October 05, 2022
A recent Texas federal court ruling striking down the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's guidance interpreting the U.S. Supreme Court's watershed Bostock opinion is unlikely to deter the agency from pushing the envelope on LGBTQ issues like dress codes or pronoun usage, experts say. But how — and in what forum — the EEOC does so remains an open question.
July 11, 2022
Texas state officials have called on a federal court to wipe out guidance from federal agencies on gender- and sexuality-based workplace discrimination and gender-affirming care, arguing that the government is stretching the U.S. Supreme Court's watershed Bostock ruling too far.
May 27, 2022
A Texas federal judge refused to toss most of a lawsuit state officials brought accusing the federal government of overstepping its authority by issuing guidance on gender and sexuality-based workplace discrimination, saying the state has shown it will be negatively impacted by the policy.
April 07, 2022
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a federal judge to ax Texas' challenge to the agency's guidance on gender and sexuality-based workplace discrimination, saying the guidance simply reinforced existing discrimination law.
September 20, 2021
Texas on Monday asked a federal court to block the enforcement of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidance issued in June regarding discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation, arguing that it violates the rights of state agencies to set workplace policies.