The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has long stood at the forefront of worker rights and served as the first line of defense for equal pay and equal opportunity. Senators should quickly move to confirm Kalpana Kotagal, President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as commissioner of one of the most critical agencies in Washington.
Workers in every part of the US, across all industries, need someone who will effectively fight workplace discrimination and inequality. As EEOC commissioner, Kotagal will help steer the agency in the right direction during a time when implementing equitable hiring practices and enforcing workplace protections are more important than ever.
In this role, Kotagal would continue the agency’s forward-thinking tradition. Years before the US Supreme Court’s Bostock v. Clayton County decision that federal nondiscrimination laws protect gay and transgender Americans, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued its own ruling on the issue. Aimee Stephens, a transgender woman who was fired by a funeral home because she presented as her true self in the workplace, took her case to the federal agency and secured a landmark decision that set the stage for Bostock...
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