Rash Of Significant Settlements Signals EEOC Means Business About Retaliation

We have been keeping our readers posted on the rapidly evolving developments concerning the EEOC’s agenda in 2013 and beyond. As we noted in past postings, the EEOC promised in its Strategic Enforcement Plan (“SEP”) that it would increasingly focus on preventing and, when necessary, litigating retaliation claims. The EEOC sharpened its focus on retaliation after obtaining written comments and a full-day public meeting seeking input on its SEP. At the meeting, several advocacy groups urged the EEOC to rededicate its enforcement efforts on preventing discriminatory retaliation. The EEOC’s final SEP integrated the concepts into its national playbook, included retaliation as one of the “big six” global EEOC priorities. 

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