The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has formally approved significant (and welcome) revisions to the agency’s regulations governing how the EEOC fulfills its duty to engage in conciliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).
While the revised regulations do not create enforceable standards, they do set forth expectations as to how the EEOC will approach conciliation once the agency finds reasonable cause to believe discrimination has occurred. In particular, they describe the types of information the EEOC must convey to the employer to help it understand the legal basis for the charge against it and establish a minimum time frame required for the employer’s response.
Members of the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) can read more here.