Sharon Fast Gustafson, the general counsel nominee for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, faced questions about LGBTQ rights, sexual harassment, wellness programs, and forced arbitration, during her Senate committee hearing April 10.
Gustafson wouldn’t commit to upholding the agency’s current stance that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which bans sex discrimination in employment, includes protections for LGBT people. Ranking committee member Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) brought up that issue, which has been a sore spot between Democrats and the agency’s nominees. None of the nominees has committed to ...
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