The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has urged a federal court in Texas to uphold recent guidance on LGBTQ+ harassment protections in the workplace, saying it does not constitute a final action by the agency that imposes direct legal consequences on employers.

The April guidance should not be issued as REQUESTED by the State of Texas and Heritage Foundation, because it does not prejudge the outcome of a specific set of facts presented in a charge filed with the EEOC, but seeks to clarify the existing requirements of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the agency. said in his cross motion for summary judgment on Wednesday.

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