State Anti-Bias Agency, EEOC Budgets Shift as Workloads Persist

The handful of state workplace anti-discrimination agencies that have received consistent cash infusions are better able to tackle workloads and branch out into new areas, while others—including the federal US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission—have been hamstrung by stagnant funding.

Bigger budgets allow state agency leaders to think about how they can explore novel areas of the law, incorporate technology into daily operations, and stay on top of complaint backlogs—lofty goals that other agencies working with smaller budgets, limited staff, and the constant inflow of discrimination complaints likely struggle to achieve.

People living in states with underfunded nondiscrimination agencies may face ...