18 states are involved in the suit against the EEOC’s expansion of sexual harassment guidelines to include an employee’s preferred gender identity.
Tennessee AG, Jonathan Skrmetti, along with 18 states, files lawsuit against the EEOC over expanded sexual harassment guidelines. Skrmetti claims the new guidance extends Title VII protections to gender identity, potentially holding employers liable for using incorrect pronouns.
Additionally, under the EEOC’s guidance, an employer can be liable if it limits access to a bathroom or other sex-segregated facility, such as a shower or locker room, based on biological sex and not on gender identity. Employers also may be liable if a customer or other non-employee fails to use an employee’s preferred pronouns or refuses to share a restroom with someone of the opposite sex,” the AG said.
