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EEOC rescinds transgender workplace guidance: What employers need to know

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In an unsurprising move, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted 2–1 to formally scrap its 2024 guidance on workplace harassment on January 22, 2026. This action officially withdraws the Biden-era framework that...more

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EEOC Rescinds 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Workplace Harassment

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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

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EEOC Rescinds 2024 Harassment Guidance

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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

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EEOC Rescinds Prior Harassment Guidance: What Employers Need to Know Now

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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

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EEOC Rescinds Harassment Guidance on Gender Identity: What Employers Need to Know

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facing renewed uncertainty about workplace protections for gender identity after federal agency guidance was recently withdrawn.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

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EEOC Rescinds 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace, What's Next?

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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

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Delaware Supreme Court Rejects Total Rescission of Musk Pay

On December 19, 2025, the Delaware Supreme Court overturned the rescission of Elon Musk’s 2018 Tesla compensation grant and instead awarded nominal damages and substantially reduced attorneys’ fees. The case stemmed from a...more

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CFS Bites of the Month - 2025 Annual Review - Nondiscrimination and Military Protection Law

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In this article, we share a timeline of monthly "bites" for the past year applicable to consumers protected by nondiscrimination and military protection laws....more

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EEOC Rescinds Harassment Guidance: What Employers Need to Know

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

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EEOC Votes to Revoke 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace

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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

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EEOC Rescinds Anti-Harassment Guidance Addressing Transgender Protections

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has voted to rescind its anti-harassment guidance that previously stated misgendering employees could constitute unlawful discrimination under Title VII of the Civil...more

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EEOC Rescinds 2024 Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace

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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

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EEOC Rescinds Biden-Era Anti-Harassment Guidance

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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

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EEOC Rescinds 2024 Harassment Guidance Addressing Gender Identity Under Title VII

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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

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EEOC Reverses Course on Gender Identity/LGBTQ+ Workplace Protections

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to revoke prior federal guidance that treated the intentional misgendering of employees as a form of unlawful workplace harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights...more

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How Has EEOC’s Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace Changed?

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In a long-expected move, on January 22, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to rescind the Biden-era 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace, effective immediately. ...more

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EEOC Rescinds Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace

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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

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CEQ Formally Rescinds Its NEPA Implementing Regulations

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It's official: the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is formally rescinding its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations. This month, CEQ published a notice that it will formally repeal its...more

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UPDATE: EEOC Voted to Rescind 2024 Harassment Guidance

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

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Policy Week in Review – January 23, 2026

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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

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EEOC Votes to Rescind 2024 Guidance on Workplace Harassment

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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

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EEOC Rescinds Biden-Era Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace

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

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The Week in Weed: January 2026 # 3

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, lawmakers considered blocking the administration’s move to reschedule cannabis. Virginia began the move to...more

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Employment Law Update: The EEOC Revokes Its Guidance on Transgender Protections Under Title VII

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At a public meeting on January 22, 2026, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to rescind its Biden-era harassment guidance (the Guidance) that identified persistent misgendering and/or limiting restroom...more

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EEOC Rescinds 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace

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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

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