EEOC Dedicating Trial Resources To 6 National Priorities

Our Firm was recently fortunate to have a Senior Trial Attorney from the EEOC, Jeffrey Burstein, speak to us about the EEOC's national enforcement priorities.  We wanted to thank Mr. Burstein for his time and willingness to respond to questions.  We also wanted to pass along these priorities to you.

The 6 National Enforcement Priorities are:

1.      Eliminating Barriers in Recruitment and Hiring — Although background check issues still seem to be lingering as the EEOC announced two high-profile lawsuits last summer against employers' use of such checks, an interesting new recruiting issue is one of the EEOC's focuses:  steering.  "Steering" involves guiding minority applicants to lower paying positions or positions with less promotional opportunities.