What's Afoot At The EEOC, Watson?

Twice a year—in the spring and the fall—the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) publishes a regulatory agenda. It lists, among other things, all the regulations scheduled for review or development in the next twelve months.

The EEOC's fall 2013 regulatory agenda—released on November 26, 2013 (attached here)—reveals the EEOC's increased focus on disability-based employment discrimination. The EEOC has identified the following proposed revisions to enforcement procedures:

March 2014

Proposed revisions to provide for better coordination between the EEOC, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Justice on:

Complaints/charges of employment discrimination based on disability subject to the Americans With Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Complaints/charges of employment discrimination based on disability filed against employers holding government contracts or subcontracts Complaints of employment discrimination filed against recipients of federal financial assistance April 2014

Proposed revisions to the federal government's affirmative employment obligations regarding individuals with disabilities under the Rehabilitation Actfor example, more detailed...