EEOC Proposes Rules in Line With Trump Guidance Order (1)

A federal workplace civil rights agency has proposed rules for how it will publish guidance for employers and workers, a move that could affect the flow of information during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission proposal says its guidance related to anti-discrimination in the workplace will be publicly available and legally nonbinding. All “significant” guidance will be subject to public notice and comment, and there will be a process to give the public more opportunity to weigh in on any proposed guidance changes or repeal, the agency said in a Federal Register notice Tuesday.

The EEOC is the ...