The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), three federal agencies that enforce major federal labor and employment laws, are joining forces to combat employer retaliation. Employers must be aware that these federal agencies are moving forward with concrete steps to coordinate efforts to take action and litigate against workplace violations and are incentivizing workers to come forward with their concerns.
What’s Happening?
Last November, the agencies launched a joint initiative to raise awareness about unlawful retaliatory conduct, as well as collaborate and coordinate with each other and civil law enforcement agencies to protect worker rights. The joint initiative builds on memoranda of understanding (MOUs) entered into by these federal agencies, including a recent January 2022 MOU entered into between the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division and the NLRB. During the launch of the joint initiative, EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows stated that, “charges alleging retaliation have increased as a percentage of the total number of charges filed with the EEOC every year for the last 20 years.” Chair Burrows reasoned that this emphasized the urgent need for federal labor agencies to form a “bulwark against unlawful retaliation.”
During a Feb. 24, 2022 webinar, the agencies provided insight into the strategies that the NLRB, EEOC and DOL anticipate employing in their joint effort to combat...
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