Equal Employment Opportunity Subcommittee

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Labor Relations Committee

Equal Employment Opportunity Subcommittee

Rust Briefing Center 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Agenda

November 10, 2016

I. Election Impacts

1. EEOC make-up (Barker re-nomination, Lopez out, Yang out?)

2. Potential EEOC-related improvements

a. Whither EEO-1?

b. Other regulations/guidance (e.g., clarify aspects of 2012 criminal records guidance)?

c. EEOC Reform bills?

i. Transparency and Accountability (H.R. 550); Litigation Oversight (H.R. 549), and Certainty in Enforcement (H.R. 1189)

3. OFCCP improvements?

4. Legislation:

a. Is there appetite for compromise? See Part V.

b. “Sharing economy”

5. Regulatory Review (Ron Bird)

II. EEOC

1. EEO-1 Recap

a. FOIA request

b. Potential lawsuit

2. EEOC’s Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP)

3. EEOC’s Focus on Hiring

a. Big Data

b. Diversity in Tech

c. Diversity in Law Enforcement

4. National Origin discrimination guidance

5. Retaliation guidance

6. New Position Statement procedures (confidentiality)?

7. Report of Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace

III. EEOC Litigation (unless otherwise noted)

1. Wellness

a. AARP – challenge to wellness regs

b. Pre-reg litigation

i. Orion

ii. Flambeau

2. Transgender

a. Harris Funeral Home

b. Gloucester County School Board v. G.G.

3. Arbitration

a. Morris v. Ernst & Young

b. Lewis v. Epic Systems

c. NLRB v. Murphy Oil

4. Villarreal v. RJR

5. Feit v. BNSF Railway

6. Bass Pro

7. United Health Programs (Onionhead)

8. CRST (attorneys’ fees)

9. Nucor Steel Gallatin

10. Dimensions Healthcare System

11. U.S. Supreme Court

a. Green v. Brennan (constructive discharge SOL)

b. McLane v. EEOC (cert granted)

IV. OFCCP

1. Palantir

2. Mega Construction Projects (MOU between DOL and GSA)

3. Associated Builders and Contractors of Southeast Texas et al. v. Rung et al. – District court order enjoining blacklisting regs

4. Compensation enforcement

V. 2017 EEO Issues

1. Pay Equity

o State/local issues laws (MA, CA, NYC, MD) – comparable work, salary history, etc.

o S. 875, Workplace Advancement Act

o S. 2773, Gender Advancement in Pay Act

o S. 84, Paycheck Fairness Act

o S. 1133, Arbitration Fairness Act

2. Pregnancy Accommodation

o Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act (S.1590, H.R. 2800)

o Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (S. 1512, H.R. 2654)

3. “Ban the Box” - Fair Chance Act (S. 2021, H.R., 3470)

o 24 states have enacted some version of similar prohibitions

4. LGBT Protections - Equality Act (S. 1858, H.R. 3185)