The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has released a resource highlighting the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s enforcement and litigation activity at the close of federal fiscal year 2025. CWC’s review of EEOC’s data about recent lawsuits and settlements reveals a focus on employers’ failure to provide reasonable accommodations related to disability, religious beliefs, and pregnancy. Most cases involved individual charging parties.
The number of suits filed by the EEOC in 2025 continued the trend of considerably lower numbers during the past five years. The EEOC’s focus on individual cases in 2025 could shift in 2026 now that it has a quorum to approve novel and complex litigation.
Employers should continue to focus on the nuts and bolts of civil rights compliance and ensure that managers and HR business partners are properly trained to handle workplace accommodation requests.
CWC members should register for Member Briefing: A Look Back and Ahead, which will include CWC’s thoughts on the EEOC’s policy and enforcement priorities for 2026. CWC members can read more here.