The issuance of commissioner charges by individual commissioners of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) took a big jump last year, with no clear indication as to why. Commissioners filed 29 new Commissioner charges in FY 2022, compared to only 3 filed in each of FY 2020 and FY 2021, according to enforcement data released recently by the EEOC. Without a charge, the EEOC does not have the authority under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) to launch a directed investigation to determine whether discrimination occurred. Title VII does not permit the EEOC to investigate unless a charge has been filed “by or on behalf of a person claiming to be aggrieved, or by a member of the Commission.”
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