EEOC Moves FEPA Lists From Regulations To Agency Website

The EEOC has issued a final rule revising its procedures for recognizing Fair Employment Practice Agencies. FEPAs are state and local agencies that enforce employment discrimination laws and participate in EEOC worksharing and charge-processing arrangements.  Moving forward, the EEOC will list designated FEPAs on its website rather than in its procedural regulations. This is merely an administrative change. The rule does not...

CWC Urges EEOC To Strengthen Performance Measures In Strategic Plan

The Center for Workplace Compliance, our affiliated nonprofit membership association, submitted comments July 19 on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's draft Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2026–2030. CWC’s comments generally praised the draft as an improvement over prior plans — citing its streamlined structure, focus on quality investigations and conciliations, attention to the charge intake process, and more appropriate systemic enforcement metrics....

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...