The original headline is 9 words: "EEOC Rescinds Longstanding Guidance on Voluntary Affirmative Action Plans"

Short summary

The EEOC voted to rescind its 1979 guidance on voluntary affirmative action plans, determining it conflicted with Title VII and recent Supreme Court precedent. The agency stated Title VII protects individual equality, making prior guidance on race, sex, and national origin affirmative action measures obsolete. Employers must reassess their voluntary affirmative action and DEI-related practices in light of this policy shift.

• •EEOC rescinded 40-year-old affirmative action guidance due to Supreme Court precedent
• •Agency determined prior guidance conflicts with Title VII's individual equality protections
• •Employers must reassess voluntary affirmative action and DEI practices immediately

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