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by bookaway 500 days ago
Thanks for the info.

Doesn't "revoking the Equal Employment Opportunity executive order" entail that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will be affected? [0]

EDIT:

Trump also fired the EEOC chair it seems. Can the commision work with just two commisioners if he doesn't hire a replacement?

“These removals leave the E.E.O.C. without a quorum, which hobbles the agency’s ability to protect workers from unlawful discrimination,” [1][2]

[0] https://archive.is/QHQJD

[1] https://archive.is/C1voe

[2] https://www.lawandtheworkplace.com/2025/01/eeoc-like-nlrb-la...

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The "Equal Employment Opportunity executive order" predates the EEOC and doesn't affect its responsibilities.

The EEOC doesn't depend on a quorum for routine enforcement actions. As the last article describes, what it can't do without a quorum is make new rules or issue new guidance, but the new administration will most likely reestablish a quorum soon because there's some existing guidance they'd like to revoke.