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The firings will likely be challenged in court. Both of the fired commissioners said they were considering their legal options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unless a court reinstates them soon, the White House is likely to appoint replacements who would give Republicans a majority on the EEOC and a quorum to enact the president’s agenda more quickly than expected. Employers should prepare for the possibility of changes at the EEOC in a number of areas, including gender identity<\/a>, DEI<\/a> and pregnancy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous presidents have allowed commissioners to serve out their terms. Had President Trump observed this precedent, Democrats would have held a majority on the panel through at least July 1, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas yesterday announced<\/a> that one of her first priorities will be “rolling back the Biden administration’s gender-identity agenda.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucas intends to remove or modify the EEOC’s 2024 guidance about workplace harassment<\/a> – in particular, its positions that denying an employee access to a bathroom or other sex-segregated facility consistent with their gender identity or intentionally and repeatedly using a name or pronoun inconsistent with an employee’s known gender identity may constitute harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Biology is not bigotry,” Lucas said. “Biological sex is real, and it matters. Sex is binary (male and female) and immutable. It is not harassment to acknowledge these truths – or to use language like pronouns that flow from these realities, even repeatedly.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another goal<\/a> for Lucas will be “rooting out unlawful DEI-motivated race and sex discrimination.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Trump has issued an executive order that terminates “all discriminatory programs,” including DEI mandates, policies, programs, preferences and activities in the federal government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a Republican majority, the EEOC may take enforcement positions or issue guidance that extends to the private sector as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) Rules<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rules issued last year by the EEOC to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)<\/a> may also end up on the chopping block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those rules defined pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition<\/em> (and thus the scope of the law’s coverage) broadly to include termination of pregnancy (including miscarriage, stillbirth and abortion). As a result, employers can be required to provide applicants and employees time off or other reasonable accommodations to obtain an abortion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucas objected to those rules<\/a> when they were passed, so the EEOC may take steps to repeal them with a Republican majority.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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