April 10, 2015
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission secured a settlement with a Florida eye clinic Thursday in one of its first attempts to litigate transgender discrimination claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
September 29, 2014
With suits alleging discrimination against transgender employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for the first time pushed into litigation its stance that gender identity bias violates civil rights law, a position that attorneys say marks a natural progression from prior gender identity cases that courts will likely take up.