Orientation

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has charged an Ohio care facility group with discriminating against a former maintenance director due to ...

In April 2021, a representative from the U.S. Department of Justice said the agency would “vigorously enforce” prohibitions on discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, a reversal from its stated pre-Bostock stance under the Trump administration. In June 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Title VII protection extends to employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in its landmark Bostock v. The judge determined that the document — among others issued under the Biden administration — “directly interfere[d]” with states’ ability to enforce their laws as written. The recent EEOC case is among the handful that have drawn on the ruling since it was handed down. - “The EEOC has long been a leader in challenging discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, including through our litigation in cases leading to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Bostock v. - According to the complaint, the employee, hired in October 2019, performed his job well and never received an unsatisfactory evaluation or was put on a performance improvement plan.