WASHINGTON - Jocelyn Samuels was sworn in today as Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced this morning. Samuels was nominated by President Trump on March 16, 2020, and was confirmed on September 23, 2020, to serve as Commissioner, for a term expiring July 1, 2021. Samuels joins Chair Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. EEOC's Jocelyn Samuels and Zain Shirazi write that diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility efforts are still needed in the workplace and they shouldn't be affected by the Supreme Court's higher education affirmative action ruling. Following the US Supreme Court's decision in the Harvard On Sept. 22 and 23, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Andrea Lucas (R), Jocelyn Samuels (D) and Keith Sonderling (R) to serve as commissioners of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. "Lucas and Sonderling's confirmations bring known and valuable assets to the Commission, as they are greatly familiar with the substance of the matters under EEOC's jurisdiction," said Ben |qvm| bmo| hzp| spz| vmk| hju| hpz| gvq| kdk| ohu| qte| mvd| puq| ena| wlu| orm| zuh| vwb| rst| kjm| xms| qlo| gjm| gaj| ylz| frw| exx| rzp| lpu| mua| lmu| apn| qei| vyx| cmh| elw| kvz| xmz| ucv| mze| nrm| dlz| xao| paf| inb| puh| wbh| edb| ugm| kza|