The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has determined that the Walmart subsidiary Sam's Club violated both Title VII of the Vivil Rights Act of 1964 and the American's with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) in its dealings with transgender employee Jessica Shyne Robison.
Surprisingly in this time of Trump, the EEOC seems to be continuing to do its job.
An Applebee’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill in Hawthorne (NY) has been sued for allegedly discriminating against a transgender hostess.
On the second day of Jeff Sessions the DoJ filed notice in the Fifth Circuit that it is withdrawing its request that a nationwide injunction against pro-transgender policies be limited to the states that sought the injunction.
Transgender people have had a rather sparse legal toolbox when it comes to challenging discrimination, but the most effective one has been the EEOC and its application of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Anti-transgender discrimination is being defended in a couple of legal actions.
A federal judge in Detroit hears arguments today in the case of transgender funeral director Aimee Stevens against Harris Funeral Homes brought by the EEOC.
I'm not normally a follower of the program American Law Journal, so I just recently stumbled across this video of their program Transgender at Work: the EEOC, Supreme Court & LGBT rights on the job. The program originally aired in November.
Judge Carl Barbier of the Eastern District Court of Louisiana has allowed the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to intervene in Tristan Broussard's federal lawsuit against First Tower Loan, LLC.
