A change in the worksharing agreement between the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and California’s Civil Rights Department (CRD) suggests that an employer may have to respond to investigations by both agencies stemming from the same charge. The change appears to be driven by the agencies’ discrimination investigations of the company Activision Blizzard, but it has implications well beyond that case. So far, the EEOC has declined to comment on an inquiry from the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) as to the meaning of the revised language and whether it will be included in other worksharing agreements with state and local fair employment agencies (FEPAs).
Members of CWC can read more here.