RFRA No Defense to EEOC's Title VII Discrimination Claim on Behalf of Transgender Employee: Sixth Circuit | Practical Law
In Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) was not a defense to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) discrimination lawsuit on behalf of a transgender employee under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII).