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Comment closes 28 September 2026. This one is not a spectator sport. August 28, 2026 A proposed EEOC rule would end federal employees’ guaranteed right to a hearing before an administrative judge, eliminate discovery, and bar class complaints in the federal-sector EEO process entirely. Comments close 28 September 2026. Attention F4F friends, supporters, and members. Of everything in this two-month catch-up, this is the one that reaches into our own docket. On 26 August 20

"There was no pandemic exception." July 20, 2026 The EEOC announced a $5 million agreement with Battelle Energy Alliance, the contractor that runs Idaho National Laboratory, resolving religious and disability accommodation charges from more than 100 employees under its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. On 20 July 2026 the EEOC announced that Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC — the DOE contractor that manages Idaho National Laboratory — agreed to pay $5 million in back pay and compens