Bloomberg Law, was filed Monday and claims that a guidance issued June 15 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) misinterprets the U.S.
Supreme Court's ruling Bostock v. Clayton County, GA.In the complaint, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton writes that Texas and its agencies, including the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), have the right to make their own policies surrounding bathrooms, dress codes and pronoun usage.The complaint claims the guidance "misstates the law, increasing the scope of liability for the State in its capacity as an employer."The guidance in question said employers may not ban workers from dressing consistent with their gender identity and that while employers can have separate bathrooms, they.