The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they discuss:

• Survey Says…Participants Prefer Online Mediation For EEOC Charge Resolution
• EARN Released Short Video To Assist Employers in Mental Health Awareness
• Federal Court Finds Georgia County Employee Medical Insurance Program Violated Title VII On Its Face By Denying A Transgender Female Employee “Sex Change” Surgery Coverage
• NLRB Revised Electronic Notice Posting Requirement
• May’s Employment Situation Relatively Status Quo from April

Wednesday, June 1, 2022: Survey Says…Participants Prefer Online Mediation For EEOC Charge Resolution

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced the release of five independent studies of the Agency’s mediation program.

E. Patrick McDermott, professor of legal studies and management and department chair at the Franklin P. Perdue School of Business at Salisbury University, and his colleague Ruth I. Obar analyzed 1,234 online participant surveys and 139 mediator surveys to complete the studies. Of the participant surveys, 782 were from employers and employer representatives, and 452 were from charging parties and charging party representatives. The researchers compared the results with a 2000 external evaluation of EEOC’s mediation program and EEOC-administered survey responses from June 2018 and...

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