EEOC-Initiated Litigation - 2022 Edition

20 | EEOC-Initiated Litigation: 2022 Edition © 2022 Seyfarth Shaw LLP Priority #2 - Protecting Vulnerable Workers The EEOC will focus on job segregation, harassment, trafficking, pay, retaliation and other policies and practices against vulnerable workers including immigrant and migrant workers, as well as persons perceived to be members of these groups, and against members of underserved communities. For several years, the EEOC’s SEP identified as one of its top strategic enforcement priorities addressing discriminatory practices against those who are Muslim or Sikh, or persons of Arab, Middle Eastern or South Asian descent, as well as persons perceived to be members of these groups, arising from backlash against them from tragic events in the United States and abroad. According to the SEP, the EEOC continues to see an increase in charges involving religious discrimination against Muslims and those with a Middle Eastern background.