Day: October 5, 2015

In July, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission  issued a decision in a federal government discrimination case in which it was stated that discrimination based on sexual orientation is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Perhaps because the EEOC’s statement on the issue followed so closely after the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision on same-sex marriage, legal commentators are treating it as a major event. The truth is, however, the EEOC has been consistent for several years in delivering that message. In 2012, the EEOC adopted a Strategic Enforcement Plan that included lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals as being covered under Title VII’s prohibition of sex discrimination. This meant that the