The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has adopted its new strategic plan for fiscal years 2022-2026, the agency announced on Aug. 22.
The major points of the plan aim to increase the public’s access to the EEOC and increase training and resources for investigations:
- Expand the agency’s capacity to eliminate systemic barriers to equal opportunity in the workplace, including training staff to identify and investigate systemic cases and devoting additional resources to systemic enforcement.
- Improve monitoring of conciliation agreements to ensure workplaces are free from discrimination after the EEOC makes a finding of discrimination.
- Enhance the EEOC’s focus on improving and expanding access to intake services, increasing the availability of intake interview appointments and improving overall service to the public.
- Use technology and innovative outreach strategies to expand the agency’s reach to diverse populations; vulnerable communities; and small, new and disadvantaged or underserved employers.
- Promote promising practices that employers can adopt to prevent discrimination in the workplace.
“The new strategic plan reflects our thoughtful assessment of the agency’s mission, goals and objectives in light of current conditions and what we expect in the next few years,” EEOC Chair Charlotte A Burrows said in a statement. “It emphasizes expanding the EEOC’s capacity to eliminate systemic barriers to equal opportunity in the workplace, using technology and other tools to improve our services to the public, and achieving organizational excellence with a culture of accountability, inclusivity and accessibility.”
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