EEOC Harassment Guidance Shields LGBTQ+ Workers, Abortion Choice

Workplace harassment enforcement guidance newly released by the EEOC broadly protects LGBTQ+ employees’ rights in the workplace and clarifies the commission’s views that anti-bias laws cover employees’ abortion-related decisions.

These long-awaited draft guidelines from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will officially appear in the Federal Register for public comment Monday. They include instructions for employers to provide adequate anti-harassment policies, trainings, and complaint procedures and to train supervisors to recognize and report instances of harassment.

This is the EEOC’s second recent attempt to promulgate new harassment guidance. In 2017, the commission unanimously approved an earlier version, but it was reportedly ...