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EEOC instructs staff to sideline all new transgender discrimination cases, employees say • Apr. 18, 2025, 6:43 PM ET (AP)
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Ex-EEOC commissioner fired by Trump files lawsuit demanding reinstatement • Apr. 9, 2025, 6:56 PM ET (AP)
EEOC chief shifts focus to investigating DEI but the methods provoke an outcry • Apr. 3, 2025, 1:09 PM ET (AP)

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Also Known As EEOC
Date July 2, 1965 - present
Areas Of Involvement employment
Related People Clarence Thomas

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