Chris DeGroff and Sam Schwartz-Fenwick Discuss Transgender Protection Under New EEOC in Business Insurance

Business Insurance quoted Chris DeGroff and Sam Schwartz-Fenwick in its article, “Gender restrictions clash with EEOC rules,” on February 24. The Seyfarth attorneys discussed how the recent gender executive order coupled with the changing composition of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will likely result in less litigation from the agency on behalf of transgender workers.

DeGroff said:

“Given the lack of an EEOC quorum, what I don’t think we’re going to see short term is a groundswell of EEOC systemic litigation targeting transgender status.”

Schwartz-Fenwick continued:

“The text of the executive order regarding the protection of the rights of ‘biological women’ could lead to amendments of Title VII and raises the specter of the government targeting employers with inclusive bathroom policies for creating hostile work environments for ‘biological women.’”

The full article is available here.