WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) detailed its financial management and provided a high-level overview of key performance results in its Fiscal Year 2023 Agency Financial Report (AFR) released today.
The EEOC strategically focused its resources in fiscal year 2023 to combat discrimination using all of its tools, including outreach and education, technical assistance, and enforcement. The agency also emphasized systemic enforcement to maximize its impact, filing nearly double the number of systemic lawsuits in fiscal year 2023 compared to each of the past three fiscal years. Further, the agency obtained millions in monetary benefits for workers in pursuit of its mission to prevent and remedy unlawful employment discrimination and advance equal employment opportunity for all.
Also, for the 19th consecutive year, the agency received an unmodified opinion from independent auditors, reflecting the EEOC’s sound financial management and internal controls.
“This fiscal year, the EEOC celebrated the 60th Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and other key civil rights milestones, including the 60th Anniversary of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the 50th Anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. These milestones allow us to reflect on how far we have come as an agency and as a nation. They also allow us to recognize how far we still have to go in order to fulfill the promise of equality for America’s workers,” said...
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