The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued new guidance that details how an employer could be held liable for harassment if it forces an employee to use a restroom corresponding to their biological sex, provoking negative reactions.
“Women's gender-based rights in the workplace are under attack – and from the EEOC, the federal agency charged with protecting women from sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination in the workplace. In its new harassment guidelines, the Commission formally takes the following position: For private businesses and federal employers, harassment under Title VII includes “denial of access to restrooms or other separate facilities.” by sex, in accordance with [an] the individual's gender identity,” EEOC Commissioner Andrea Lucas said in a comment provided to Fox News Digital.
The new guidance released Monday, “Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace,” emphasizes that “sexual harassment” includes “the intentional and repeated use of a name or pronoun inconsistent with the employee's gender identity.” individual”.
“Harassment, in person and online, remains a serious problem in American workplaces. The EEOC's updated Harassment Guidelines are a comprehensive resource that brings together best practices for preventing and remediating harassment and clarifies recent developments in the law,” the EEOC Chairman said. Charlotte A. Burrows in a statement Monday. “The guidelines incorporate public feedback from stakeholders across the country and are aligned with our Strategic Application Planand will help ensure that individuals understand their rights and responsibilities at work.
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Sexual harassment would also include “denial of access to gender-segregated restrooms or other facilities consistent with the individual’s gender identity,” the document continues.
“As we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 this year, this guidance will help raise awareness of the serious problem of workplace harassment and legal protections for those who experience it,” Burrows said in the release Press.
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The EEOC announced last year that it would update its guidelines to include sexual orientation and gender identity, which sparked backlash from state attorneys general.
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Lucas, who was appointed to the EEOC by President Trump in 2020, continued in her statement that “the EEOC ignores biological reality.”
“In the same vein, the Commission states that harassment includes “the repeated and intentional use of a name or pronoun inconsistent with [an] the individual's known gender identity. The Commission's guidance effectively eliminates single-sex work facilities and impinges on women's (and all employees') rights to freedom of expression and belief. In issuing these guidelines, the EEOC ignores biological reality; rejects women’s gender-based needs for privacy and security; ignores decades of principles for the protection of women and girls; and fundamentally betrays its mission,” she continued.
“Biological sex is real and important. Sex is binary (male and female) and unchangeable.”
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Fox News Digital contacted the White House on Monday for comment on the matter.