EEOC Chair’s Voting Policy Change Sparks Partisan Conflict

A move by the head of the EEOC to change leadership voting procedures could thwart agency transparency on actions that affect workplace discrimination issues, says the panel’s lone Democrat, Charlotte Burrows.

Commissioners on the five-member Equal Employment Opportunity Commission can request during a voting period that the chair add an item to the agenda of an agency meeting for public discussion. These items can include major agency policies, rulemaking, and some litigation recommendations. In the past, the agenda request meant that a vote on the issue would be delayed pending further deliberations.

EEOC Chair Janet Dhillon, appointed by President Donald ...