The EEOC’s first update to its harassment guidance in a quarter century gives the document greater relevance in today’s workplace well as a higher chance of a lawsuit from conservative-leaning challengers.
The guidance finalized April 29 reinforces LGBTQ+ employee rights like allowing the use of bathrooms that fit a worker’s gender identity and protection from misgendering, in addition to outlining how employers can tackle harassment that occurs in the virtual workplace and through social media.
This marks the EEOC’s second recent attempt, following a failed effort in 2017, to establish new anti-harassment guidelines for employers, which haven’t been updated since ...