[October 31,2005 (Volume 70, Number 209)] [Unified Agenda] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [frwais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID: f:ua051025.wais] [Page 65360-65362] Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Part XXV ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda [[Page 65360]] EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION (EEOC) _______________________________________________________________________ EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 29 CFR Ch. XIV Semiannual Regulatory Agenda AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. _______________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) is publishing its semiannual regulatory agenda pursuant to Executive Order 12866, 58 FR 51735, and the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. chapter 6. The agenda lists all regulations that are scheduled for review or development during the next 12 months or that have been finalized since the publication of the last agenda. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy R. Mastroianni, Associate Legal Counsel, Office of Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1801 L Street NW., Washington, DC 20507; telephone (202) 663-4637. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission has identified six items in this regulatory agenda. For this edition of EEOC's regulatory agenda, the most important significant regulatory action is included in the Regulatory Plan, which appears in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. The Regulatory Plan entry is listed in the table of contents below and is denoted by a bracketed bold reference, which directs the reader to appropriate sequence number in part II. Signed in Washington, DC, this 15th day of August 2005. For the Commission. Cari M. Dominguez, Chair. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission--Proposed Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3412 Disparate Impact and Reasonable Factors Other Than Age................................ 3046-AA76 3413 Coverage Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act............................... 3046-AA78 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission--Final Rule Stage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3414 Coordination of Retiree Health Benefits With Medicare and State Health Benefits (Reg 3046-AA72 Plan Seq No. 132)..................................................................... 3415 Posting Requirements Under the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination 3046-AA74 and Retaliation Act................................................................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission--Long-Term Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3416 Federal Sector Equal Employment Opportunity Complaint Processing...................... 3046-AA73 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission--Completed Actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3417 Freedom of Information Act Fee Schedule............................................... 3046-AA75 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________________________________ Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Proposed Rule Stage _______________________________________________________________________ 3412. [bull] DISPARATE IMPACT AND REASONABLE FACTORS OTHER THAN AGE Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined. Legal Authority: 29 USC 628 CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1625.7(d) Legal Deadline: None Abstract: In Smith v. City of Jackson, 125 S. Ct. 1536 (2005), the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that disparate impact is a cognizable theory of discrimination under the ADEA but indicated that ``reasonable factors other than age,'' not ``business necessity,'' is the appropriate model for the employers' defense against an impact claim. Accordingly, the Commission [[Page 65361]] intends to revise its regulation on disparate impact, currently codified at 29 CFR section 1625.7(d). Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 09/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, Organizations Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local Agency Contact: Dianna B. Johnston, Assistant Legal Counsel, Office of Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1801 L Street NW, Washington, DC 20507 Phone: 202 663-4638 TDD Phone: 202 663-7026 Fax: 202 663-4639 Email: dianna.johnston@eeoc.gov RIN: 3046-AA76 _______________________________________________________________________ 3413. [bull] COVERAGE UNDER THE AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: 29 USC 621 et seq CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1625.2; 29 CFR 1625.4 to 1625.5 Legal Deadline: None Abstract: In General Dynamics Land Systems v. Cline, 540 U.S. 581 (2004), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) only prohibits age-based discrimination against relatively older individuals. It rejected the Commission's position that the ADEA also prohibits age-based discrimination against relatively younger individuals who are age 40 or over. The Commission is therefore revising relevant portions of its regulations to conform to the holding in Cline. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 07/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, Organizations Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State Agency Contact: Dianna B. Johnston, Assistant Legal Counsel, Office of Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1801 L Street NW, Washington, DC 20507 Phone: 202 663-4638 TDD Phone: 202 663-7026 Fax: 202 663-4639 Email: dianna.johnston@eeog.gov RIN: 3046-AA78 _______________________________________________________________________ Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Final Rule Stage _______________________________________________________________________ 3414. COORDINATION OF RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS WITH MEDICARE AND STATE HEALTH BENEFITS Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 132 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. RIN: 3046-AA72 _______________________________________________________________________ 3415. POSTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE NOTIFICATION AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEE ANTIDISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION ACT Priority: Other Significant Legal Authority: PL 107-174, sec 303 CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1614.701 et seq Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, October 1, 2003. Abstract: Title III of the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 requires each Federal agency to post on its website certain statistical information about equal employment opportunity complaints that it receives and processes under 29 CFR part 1614. The Act authorizes EEOC to issue regulations defining certain terms and prescribing the time, form, and manner of the posting. Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ Interim Final Rule 01/26/04 69 FR 3483 Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 04/26/04 Final Action 01/00/06 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal Agency Contact: Thomas J. Schlageter, Assistant Legal Counsel, Office of Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1801 L Street NW, Washington, DC 20507 Phone: 202 663-4668 TDD Phone: 202 663-7026 Fax: 202 663-4639 Email: thomas.schlageter@eeoc.gov RIN: 3046-AA74 _______________________________________________________________________ Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Long-Term Actions _______________________________________________________________________ 3416. FEDERAL SECTOR EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMPLAINT PROCESSING Priority: Other Significant CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1614 Timetable: ________________________________________________________________________ Action Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM To Be Determined Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: No Government Levels Affected: Federal Agency Contact: Thomas J. Schlageter Phone: 202 663-4668 TDD Phone: 202 663-7026 Fax: 202 663-4639 [[Page 65362]] Email: thomas.schlageter@eeoc.gov RIN: 3046-AA73 _______________________________________________________________________ Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Completed Actions _______________________________________________________________________ 3417. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT FEE SCHEDULE Priority: Info./Admin./Other CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1610 Completed: ________________________________________________________________________ Reason Date FR Cite ________________________________________________________________________ NPRM 07/01/05 70 FR 38060 Final Action 10/03/05 70 FR 57510 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, Organizations Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal Agency Contact: Thomas J. Schlageter Phone: 202 663-4668 Fax: 202 663-4639 Email: thomas.schlageter@eeoc.gov RIN: 3046-AA75 [FR Doc. 05-17869 Filed 10-28-05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6570-01-S