By Bob Gregg
EEOC announces 2013 priorities. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced its four-year (20132016) Strategic Enforcement Plan. The agency plans to devote additional attention to the issues of identifying and eliminating discriminatory recruiting and hiring barriers; enforcing equal-pay laws; protecting immigrant, migrant and other vulnerable workers; preventing harassment; preserving access to the legal system; and addressing “emerging issues.” Emerging issues identified in the plan include the ADA Amendments Act standards, pregnancy accommodation, and coverage of LGBT under Title VII provisions “as they may apply.” This last item recognizes the growing de facto inclusion of LGBT discrimination under Title VII, often as “gender stereotyping,” even though the law does not specifically include those as protected categories.
National Origin Discrimination
