Systemic Suspensions: The EEOC's Shifting Story on Class Discrimination Cases The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been accused of a pattern of behavior that raises serious questions about its commitment to enforcing civil rights laws in the federal sector.
At the center of this controversy is the agency's handling of class discrimination complaints, including cases alleging sexual harassment by inmates against female correctional officers.
A lawsuit filed by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and two female prison guards at Louisiana's Federal Correctional Complex at Pollock alleged that the EEOC had indefinitely suspended proceedings in their case as part of a broader effort to halt all federal sector class claims pending before the agency's administrative judges.