EEOC contemplates furlough

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is considering a furlough for all the agency’s staff for a day in late August to stay under its operational budget. On July 30, 2024, EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows notified the employees by email that a one-day furlough was being considered due to “significant spending constraints” because of higher costs including increased wages and flat funding. The agency expressed the hope that it would not have to have a furlough or would be able to limit it to a half day but was notifying its employees of the possibility “out of an abundance of caution.”

Latest on EEOC’s PWFA regs/harassment guidance

Texas company seeks freeze on PWFA enforcement. Brandon & Clark, an industrial sales company, is seeking a preliminary injunction blocking the EEOC’s enforcement of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and its regulations, claiming it is likely to succeed on its challenge. The company claimed the PWFA was passed in violation of the Constitution’s quorum clause. A February decision blocked enforcement of the PWFA against the state of Texas and its agencies as employers on the same basis.