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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. R.G. &. G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc.

  1. December 01, 2020

    EEOC Settles Trans Bias Battle That Drew High Court Scrutiny

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has inked a $250,000 pact to settle a transgender bias case against a Detroit-based funeral home that helped bring about the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision to extend federal workplace protections to LGBTQ employees.

  2. October 14, 2016

    EEOC Appeals Funeral Home Transgender Bias Ruling

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Thursday said it will appeal to the Sixth Circuit a ruling that a funeral home's firing of a transgender employee was protected under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

  3. August 18, 2016

    Judge OKs Trans Funeral Director Firing On Religious Belief

    A Michigan federal judge ruled Thursday that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission could not pursue claims that a funeral home wrongfully fired a transgender employee, saying it was entitled to protection under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

  4. May 03, 2016

    EEOC Taking Title VII Too Far In Trans Case, Court Hears

    A Michigan funeral home urged a Michigan federal court Monday to nix the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's suit alleging it wrongfully fired a transgender employee, saying the agency is trying to stretch Title VII beyond its limits to invalidate all sex-specific dress codes.

  5. April 19, 2016

    ACLU Throws Weight Behind Gov't In Transgender Firing Suit

    The American Civil Liberties Union on Friday rallied behind the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's historic discrimination suit against a Michigan funeral home for firing a transgender employee, saying the religious exemptions sought by the business would "threaten decades of progress" achieved by civil rights laws.

  6. April 07, 2016

    Transgender Firing Case Now In Judge's Hands, EEOC Says

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Thursday urged a Michigan federal judge to rule that a funeral home unlawfully fired a transgender funeral director for her decision to present as a woman, saying that her boss admitted he fired her over her desired attire.

  7. November 25, 2015

    Funeral Home Can't Get 'Sexual Anatomy' Info In Bias Suit

    A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday refused to grant a funeral home's renewed request to seek "intimate and private" information about a fired transgender worker's anatomy and background in a discrimination lawsuit, saying the information wasn't relevant.

  8. October 07, 2015

    Co. Says It Needs 'Sexual Anatomy' Info in EEOC Bias Suit

    A funeral home hit with a bias suit for firing a transgender funeral director urged a Michigan federal court Tuesday to toss the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's protective order concealing intimate information about the worker's anatomy, saying the order rests on an erroneous procedural reading.

  9. September 24, 2015

    'Sexual Anatomy' Discovery Nixed In EEOC Gender Bias Suit

    A Michigan federal judge Thursday blocked a funeral home from seeking intimate information about a fired transgender worker's anatomy and background in a suit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that contends the worker's firing violated Title VII, saying requiring such disclosure would be "harassing and oppressive."

  10. August 10, 2015

    EEOC Slams Mortuary's Info Request in Transgender Bias Suit

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Friday reiterated its contention that a Michigan funeral home has lodged improper discovery requests regarding the transgender woman at the center of the EEOC's discrimination suit, asking a Michigan federal judge to grant its bid to protect the data.

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