EEOC Rescinds Rules Against Workplace Harassment

NPR reports:

For decades, employers have turned to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for guidance on what constitutes unlawful harassment and how to deal with it. That task became harder on Thursday. The commission voted 2-to-1 to rescind the latest version of its harassment guidance, skipping the standard notice and comment period, typically 30 days or longer.

The nearly 200-page document describes how harassment based on protected characteristics such as race, sex, religion, age, and disability is defined under federal law. It includes more than 70 examples, describing scenarios that employers might encounter. While much of that guidance wasn’t new, one addition that rankled many conservatives was a section on gender identity and sexual orientation.

Read the full article. EEOC chair Andrea Lucas last appeared here for a video in which she encouraged white men to file workplace anti-white discrimination lawsuits with her agency’s backing.

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