Biden Signs Bill Nixing Trump-Era EEOC Conciliation Regulation

President Joe Biden signed a resolution rescinding a Trump-era EEOC regulation governing a process the workplace civil rights agency uses to resolve allegations of bias before filing a lawsuit.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rule, finalized at the end of the Trump administration, mandated the agency give employers more information about its findings of alleged discrimination after it determines bias occurred. That process, known as conciliation, is used as an alternative resolution method to litigation; the agency can sue if the employer and worker don’t reach a settlement through conciliation.

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