EEOC-Initiated Litigation - 2022 Edition

38 | EEOC-Initiated Litigation: 2022 Edition © 2022 Seyfarth Shaw LLP Priority #4 - Ensuring Equal Pay The EEOC will continue to focus on compensation systems and practices that discriminate based on sex under the Equal Pay Act and Title VII. Pay discrimination also persists based on race, ethnicity, age, and for individuals with disabilities, and other protected groups. The EEOC’s SEP states that the EEOC will continue to focus on compensation systems and practices that discriminate based on sex under the Equal Pay Act (“EPA”) and Title VII. To date, most of the litigation involving equal pay issues has revolved around sex-based discrimination.