Washington — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division are collaborating to “elevate workplace justice issues of mutual interest across the country.”
According to a Memorandum of Understanding introduced on Sept. 14, that cooperation includes enhancing and maximizing the enforcement of federal legal guidelines and rules. Those embrace two lately enacted legal guidelines: the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act.
The MOU formalizes and will increase coordination between the companies by info sharing, joint investigations, coaching and outreach, in keeping with an EEOC press launch. The doc outlines procedures to be adopted by each companies.
“The EEOC is pleased to expand our integral partnership with the Wage and Hour Division to better serve America’s workers,” EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows mentioned within the launch.
Added WHD Principal Deputy Administrator Jessica Looman: “Our partnership with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission helps us work across federal agencies to ensure workers are treated fairly, paid fairly and do not have to fear retaliation when demanding the workplace protections that federal labor laws such as the PUMP Act require.”
