Last month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission published a new rule affecting its own processes for dealing with employers under investigation. The conciliation process, which is statutorily ...

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) began a six-month pilot program May 29 for "greater structure and transparency" in conciliation, an EEOC spokesperson told HR Dive June 4. The ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: As we first reported here, the EEOC announced in August 2020 that it was proposing significant amendments to its conciliation process via a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”), ...

EEOC published the conciliation final rule during the final weeks of the Trump administration. Prior to the rule's publication in The Federal Register, the commission voted 3-2 along party lines to ...

Consultant editor Darren Newman asks if the new early conciliation process can avoid the unforeseen litigation over the detail that resulted from the statutory dispute resolution procedures, ...

Federal laws prohibit small businesses and other employers from engaging in employment discrimination based on a person's race, national origin, religion, sex or age. When an employee or job applicant ...