Employers might redouble their efforts to align with President Donald Trump’s executive orders (EOs), now that one of their biggest supporters, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission acting Chair Andrea Lucas, has been confirmed to a second term as a commissioner.
“I look forward to continuing the historic progress this agency has made since the start of the second Trump administration under my leadership — from securing multiple settlements with some of the world’s largest law firms to disavow DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion] and embrace merit-based hiring and other employment practices, to obtaining the largest EEOC settlement to date for victims of antisemitism on behalf of Jewish employees at Columbia University,” Lucas said.
She overcame opposition in the Senate from Democrats to secure her confirmation July 31. Trump will decide whether Lucas continues as EEOC chair.
“In just a few short months as acting chair, Andrea Lucas has warped the mission of the EEOC beyond recognition and weaponized the agency to green-light discrimination, roll back protections for people who are sexually assaulted at work, and intimidate anyone who challenges President Trump,” said Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. in a July 31 statement.
For her part, Lucas said she is “committed to enacting the bold civil rights agenda laid forth by President Trump, ensuring equal justice under the law, and focusing on the restoration of equal opportunity, merit, and colorblind equality for all...
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