Lawmaker Asks DOL to Alter Rules Due to High Court LGBT Decision

The chairman of a House panel with jurisdiction over civil rights issues called on the Labor Department to “reevaluate and alter” proposed policies and rules that “allow for discrimination against LGBTQ+ people,” following the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that confirmed federal workplace protections extend to those workers.

The proposed rules that should be reviewed in light of the high court’s June decision in Bostock v. Clayton County include the agency’s plan to codify certain religious exemptions from anti-discrimination obligations, Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, said in a ...