OMB Delays Agencies’ Race And Ethnicity “Action Plans” To March 2027

The White House Office of Management and Budget has again extended the deadline for the EEOC and other federal agencies to submit their Agency Action Plans on Race and Ethnicity Data. Agency Action Plans are now due March 28, 2027. The deadline for agencies to bring data collections into compliance is September 28, 2029. The agency’s submission of their Agency Action...

EEOC Voting Records Show Most Votes Bipartisan Since Quorum Restored

EEOC Commissioners have voted in a bipartisan manner in most substantive matters since the Commission regained a quorum in late October, new EEOC vote disclosures show. Through February 2026, the Commission has cast 35 votes, with only nine of their 27 substantive votes split along party lines. Media coverage has focused on policy differences among the Commissioners, but the voting record...

EEOC Chair Warns Fortune 500 on DEI and Title VII Compliance

EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas has sent a letter to all Fortune 500 companies reminding them that Title VII’s prohibition on race- and sex-based employment decisions fully applies to DEI initiatives. The February 26 letter emphasizes that employers must base employees’ hiring, promotion, training, and access to opportunities on job-related, merit-based criteria rather than protected characteristics, regardless of an initiative’s purpose....

EEOC Reclaims Litigation Authority After Decades Of Harmful Delegation

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has voted to reclaim litigation authority that it improperly delegated to its General Counsel three decades ago. The Commission adopted the new procedure by a 2 to 1 vote January 22. Now, in nearly all cases, the Commission will vote on whether to commence or intervene in litigation. There will be narrow exceptions for recordkeeping matters...