EEOC Must Better Track Bias Charge Intake Timing, Watchdog Says

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission needs to begin tracking how long it’s taking to complete the charge intake process, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.

On average the EEOC took 69 days to complete the process for a discrimination claim in fiscal year 2021, the federal watchdog found in the report published Monday, suggesting the workplace civil rights agency begin closely following field office-level data on the length of the intake process.

A worker who believes they were discriminated against files an intake form with the EEOC and eventually is interviewed, then a charge is filed. ...