Plans for the "new" EEOC.

As I have posted many times, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission still has a 3-2 Republican majority, but that will end in July, when former Chair Janet Dhillon's term expires.

(If a successor to Commissioner Dhillon is not confirmed before July 1, Ms. Dhillon can remain on the Commission for up to 60 more days.)

I guess it wasn't just me. I always had a feeling that President Biden was unlikely to nominate another Republican to the Commission, and now we know that for sure.

Bloomberg Law reported this morning that the President's pick to succeed Commissioner Dhillon is Kalpana Kotagal, a Washington, D.C., plaintiff's side civil rights attorney.

According to her law firm bio, Ms. Kotagal is co-author of the Inclusion Rider. Inclusionrider.org is, perhaps not surprisingly, somewhat vague about exactly what an "inclusion rider" is. Wikipedia is more direct. According to Wikipedia, an inclusion rider is

a provision in an actor's or filmmaker's contract that provides for a certain level of diversity in casting and production staff. For example, the rider might require a certain proportion of actors or staff to be women, people of color, LGBT people or people with disabilities. Prominent actors or filmmakers may use their negotiating power to insist on such provisions."

According to the FAQs on inclusionrider.org, the rider does not impose quotas or lead to reverse discrimination.

In addition, Ms. Kotagal has been involved in a number of class...

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