Overview of the webinar
In this webinar, we delve into the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) priorities and focus areas. As employers, understanding these key points is crucial for compliance and creating an inclusive workplace. We explore the EEOC’s budget, strategic plans, and practical steps to align your organization with their evolving priorities. Whether you’re an HR professional, manager, or business owner, this session equips you to navigate EEOC compliance effectively.
In this one-hour session, you will learn about the EEOC’s focus areas given recent trends in cases filed by workers. You will have the opportunity to align the agency’s most recent Strategic Plan versus its Strategic Enforcement Plan. More importantly, you’ll walk away with valuable guidance on how to take critical steps right now to review your company’s current policies, practices, and procedures so that you’ll be purposefully on track to provide a more inclusive and supportive workplace for your employees, even if you do end up undergoing an EEOC investigation.
Area Covered In The Webinar
- Understand the purpose and objectives of the EEOC
- Clarifying the EEOC’s budget and its likely focus areas for the remainder of 2024 and fiscal year 2025
- Describe the differences in EEOC interpretations of its direction and priorities under different leadership
- Compare the EEOC’s Strategic Plan and its Strategic Enforcement Plan
- Apply the likely priorities of the EEOC and discuss practical tips for moving your organization forward thoughtfully and purposefully
Why should you attend?
Despite the critical requirements of employers regarding policies, procedures, and treatment of employees and job applicants in the realm of protected classes, discrimination, and disparate treatment, organizations are still unclear about the objectives of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Although the agency’s priorities may remain the same from one presidential administration to the next, the interpretation of such priorities can lead to distinctive differences in the directions that the agency will take and which issues they will prioritize. In order to demonstrate its progress in carrying out its stated mission, the EEOC is focused on specific objectives for the remainder of the current year and the next fiscal year. By ignoring the fact that the agency has requested an additional $31.5 million fiscal budget for 2024 and $33.2 million for budget 2025. Failing to analyze the EEOC’s likely focus areas may result in employers missing the opportunity to take measurable actions now to strengthen their workplace inclusion and pay equity programs.
About the speaker
Years of Experience: 17+ years
Melveen Stevenson is the CEO and founder of M.S.Elemental, LLC, a human resources and business advisory firm based in San Pedro, California. As a certified HR professional with a background in accounting and finance, she helps companies to navigate