EEOC Workplace Harassment Policy Tackles Bathrooms, Pronouns (1)

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has finalized workplace harassment guidance that reinforces LGBTQ+ employee rights like allowing the use of bathrooms that fit a worker’s gender identity as well as protection from misgendering.

The guidance issued Monday outlines how employers should provide adequate anti-harassment policies, trainings, and complaint procedures, as well as instruct supervisors on how to recognize and report instances of harassment.

The guidance, which goes into effect immediately, is the EEOC’s second attempt in recent years to establish new anti-harassment guidelines for employers, which haven’t been updated since 1999. The final guidance’s treatment of LGBTQ+ workers quickly ...