A management-side law firm says a former Trump EEOC official is using her prior position to scare employers that are considering providing abortion travel benefits.
The Littler Workplace Policy Institute sent a letter Friday requesting that the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s current legal counsel investigate its former General Counsel Sharon Fast Gustafson for warning employers that the commission would take enforcement action over employee abortion travel benefits.
Gustafson, a Trump appointee, was fired by the Biden administration in March 2021 after refusing to resign.
She was known to prioritize fighting religious discrimination in the workplace during her tenure. Her ...
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