Trump Grabs Control of EEOC Through Unprecedented Move – But Will Commissioner Firings Hold Up in Court? Employer FAQs to Help Sort Through Confusion
President Trump just took the unprecedented step of firing two Democratic members of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and freed himself up to quickly install a majority of Republican commissioners rather than having to wait until their normal terms expire over the next two years. The terminations of Charlotte Burrows and Jocelyn Samuels, revealed yesterday, will have reverberations in workplaces across the country and will certainly set off legal challenges over the scope of presidential power. In the meantime, employers will be left to grapple with the appropriate responses during a limbo period. What is the impact of these terminations and how should employers adjust? Here is a set of FAQs to help guide you through these tumultuous times. What does the EEOC do? The EEOC is the federal agency that enforces anti-bias workplace laws based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, and geneti...