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On January 22, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced that it would rescind its 2024 “Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace” (“Guidance”). The rescission does not alter any...more
On January 22, 2026, the EEOC decided in a 2-1 decision to rescind its comprehensive “Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace.” This guidance was published by the EEOC on April 29, 2024, representing the EEOC’s...more
On January 22, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC” or the “Agency”) voted 2-1 to rescind its 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace (the “Guidance”). See here. The decision, which...more
Employers are facing renewed uncertainty about workplace protections for gender identity after federal agency guidance was recently withdrawn. On January 22, 2026, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted 2-1...more
On 29 January 2026, the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) published its response to a public consultation on proposed changes to its enforcement processes....more
In a 2-1 vote on January 22, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission fully rescinded its 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace. This marks a meaningful shift in the workplace compliance...more
On January 22, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted 2-1 to rescind its 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace, which addressed employers’ obligations to prevent and respond to...more
On January 22, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted 2 to 1 to rescind its Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace, issued during the Biden administration. The detailed resource had been...more
On January 22, in a 2-1 vote, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) rescinded its 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace, including portions addressing gender identity and LGBTQ+ issues....more
On January 22, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted 2–1 to rescind its 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace, No. 915.064 (the 2024 Guidance), an almost 200‑page document that...more
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has voted to rescind Biden-era anti-harassment guidance. The rescinded guidance had consolidated and replaced multiple prior EEOC harassment guidance documents and was...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted on January 22, 2026, to rescind its 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace. The action removed language stating that repeated, intentional...more
On Jan. 22, 2026, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held an open Commission Meeting during which a majority of the commissioners voted to rescind the EEOC’s “Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the...more
The EEOC voted 2-1 along party lines to rescind the 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace in its entirety. The EEOC’s objections to the guidance primarily related to the sections of the guidance regarding...more
EEOC Rescinds Enforcement Guidance on Harassment - On January 22, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to rescind its Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace. The proposal to...more
On 12 December 2025, China's State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) issued draft guidance on the use of referenced content in advertisements (the “Draft”)....more
On January 22, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to rescind its 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace. The Commission voted 2-1 along party lines, and the guidance document...more
On January 22, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted 2-1 to rescind its Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace (the “Guidance”), effective immediately. The EEOC published the Guidance in...more
On January 22, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) rescinded by vote its April 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace. The rescission eliminated the guidance in full, without a...more
As we anticipated, the Trump administration rescinded Biden-era guidance Thursday on transgender rights in the workplace. In a 2-1 vote, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) scrapped enforcement guidance...more
On January 22, 2026, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) held an open public meeting pursuant to the Sunshine Act to discuss and vote on the rescission of the 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the...more
On January 22, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted to rescind its Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace. The proposal to rescind the guidance was approved two-to-one, with Chair Andrea...more
Bloomberg Law has just reported that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted to rescind guidance on transgender discrimination that was issued during the Biden Administration. As I reported on Friday, the EEOC...more
While the EEOC had a quiet 2025 due to its lack of a quorum (only two of five commissioners) and the lengthy government shutdown, there is potential change on the horizon....more
In a recent Advisory Opinion, No. 25-11 (“AO 25-11”), the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) provided some of the more robust guidance to date on application of the Antikickback Law discount safe harbor to various discount...more