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EEOC Changes Course Regarding Employee Bathroom Access Based Upon Gender Identity

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In January, the EEOC rescinded its 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace (the “2024 Guidance”) to comply with President Trump’s Executive Order 14168: Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and...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

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

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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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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EEOC Revokes Workplace Guidance on Gender Identity: Here’s What Employers Need to Know

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As we anticipated, the Trump administration rescinded Biden-era guidance Thursday on transgender rights in the workplace.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

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EEOC Rescinds Enforcement Guidance on Harassment

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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

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Court strikes down EEOC’s sexual orientation and gender identity guidelines

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A federal court’s ruling last week striking down the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s guidelines on gender identity and sexual orientation harassment in the workplace got the attention of employers around the...more

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Federal District Court Vacates EEOC Guidance on Transgender Workplace Protections

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On May 15, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) overstepped its authority by issuing guidance that extended certain workplace...more

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Federal Court Nullifies EEOC Guidance on LGBTQ+ Protections

On May 15, 2025, a federal court vacated portions of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) workplace harassment guidance, specifically, guidance on harassment based on sexual orientation and gender...more

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Federal Judge Scraps Biden EEOC’s Gender Identity Guidance: Here’s What It Means for the Workplace

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A federal judge in Texas just ruled that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) exceeded its authority by issuing enforcement guidance requiring bathroom, dress, and pronoun accommodations. In Thursday’s order...more

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EEOC Issues New Enforcement Guidance on Workplace Harassment

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued the final version of its new enforcement guidance on workplace harassment on April 29, 2024. The new guidance includes updates aimed at addressing workplace...more

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