Compliance June 6, 2011

EEOC Seeking Comment on Review of Regulations

June 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is seeking public comment on its preliminary plan for review of significant regulations.
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The agency, pursuant to an Executive Order by President Obama, has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a Preliminary Plan for Retrospective Review of Significant Regulations (Preliminary Plan). The purpose of the Preliminary Plan is to initiate a process to determine whether any such regulations should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed, in order to make the EEOC’s regulatory program more effective and/or less burdensome in achieving its regulatory objectives.  

In its request, the agency said its regulatory program supports effective enforcement of six employment nondiscrimination laws: 

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  • Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; 
  • the Equal Pay Act of 1963, as amended; 
  • the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended; 
  • Titles I and V of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended; 
  • Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act, as amended; and 
  • Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. 

 

The EEOC said it wants feedback on specific regulations identified in the Preliminary Plan including: 

  • Why the regulation should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed; 
  • Any available data on the costs and benefits of the regulation; and 
  • How the agency can better achieve the regulation’s objective. 

 

Comments will be accepted through July 6, 2011, and can be submitted to Public.Comments.RegulatoryReview@eeoc.gov.  

The Preliminary Plan is posted at http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/regulations/retro_review_plan.cfm. 

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