America has workplace civil-rights laws. Do people have a working enforcement system?
We are documenting delays, investigative activity, outcomes, and first-hand experiences with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The goal is simple: give the public, journalists, lawyers, researchers, and Congress evidence they can examine.
Not affiliated with the EEOC. Official statistics link directly to government sources. Individual stories are not treated as established fact unless independently documented.
The system should be measurable.
A right is only as useful as the process available to enforce it. We are building a public record around intake access, investigation quality, case aging, outcomes, and the experiences of charging parties.
Official data
EEOC charge receipts, pending inventory, merit-factor outcomes, litigation, disability and retaliation data.
Open the dashboard → 02First-hand experiences
Structured accounts from people who used the EEOC process, reviewed before publication.
Read the project → 03Case studies
Detailed timelines that distinguish documented material, reported experience, allegations, and policy questions.
View case study 001 → 04Congressional oversight
Specific committees, official contact routes, questions for oversight, and suggested reform areas.
Go to Congress hub →How long should someone wait just to reach intake?
One 2026 charging party reports being given a February 2027 intake interview date for a new filing. That is a personal account, not a national statistic. The project will measure whether similar delays are isolated or widespread.
See the case timeline“How effective can a time-sensitive civil-rights enforcement system be when access to intake itself takes months?”
Question for policymakersTurn experiences into measurable patterns.
The submission form asks the same core questions of every participant so aggregate results can later be analyzed responsibly.
Don't take our word for it.
Every core claim is tied to the underlying EEOC, congressional, statutory, court, or other primary source wherever possible.
Need the short version?
Our Congress hub is designed to give oversight staff a concise set of facts, source links, questions, and reform areas.