State of Texas v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission et al

  1. July 18, 2024

    Texas Can't Nix EEOC Guidance Over Gender Identity

    A Texas federal judge refused to grant the state attorney general's request to do away with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's enforcement guidance over gender identity, saying the state needs to file a new lawsuit and not piggyback on a case that was closed two years ago.

  2. July 05, 2024

    5 Cases Against The EEOC To Watch In 2024's 2nd Half

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission finalized regulations governing the new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and published long-anticipated guidance for combating workplace harassment this year, triggering lawsuits from Republican attorneys general and religious groups. Here's a look at a quintet of suits challenging those EEOC policy moves. 

  3. May 21, 2024

    EEOC Guidance Over Gender Identity Can't Stand, Texas Says

    The Texas attorney general requested Tuesday that a federal judge do away with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's enforcement guidance over gender identity and Title VII, arguing that the agency must be stopped from requiring employers' compliance with pronoun and bathroom accommodations.

  4. October 05, 2022

    4 Questions After Judge Nixes EEOC Bostock Guidance

    A recent Texas federal court ruling striking down the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's guidance interpreting the U.S. Supreme Court's watershed Bostock opinion is unlikely to deter the agency from pushing the envelope on LGBTQ issues like dress codes or pronoun usage, experts say. But how — and in what forum — the EEOC does so remains an open question.

  5. July 11, 2022

    Texas Presses Court To Nix Federal Gender Identity Guidance

    Texas state officials have called on a federal court to wipe out guidance from federal agencies on gender- and sexuality-based workplace discrimination and gender-affirming care, arguing that the government is stretching the U.S. Supreme Court's watershed Bostock ruling too far.

  6. May 27, 2022

    Texas' EEOC Gender Identity Guidance Suit Moves Ahead

    A Texas federal judge refused to toss most of a lawsuit state officials brought accusing the federal government of overstepping its authority by issuing guidance on gender and sexuality-based workplace discrimination, saying the state has shown it will be negatively impacted by the policy.

  7. April 07, 2022

    EEOC Says Texas Not Hurt By Gender Identity Guidance

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a federal judge to ax Texas' challenge to the agency's guidance on gender and sexuality-based workplace discrimination, saying the guidance simply reinforced existing discrimination law.

  8. September 20, 2021

    Texas Sues To Block EEOC Gender Identity Guidance

    Texas on Monday asked a federal court to block the enforcement of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidance issued in June regarding discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation, arguing that it violates the rights of state agencies to set workplace policies.