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Nov 24, 2014

Senator Alexander’s Report Puts The Spotlight On The EEOC — And Promises Further Oversight In The Next Congress

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Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), the current Ranking Member and soon to be Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, today issued a report entitled EEOC: An Agency on the Wrong Track?  Litigation Failures, Misfocused Priorities, and Lack of Transparency Raise Concerns About Important Anti-Discrimination Agency, which can be found here. On the heels of a grueling confirmation hearing for EEOC General Counsel David Lopez, Sen. Alexander’s report highlights the concerns raised by employers during the past several years, including the shortcomings of the EEOC’s litigation program and lack of transparency. For example, the report discusses a significant decrease in the number of cases submitted to the Commissioners for approval prior to filing and the courts sanctioning the EEOC to pay attorneys’ fees ten times since 2011 in cases that were deemed frivolous or mismanaged by the EEOC’s attorneys. In addition, the report notes that the EEOC’s litigation recoveries have decreased to a 16-year low.

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