Last month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission published a new rule affecting its own processes for dealing with employers under investigation. The conciliation process, which is statutorily ...

If a victim of workplace discrimination decides to sue his or her employer, they usually can’t go straight to court. Instead, they will have to go through the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 18, 2020, the EEOC held a public meeting to address a notice of proposed rulemaking containing potential substantive amendments to the Commission’s conciliation process.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) began a six-month pilot program May 29 for "greater structure and transparency" in conciliation, an EEOC spokesperson told HR Dive June 4. The ...

EEOC published the conciliation final rule during the final weeks of the Trump administration. Prior to the rule's publication in The Federal Register, the commission voted 3-2 along party lines to ...

In an effort to improve conciliation efforts and reduce lawsuits involving claims of discrimination in the workplace, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued a Notice ...

January rule requires EEOC to disclose case information to employers accused of discrimination Democrats said rule would discourage participation in EEOC probes, spur more litigation Party-line vote ...

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2009 is off to a bad start for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. On Jan. 15, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did a throw down to the EEOC and its conciliation process. So, let’s look ...

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The rule made it more difficult for victims of discrimination to pursue justice and weakened the commission’s ability to root out discrimination. Trump’s pick for EEOC chair, Janet Dhillon, spent her ...