Midway through its 2026 fiscal year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sharpened its focus on workplace religious discrimination—along with cases alleging anti-American worker bias and reverse discrimination.

Since the start of the fiscal year on Oct. 1, the commission has brought six actions alleging religious discrimination, according to data compiled by Duane Morris' Class Action Defense Team.

Compare that with the 11 religious-bias lawsuits the agency filed in all of fiscal year 2025, which was the highest in nearly a decade.

"Religion—that's a new focus of the Trump-led EEOC, where in past years we saw less than 5% of overall charges being based on religion. Now you're seeing a heavy dose of them," Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., chair of Duane Morris' Class Action Defense Team, said during a webinar Tuesday.

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