Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has taken a significant step toward dismantling one of the federal government’s longest standing employment reporting requirements.

On July 21, 2026, the EEOC voted 2-1 to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would rescind regulations requiring employers and other covered entities to file annual workforce demographic reports

On January 22, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) rescinded by vote its April 2024 Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace.  The rescission eliminated the guidance in full, without a notice and comment period, signaling a landmark recalibration of the EEOC’s approach to harassment enforcement.

As Proskauer previously covered, alongside discussion

The EEOC has issued a one-page technical assistance document, “Discrimination Against American Workers Is Against the Law” and updated its national origin discrimination landing page, reinforcing national origin discrimination protections with a focus on immigration-related issues.  The latest guidance follows the EEOC’s previous 2016 Enforcement Guidance on National Origin Discrimination, which

On October 7, 2025, the Senate approved two key employment agency nominations, confirming Brittany Panuccio to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and Andrew Rogers to lead the Wage and Hour Division within the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”).

Panuccio’s appointment restores a Republican majority at the EEOC, while Rogers’s confirmation returns a former