A lawsuit filed Tuesday by a labor union and two female prison employees alleges that the U.S. civil rights agency responsible for enforcing employment discrimination laws unlawfully stops federal-sector class claims. The plaintiffs say the agency has halted their sexual harassment case and has done so as part of a broader order to indefinitely suspend proceedings for all federal-sector class complaints. The complaint asserts that the agency’s action prevents potentially affected employees from pursuing collective claims and delays resolution of the underlying allegations. The case is presented as part of a wider dispute about how federal-sector class complaints are processed and whether the agency can pause them on an indefinite basis. The plaintiffs are seeking legal relief tied to the stoppage of their matter and the wider suspension affecting similar complaints. Other details, such as the agency’s stated rationale for the suspension and the specific procedural steps taken, are not included in the provided excerpts. The lawsuit’s allegations have not been adjudicated, and the agency has not yet responded in the material summarized here.