EEOC Files 2 Complaints Bringing Sex Bias Charges For Sex Orientation Bias

(March 2, 2016, 11:19 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced March 1 that it has filed its first two gender discrimination suits based on sexual orientation, bringing claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Scott Medical Health Center, P.C., No. 16-225, W.D. Pa.; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Pallet Companies d/b/a IFCO Systems NA, Inc., No. 16-595, D. Md.)....