EEOC

EEOC Rises From the Crypt in Time for Halloween
October 23, 2025
What should we expect as the Commission awakens from its months-long slumber?
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EEOC to Close All Pending Disparate Impact Investigations by September 30, 2025
September 30, 2025
The EEOC will administratively close by the end of September all pending charges based solely on disparate impact—claims of unintentional discrimination based on facially neutral policies that disproportionately affect a protected class.
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What Employers Can Learn From the EEOC's Latest Religious Discrimination Filings
August 11, 2025
The EEOC recently filed two lawsuits alleging religious discrimination and failure to reasonably accommodate employee religious observances.
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President Trump’s New EEOC Nominee and Changes to EEOC Guidance
July 15, 2025
Recently, President Donald Trump nominated Brittany Panuccio, an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, to serve as a commissioner for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Court Strikes Down EEOC Gender Identity-Based Harassment Guidance
June 2, 2025
Last year, the EEOC issued its Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace, which included provisions specifically directed to harassment based on an employee’s gender identity. 
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EEOC Announces Opening of 2024 EEO-1 Data Collection and Provides Insight Regarding 2025 Enforcement Objectives
May 26, 2025
Last week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced the opening date for 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection.
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As the DOL Turns
March 18, 2025
As we noted in January, the Trump administration has wasted no time in revamping the Department of Labor to suit its political taste.
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EEOC Charges Increased by 9.2%
March 6, 2025
The EEOC last week released its Charge analyses for its Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2024. The following comparisons of FY 2024 to FY 2023 are particularly noteworthy.
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Week in Review – The EEOC Continues Changing Course
February 27, 2025
Our “Week in Review” alerts seek to highlight the important activity related to labor and employment each week from the new presidential administration.
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Week in Review – EEOC and NLRB Start Enacting Trump’s Executive Orders, Challenges to Federal Agencies’ Independence, and New Guidance on College Athletes
February 18, 2025
Each week as the new presidential administration takes shape, we get a clearer picture of how its priorities will affect federal agencies, and how those changes will affect the employers and educational institutions that interact with those agencies.
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Trump Takes Unprecedented Action and Other Updates at the EEOC
February 17, 2025
We are less than a month into President Trump’s second term in office and there has been a flurry of activity within the federal government.
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EEOC Sues FedEx Over “Fully Healed” Return-to-Work Requirement
September 24, 2024
The agency’s lawsuit is based on a policy it claims the Company maintained in 2019 that ramp transport drivers who were not “100 % healed after 90 days of light duty work were put on unpaid leave without any discussion of accommodations.
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