This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2017,
our seventh annual Report, is designed as a comprehensive guide to
significant EEOC developments over the past fiscal year. The Report
does not merely summarize case law and litigation statistics, but
also analyzes the EEOC's successes, setbacks, changes, and
strategies. By focusing on key developments and anticipated
trends, the Report provides employers with a roadmap to where the
EEOC is headed in the year to come.
This year's Report is organized into the following
sections:
Part One—Challenging Harassment in
the Workplace: A Key Priority at the EEOC—discusses the
current spate of harassment claims and the EEOC's efforts to
stem the tide. This opening chapter includes an analysis of the
EEOC's proposed Enforcement Guidance on Unlawful Harassment,
and practical recommendations to help prevent and address unlawful
harassment in the workplace. Appendices F-I of this Report contain
various
