EEOC Regulatory Agenda Focuses On Rescission Of Longstanding Guidance And Reporting Requirements

The EEOC's new regulatory agenda includes seven significant initiatives, most of which would rescind existing guidance, reporting requirements, or interpretive rules. Key items include rescission of EEO-1 reporting requirements, rescission of most or all of the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP), and revisions to the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act regulations. Several items on the EEOC’s agenda involve employer...

EEOC Seeks Comment On Draft Strategic Plan For FY 2026–2030

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has released a draft Strategic Plan for FY 2026–2030 that retains the agency’s three overarching goals: enforcement, outreach and training, and organizational excellence. The draft includes detailed performance metrics covering investigation quality, litigation outcomes, systemic enforcement, intake improvements, outreach activities, and stakeholder satisfaction. Unlike the EEOC’s National Enforcement Plan (NEP), which sets substantive enforcement priorities, the Strategic...

EEOC Rescinds Longstanding Affirmative Action Guidance

The EEOC has rescinded two longstanding agency documents that for decades guided its evaluations of employers’ affirmative action initiatives. The agency now says the guidance was inconsistent with Title VII and Supreme Court precedent. The rescinded documents are: the 1979 Guidelines on Affirmative Action Appropriate Under Title VII, which set out the agency’s framework for evaluating voluntary affirmative action plans;...