EEOC to Close Workers’ Disparate Impact Discrimination Charges

The EEOC plans to administratively close by the end of September all pending worker charges based solely on unintentional discrimination claims, with limited exceptions, according to an internal agency memo obtained by Bloomberg Law.

The memo instructs Equal Employment Opportunity Commission staff to conclude those cases by Sept. 30 and issue “right to sue” letters that allow workers to bring their disputes in federal court by Oct. 31.

It’s the latest major enforcement shift for the civil rights agency based on executive orders from President Donald Trump. The agency has already curtailed litigating and processing claims of discrimination against ...