EEOC Rescinds Affirmative Action Guidelines

EEOC rescinds affirmative action guidelines

Right in time for America’s 250th birthday, the agency rescinded its interpretation, saying the guidelines ran afoul of Title VII.

EEOC Rescinds Longstanding Affirmative Action Guidance

What Changed. On June 30, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to rescind two agency policy documents that had been in place for roughly 40 years: the Guidelines on Affirmative Action Appropriate Under Title VII (29 C.F.R. Part 1608) and Compliance Manual Section 607 – Affirmative Action. Together, these documents provided the EEOC’s framework for when and how employers could adopt voluntary affirmative action plan…

EEOC Rescinds Guidance on Permissible Affirmative Action

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