days: Shakeups at the NLRB and EEOC
As part of Littler’s “The First 100 Days” podcast series, Jim Paretti, Alex MacDonald and Bradford Kelley from Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute discuss the major changes to the NLRB and…
Read More »EEOC commissioner fired by Trump hires Kavanaugh accuser’s lawyers
Charlotte Burrows, a Democratic member and former chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission fired by Republican President Donald Trump, has hired a pair of Washington lawyers known for…
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EEOC Seeks First Subpoena Under Pregnant Workers Fairness Law
The EEOC initiated a lawsuit to obtain its first subpoena under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, seeking information from a freight transportation and logistics services personnel provider accused of bias….
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EEOC Guidance on Wearable Tech in the Workplace
As more employers incorporate wearable technology in the workplace, including those enhanced by artificial intelligence, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)’s new fact sheet “Wearables in the Workplace: The Use…
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EEOC Fact Sheet on Wearable Technologies Indicates Growing Concern over Employee Monitoring
The EEOC’s new fact sheet on wearable technologies under employment anti-discrimination laws addresses collecting and using information from wearables, and reasonable accommodations. Many states have already enacted laws regulating various…
Read More »EEOC Research Finds Gender Pay Gap was Larger Among Federal Employees Age 40 and Over
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a report titled, “The Impact of Age on the Gender Pay Gap in the Federal Sector.” The EEOC examined…
Read More »EEOC Sues Equinox Holdings, Inc. for Disability and Sex Discrimination
WASHINGTON – Equinox Holdings, Inc. (Equinox), which owns and operates fitness facilities and gyms nationwide, illegally discriminated against a woman who suffers from endometriosis on the basis of disability and…
Read More »Shelby Baptist Medical Center to Pay $60,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination and Retaliation Suit
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Shelby Baptist Medical Center and its operating companies will pay $60,000 and provide other injunctive relief to settle claims of disability discrimination and retaliation in a lawsuit…
Read More »Bell Road Tire to Pay $64,500 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Resolution
PHOENIX — Bell Road Tire and Auto LLC, doing business as Big O Tires, a tire company in Glendale, Arizona, will pay $64,500 and implement corrective measures to settle a…
Read More »EEOC Sues Alto Experience, Inc. for Disability Discrimination
WASHINGTON – Alto Experience, Inc., a ride hailing company that currently operates in Texas, Florida, and California, and previously operated in the District of Columbia and Virginia, violated federal law…
Read More »Maryland Department of Health’s Thomas B. Finan Center to Pay $270,000 in EEOC Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
BALTIMORE – The Thomas B. Finan Center of the Maryland Department of Health, a multipurpose psychiatric facility located in Cumberland, Maryland, will pay $270,000 to settle an equal pay lawsuit…
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Navigating the new EEOC guidance
The legal landscape around harassment and discrimination in the workplace has evolved significantly in recent years. Given these changes, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued updated guidance in…
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Texas Pushes EEOC on Workplace Gender Identity Protections
Texas and the Heritage Foundation have asked a Texas federal court for a quick-turnaround decision on their bid to block EEOC guidance that reinforces LGBTQ+ harassment protections in the workplace….
Read More »EEOC Sues Glunt Industries and Merit Capital Partners for Classwide Sex Discrimination in Hiring
CLEVELAND – Glunt Industries, Inc. and Merit Capital Partners IV, LLC violated federal law when they engaged in classwide sex discrimination against women by failing to hire them for production…
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