Trump’s Return Upends EEOC’s Enforcement Agenda at Record Speed

Feb. 20, 2025, 10:15 AM UTC

The EEOC is abandoning litigation and guidance on LGBTQ+ protections and other areas that were enforcement priorities just weeks ago.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in recent days filed motions to dismiss at least six transgender discrimination cases, citing President Donald Trump’s executive order recognizing only “two sexes.”

The agency also signaled it may not defend its own rules under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act , and pulled documents outlining AI anti-bias enforcement from its website.

Republican Acting Chair Andrea Lucas’s moves are undoing years of agency work before the EEOC even has a quorum to votes on major actions. ...

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