By: Christopher J. DeGroff, Andrew L. Scroggins, Samantha L. Brooks, and James P. Nasiri
Seyfarth Synopsis: While we viewed the EEOC’s Fiscal Year 2024 as “sluggish,” the Commission entered FY 2025 with a hefty budget, a brimming pipeline of charges, and a Democratic majority of Commissioners, suggesting a robust year of EEOC-initiated litigation was on
Continue Reading Frozen Pipeline: Examining the EEOC’s Quietest Year in a DecadeBy: Ridhima Bhalla, Andrew L. Scroggins, and Christopher J. DeGroff
In a March 5, 2025 press release, Andrea Lucas, the Acting Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), emphasized the agency’s plans to prioritize holding universities and colleges accountable to prevent the creation of hostile work environments for Jewish employees.
This emphasis follows other directives
Continue Reading EEOC Prioritizes Campus Antisemitism: What Employers Need to KnowBy: Taylor Iaculla, Andrew Scroggins, and Christopher DeGroff
Seyfarth Synopsis: In a dramatic policy shift, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) under Acting Chair Andrea Lucas announced, in a press release, a new focus on unlawful employment practices that favor non-American workers over American workers. The effort purports to address and rectify alleged discriminatory hiring
Continue Reading From Ally to Adversary: Employers Face New EEOC Scrutiny for Hiring ImmigrantsBy: Ridhima Bhalla, Samantha Brooks, Andrew L. Scroggins, and Christopher J. DeGroff
On January 17, 2024, just days before the new presidential term began, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission published its annual performance report for the preceding Fiscal Year 2024. The Report highlights a year filled with notable monetary recoveries, an overall surge in new discrimination charges
Continue Reading EEOC Issues Annual Report, Faces Future in FluxBy: Rachel V. See and Andrew L. Scroggins
Seyfarth Synopsis: On the afternoon of Tuesday, January 28, 2025, media reports confirmed that President Trump has fired EEOC Commissioners Charlotte Burrows and Jocelyn Samuels, both Democratic appointees. Samuels confirmed her dismissal via her X (formerly Twitter) account. President Trump’s unprecedented move at the EEOC follows similar action yesterday and today at
Continue Reading Trump Fires EEOC Commissioners, Testing Constitutional Limits on Presidential Power Over Independent AgenciesBy: Ala Salameh, Andrew Scroggins, and Christopher DeGroff
Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 2, 2025, the EEOC released a report underscoring that a gender pay gap among federal employees has an age component as well; the gap is larger for those age 40 and over relative to those under age 40. In light of these findings, the EEOC recommends
Continue Reading Mind the Gap: EEOC Report Warns of Substantial Gender Pay Gap for Federal Employees, Exacerbated by Age.By: Taylor Iaculla, Yoon-Woo Nam, and Andrew L. Scroggins
Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 19, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) published a new fact sheet titled “Wearables in the Workplace: Using Wearable Technologies Under Federal Employment Discrimination Laws.” The fact sheet describes some of the technologies employees may be fitted with, the types of information that may
Continue Reading (Smart)Watch Out! The EEOC’s Take on Wearable TechBy: Adam Rongo, Andrew Scroggins, and Christopher DeGroff
Seyfarth Synopsis: On November 15, 2024, the EEOC released its Agency Financial Report (“AFR”) for Fiscal Year 2024. The AFR is intended to provide a description of the Agency’s financial management and offer high-level performance information. This year’s edition marks the sixth version of the publication, following the release
Continue Reading EEOC Posts Its Internal Scorecard: Insights For EmployersAuthors: Christopher J. DeGroff, Andrew L. Scroggins, Samantha Brooks, James P. Nasiri and Ridhima Bhalla
Seyfarth Synopsis: Following a handful of sluggish years in terms of EEOC litigation activity, the Commission returned to form by filing 144 merit lawsuits in Fiscal Year 2023. Given that the EEOC finally secured its Democratic majority and had a notably
Continue Reading EEOC Case Filings Plummet: A Look at the EEOC’s Surprisingly Sluggish FY 2024By: Anthony LaPlaca, Dawn Solowey, Andrew Scroggins & Adrienne Lee
Seyfarth Synopsis: In June 2024, Seyfarth published a blog article warning construction industry employers of recent anti-harassment guidelines issued by the EEOC. We predicted that the EEOC has “put the construction industry squarely in its sights.”[1] In this follow-up Alert, we discuss recent cases confirming the renewed
Continue Reading What Construction Firm Employers Should Do Right Now to Minimize Legal Risk of Discrimination and Harassment Lawsuits