Resetting the EEOC: President Trump Removes Two EEOC Commissioners, Discharges General Counsel
President Donald Trump removed Democratic U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEOC) commissioners Charlotte A. Burrows and Jocelyn Samuels and discharged EEOC general counsel Karla Gilbride. T he removal of the commissioners upends the Democratic voting majority on the EEOC . This development could potentially lead to the rescission of more of the EEOC guidance pertaining to gender identity, including portions of the EEOC’s Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace, issued in April 2024 . Quick Hits President Trump removed two of the three Democratic commissioners on the EEOC . The removals leave the EEOC with two remaining commissioners and l ikely will lead to a Republican majority that will push the president’s agenda , including recent executive orders. The unprecedented action is likely to lead to legal challenges regarding the grounds for removing the EEOC commissioners. According to media reports, on January 28, 2025, Commissioners Burrows and Samuels said that th...