Federal Sector Equal Employment Opportunity

What it does

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) proposes revising Federal sector EEO complaint rules to streamline processing, improve effectiveness, and implement the Cummings Act. The rule would end mandatory pre complaint counseling and remove the option to request administrative judge proceedings before a final agency decision. Complainants could seek such proceedings only on appeal, and the EEOC would order them only when necessary or efficient. The rule would bar administrative class complaint adjudication while preserving putative class assertions for exhaustion. The rule also allows joint processing of related individual complaints and updates pleading standards, mixed case procedures, attorney fee provisions, and required reports.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

1 part of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

29 CFR 1614

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 3046-AB46 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

Comments must be received on or before September 28, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Reginfo.gov lists a rule with this regulation identifier as under review at the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs since Oct. 20, 2026 (stage: Final Rule). See it

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket EEOC-2026-0067 on Regulations.gov
• Title 29 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register