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June 05, 2025
Trans Worker Takes Over Harassment Suit After EEOC's Exit
An Illinois federal judge on Thursday allowed a transgender former hog-farm worker to carry on a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming she was sexually harassed on the job, after the agency dropped the case because it conflicted with a presidential executive order.
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March 19, 2025
Trans Worker Looks To Take Over Bias Case After EEOC's Exit
A transgender woman who claims she was harassed while working at a hog farm told an Illinois federal judge she wants to take over the lawsuit, after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission dropped the case because the federal government stopped recognizing transgender individuals.
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February 18, 2025
Contradictions Abound As The EEOC Changes Course
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's recent abandonment of several lawsuits alleging mistreatment of transgender and nonbinary workers is an unprecedented step that cuts against agency guidance, its strategy and Supreme Court precedent, former EEOC officials said.
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February 18, 2025
EEOC Backs Off Trans Bias Suits, Citing Trump Order
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is walking away from seven lawsuits accusing businesses of discriminating against transgender or nonbinary employees, telling courts the suits conflict with President Donald Trump's executive order stating the government only recognizes two genders.
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August 16, 2024
Hog Farm Can't Dodge EEOC Transgender Harassment Suit
A hog farm can't escape a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it allowed a transgender worker to be harassed out of a job, the Illinois federal judge scolding the business Friday for attempting to delay the case by falsely asserting the complaint lacked detail.
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June 28, 2024
EEOC Says Claims Of Trans Worker's Harassment Are Valid
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged an Illinois federal court to keep afloat its suit accusing a hog farm of allowing its president and a worker to harass a transgender female employee, saying it put forward enough details to back up its claims.
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June 21, 2024
4 EEOC Cases Attorneys Should Watch In 2024's 2nd Half
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's current docket includes several harassment cases alleging managers not only failed to stop misconduct but joined in on it, and experts say these suits may indicate that higher-ups' misbehavior is a focus area for the workplace bias watchdog. Here, Law360 takes a look at four lawsuits filed by the EEOC that discrimination attorneys should keep an eye on in the latter half of this year.
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March 28, 2024
Hog Farm Allowed Harassment Of Trans Worker, EEOC Says
An Illinois hog farm failed to step in when a worker exposed his genitals and made explicit sexual comments to a transgender female employee, prompting her to quit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a lawsuit filed Thursday.