Seyfarth Synopsis: An essential read for any employer, the EEOC’s final Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP), was released on September 21, 2023. The SEP identifies the agency’s enforcement priorities for the next five years,...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On Tuesday, January 10, the EEOC released for public comment its draft 2023-2027 Strategic Enforcement Plan, or “SEP” (available here)—a document that will guide the Commission’s enforcement priorities for...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On February 10, 2020, the EEOC released its first-ever Annual Performance Report (“APR”) for Fiscal Year 2019 (see here). The APR is an analysis of the EEOC’s litigation goals and performance results, and...more
2/11/2020
/ #MeToo ,
Annual Reports ,
Claim Procedures ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Harassment ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Statistical Analysis ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan
Seyfarth Synopsis: On February 4, 2020, EEOC Chair Janet Dhillon’s released a list of priorities for the Commission in 2020. While the priorities primarily focus on continuing to seek justice for workers raising claims of...more
2/6/2020
/ Administrative Backlogs ,
Ban the Box ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Vulnerable Victims ,
Worker Protection Standard
Seyfarth Synopsis: On November 19, 2019, the EEOC released its inaugural “Agency Financial Report” (“AFR”) for Fiscal Year 2019. Substantively, the AFR is a data compilation regarding the EEOC’s financial health,...more
11/21/2019
/ Administrative Appointments ,
Administrative Backlogs ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Financial Reporting ,
OMB ,
Performance and Accountability Report ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Trump Administration
Seyfarth Synopsis: The EEOC operates with limited resources, yet has the daunting responsibility of enforcing an alphabet soup of anti-discrimination laws. ...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On November 15, 2017, the EEOC released its annual Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2017 – its internal “report card” for its fiscal year 2017. The report touts the EEOC’s progress in...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: With uncertain times and profound changes anticipated for the EEOC, employers anxiously await what enforcement litigation the EEOC has in store. Although 2016 showed a marked decline in filings, fiscal year...more
10/2/2017
/ ADEA ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Discrimination ,
EEO-1 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
GINA ,
Hiring & Firing ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Race Discrimination ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Retaliation ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour
We are once again pleased to offer our loyal readers our annual analysis of the five most intriguing developments in EEOC litigation in 2016, along with a pre-publication preview of our annual report on developments and...more
1/3/2017
/ Conciliation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
EEO-1 ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Independent Contractors ,
Judicial Review ,
LGBTQ ,
Mach Mining v EEOC ,
Middle East ,
Muslims ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Presidential Elections ,
Reporting Requirements ,
SCOTUS ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Subcontractors ,
Temporary Employees ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration
Seyfarth Synopsis: The EEOC recently released its annual Performance and Accountability Report for the fiscal year 2016, a must-read for employers regarding statistical data on EEOC litigation. Continuing a trend from recent...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 17, 2016, the EEOC unveiled its updated Strategic Enforcement Plan (“SEP”) for Fiscal Years 2017-2021. It ought to be required reading for every employer and their executive teams.
The New...more
10/21/2016
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Recruitment Policies ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan
As the clock ticked down on the EEOC’s fiscal year (which ended on September 30), we are struck once again by the eerily consistent trend in the agency’s federal court filing trends. Employers around the country are seemingly...more
10/2/2015
/ ADEA ,
Age Discrimination ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Judicial Review ,
Mach Mining v EEOC ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Race Discrimination ,
Religious Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Title VII ,
Young v United Parcel Service