Acting head of US employment rights agency failing to protect trans and nonbinary workers, Democrats say

Letter alleges that Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ‘abdicated responsibility under the law’US politics live – latest updatesDemocrats are demanding the acting chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission enforce civil rights protections for transgender and nonbinary people.A letter to Andrea Lucas, a copy of which was viewed by the Guardian, alleges the agency has “abdicated this responsibility under the law when it comes to transgender and nonbinary workers”. Continue reading...

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