Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
United States government agency enforcing civil rights laws against workplace discrimination
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| February 2025 | The EEOC moved to dismiss six of its own pending cases alleging gender identity discrimination, citing a new executive order by President Donald Trump defining sex as binary. |
| 2025 | Andrea R. Lucas became the acting chair of the EEOC, leading the agency's efforts to investigate and address workplace discrimination. |
| February 2025 | The EEOC moved to dismiss six of its own pending cases alleging gender identity discrimination, citing a new executive order that defines sex as binary. |
| 2023 | Karla Gilbride begins tenure as General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| January 20 2021 | Charlotte Burrows becomes the seventeenth Chair of the EEOC under President Joe Biden's administration, serving until January 20, 2025. |
| 2020 | The EEOC secured a record recovery of over $535 million for workplace discrimination victims and reduced the private sector charge inventory to its lowest level in 14 years. |
| 2020 | The Supreme Court upheld the EEOC's position on sex discrimination in R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. |
| 2020 | During fiscal year 2020, the EEOC recovered $106 million in relief through litigation of 93 meritorious lawsuits, including 13 systemic cases that accounted for $69.9 million of the total relief. |
| 2020 | During fiscal year 2020, the EEOC investigated discrimination charges and found 17.4% of cases to have merit, indicating a significant assessment of workplace discrimination claims. |
| 2020 | EEOC reported conducting over 6,000 mediations in the fiscal year, recovering nearly half of $333.2 million in relief through mediation, conciliation, and settlement processes. |
| 2020 | Keith Sonderling and Jocelyn Samuels begin their roles as EEOC Commissioners, serving from 2020 to 2024 and 2020 to 2025 respectively. |
| 2020 | The Supreme Court upheld the EEOC's position on sex discrimination in R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC secured a record $535 million for workplace discrimination victims and reduced private sector charge inventory to its lowest level in 14 years. |
| 2019 | Sharon Fast Gustafson becomes General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| 2019 | Janet Dhillon and Keith Sonderling join the EEOC Commission, bringing new perspectives to the agency's leadership. |
| May 15 2019 | Janet Dhillon becomes the sixteenth Chair of the EEOC under President Donald Trump's administration, serving until January 20, 2021. |
| 2017 | During the first Donald Trump administration, the EEOC faced criticism for ineffectiveness and was forced to downsize, cutting its original staffing levels by over 40% due to Congressional budget constraints. |
| 2015 | Charlotte A. Burrows begins her EEOC Commissioner role, serving from 2015 to 2025. |
| June 1 2015 | U.S. Supreme Court issued an 8-1 decision, written by Justice Antonin Scalia, ruling that employers cannot refuse to hire an applicant motivated by avoiding religious accommodation. The decision was celebrated by EEOC General Counsel David Lopez as a victory for religious freedom and tolerance, stemming from a case involving Samantha Elauf. |
| September 2 2014 | Jenny R. Yang is appointed as the fifteenth Chair of the EEOC, also serving during Obama's presidency. |
| May 1 2013 | EEOC won a landmark $240 million jury verdict in Davenport, Iowa against Hill County Farms for disability discrimination and severe abuse of 32 men with intellectual disabilities, marking the largest verdict in the agency's history. The case exposed systematic mistreatment between 2007 and 2009 and received international media attention. |
| 2011 | Judge Loretta A. Preska ruled against the EEOC in a discrimination lawsuit against Bloomberg, L.P., criticizing the agency for relying on anecdotal claims rather than hard data in allegations of discrimination against pregnant employees. |
| 2011 | The Commission included 'sex-stereotyping' of lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals as a form of sex discrimination illegal under Title VII. |
| 2010 | David Lopez assumes role as General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| 2010 | A significant leadership transition occurs with the appointments of Jacqueline A. Berrien, Chai Feldblum, Jenny R. Yang, and Victoria Lipnic to the EEOC Commission. |
| April 7 2010 | Jacqueline A. Berrien becomes the fourteenth Chair of the EEOC under President Barack Obama's administration, serving until September 2, 2014. |
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