The Biden administration’s sudden termination of the Trump-appointed top lawyer at the EEOC has raised questions about the legality of the action and potential effects on how the workplace civil rights agency functions.
The White House informed Sharon Gustafson that she would be terminated in her role as U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission general counsel on March 5 after she cited her four-year term as one of the reasons why she wouldn’t heed the administration’s call to resign.
Gustafson, whose Senate-confirmed term wasn’t due to conclude until 2023, accused the administration of a political power play that came after the ...
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