EEOC

Article by: Nicholas Hopkins, Associate On July 23, 2026 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) proposed eliminating the federal government's longstanding EEO reporting system, a move that could significantly alter workforce demographic reporting obligations that have existed for nearly 60 years. The proposes rescinding the EEO-1 through EEO-6 reporting requirements, along with related recordkeeping...

Article by: Nicholas Hopkins, Associate On June 29, 2026, The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") voted to rescind its 1979 interpretive guidance on employer affirmative action programs. The rescinded guidance, Affirmative Action Appropriate Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, outlined ways employers could take narrowly tailored steps to address barriers...

On January 22, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted 2–1 to rescind its 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace. The decision revokes a comprehensive, 190‑page document that consolidated decades of case law and provided employers with detailed direction on identifying, preventing, and responding to unlawful harassment. The rescinded guidance...

On October 19, 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) updated its “Know Your Rights” poster. On October 28, 2022, the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance (“OFCCP”) notified federal government contractors that they must now use the 2022 “Know Your Rights” poster instead of the 2009 “EEO is the Law” poster and the 2015...