This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2025 (hereafter “Report”), our fifteenth annual publication, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC” or “the Commission”) 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 discusses the rise of religious accommodation and discrimination claims over the past year. The EEOC has made combating religious discrimination a priority, and the Supreme Court’s decision in Groff v. DeJoy raised the bar for an employer’s undue hardship defense. This opening chapter highlights the types of religious discrimination and accommodation
