TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I: Agency Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 A. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Composition and Background . . . . . .1 B. EEOC Staffing Challenges in FY 2024 and Beyond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 C. EEOCProfiles.....................................5 PART II: EEOC’s Enforcement Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 A. EEOC’sFY2024CornerstoneDocuments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1. Background................................... 7 2. Particular FY 2024 Strategic Enforcement Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3. EEOC and Wage Hour Division Memorandum of Understanding . . . . . . . . .12 4. Impact of Loper Bright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 5. Recent EEOC Guidance on Vision and Hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 6. Focus Area: Hearing Impairment Issues in Recruiting and Hiring . . . . . . . . 14 7. StaffingCompanyIssues............................15 8. Amicus Briefs and Other Noteworthy Filings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 B. EEOCFocusonEqualPayProtections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 C. Preventing Discrimination In Recruiting and Hiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 1. Artificial Intelligence and Technology in Recruiting and Hiring . . . . . . . . . 28 2. Other Technology in Hiring and the Path Ahead on AI . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 3. JobAdvertisements.............................. 31 4. Job Segregation or Steering Based on Protected Characteristics . . . . . . . 31 5. Focus Area: Underrepresentation in Particular Industries . . . . . . . . . . . 32 D. Preventing Harassment In The Workplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 E. EEOC’s Emphasis on Combatting Systemic Discrimination . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 PART III: District Office Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 PART IV: By The Numbers: EEOC Data Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 A. Trends in EEOC Federal Court Filings In FY 2024 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 B. EEOCChargeDataAnalysis .............................58 PART V: Industry Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 A. Hospitality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 B. Healthcare......................................63 C. Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 D. Retail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 E. Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 F. Transportation&Logistics..............................68 PART VI: EEOC Case Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 A. ResolutionThroughConciliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 B. ConsentDecrees...................................71 1. General Description of a Consent Decree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 2. Common Provisions of a Consent Decree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 C. TrialJudgment....................................75 PARTVII: MediaandPublicityElementsofanEEOCCase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Seyfarth’s Complex Litigation Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 ©2025 Seyfarth Shaw LLP EEOC-INITIATED LITIGATION: 2025 EDITION | v iv | EEOC-INITIATED LITIGATION: 2025 EDITION ©2025 Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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