Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel September 8, 2003 (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Actions Against Public Employers to Enforce Settlement or Conciliation Agreements)

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Actions

Against Public Employers to Enforce Settlement or

Conciliation Agreements

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lacks the authority to initiate an action in federal

court against a public employer to enforce a settlement or conciliation agreement negotiated by the

EEOC during its administrative process.