EEOC files lawsuits over corporate failure to file EEO-1 reports

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed 15 lawsuits against companies it claimed hadn’t filed EEO-1 Reports for 2021 and 2022. After filing the lawsuits, the EEOC reported settlements with a hospitality and a transportation company requiring the companies to submit the missing 2021 and 2022 data. Lawsuits over failure to file EEO-1 Reports are very unusual, and the new lawsuits have raised speculation that the EEOC is preparing to reinstate its pay data collection if President Joe Biden wins a second term.

Republicans seek public input on NLRB/EEOC memo

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) had recently expanded what offensive picket-line speech is protected under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), raising questions for employers about how to handle racial or sexual slurs that might violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC and the NLRB had announced they would release a joint memorandum to provide guidance to employers.

In April, Republican EEOC Commissioners Keith Sonderling and Andrea Lucas voted to pause the publication of the joint memo until a public hearing could be held on the draft, although all three Democratic commissioners voted to finalize it.

On May 4, 2024, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chair Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows asking the commission to follow previous guidance on the subject and be open to public input.

EEOC/FTC investigating AI over disability discrimination