EEOC Friend or Foe?
Can you say, "The EEOC is my friend, and not my enemy?" Most employers feel that the EEOC is their enemy, but in reality the
EEOC offers employers, managers, and HR representatives quite a bit of information, most of it free, about how employers can avoid
getting into legal trouble.
The EEOC is the employer’s friend because the agency can intervene to prevent unfounded
employee claims of discriminations from going to court. The EEOC will dismiss
charges of discrimination when no violation of law has occurred.
If a law violation has occured, the EEOC will work to conciliate an agreement with the employer, or they will
offer the employer and employee voluntary mediation. The EEOC’s mediation program provides the
employer with an alternative to formal litigation. The mediation is conducted by a neutral
third party that works to resolve misunderstandings, finds areas of agreement, and
develops a voluntary negotiated resolution to the employee’s charge of discrimination.
Mediation can be conducted without attorneys unless you or the employee wishes to have
an attorney present. Agreements reached by mediation do not constitute an admission
by the employer of any violation of law or wrong doing. But the best news of all about
the EEOC’s mediation program is that it is FREE of charge to all participants.
Need more information about EEOC Mediation?
Free Stuff From the EEOC
The EEOC provides employers with posters, pamphlets, manuals, fact sheets, and
enforcement guidance free of charge. For a list of EEOC publications you can call, click
on the links below, or fax them for the information.
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Publications Distribution Center
P.O. Box 12549
Cincinnati, OH 45212-0549
1-800-669-3362 (voice)
1-800-800-3302
(TTY)
(703) 821-2098 (Fax)
EEOC Posters
EEOC Publications
EEOC Training Programs
The EEOC provides a variety of fee-based training programs geared to
both employers and employees. The EEOC offers Technical Assistance Program
Seminars (TAPS), and the EEOC can customized training programs which can be
delivered at the employer’s facility.
Need more information on EEOC training programs?
EEOC and Small Employers
The EEOC provides
small employers
with all the information that they need to prevent discrimination from occurring in their workplace.
By following all of the EEOC guidance, you should be able to prevent the EEOC from ever knocking on your
company’s door.
Contacting the EEOC
Need more information from the EEOC? You can call them at 1-800-669-4000 or 1-800-669-6820 (TDD),
or click on the link below to find and call the EEOC office nearest you.
Contact your nearest EEOC office for more information
Happy Working,
Gary Vikesland, MA LP CEAP
Employer-Employee.com
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