EEOC to Issue First Opinion Letter on Job Bias in Over 30 Years

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will issue its first opinion letter in over three decades, clarifying that opting in to a tax credit for hiring individuals with disabilities, veterans, and other underrepresented workers doesn’t violate anti-discrimination laws.

The federal civil rights agency voted to approve the opinion letter in a public meeting Wednesday, with the two Republican members of the commission, Janet Dhillon and Victoria Lipnic, voting in favor, and Democrat Charlotte Burrows voting against the motion. Two seats on the five-member commission are vacant.

Unlike other federal agencies, the EEOC rarely issues opinion letters. Dhillon said the letter will ...