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PRESIDENT APPOINTS VICTORIA A. LIPNIC EEOC ACTING CHAIR
WASHINGTON
-- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that
President Trump has named Commissioner Victoria A. Lipnic Acting Chair of
EEOC. Lipnic has served as an EEOC
Commissioner since 2010, having been nominated to serve by President Barack
Obama, and confirmed by the Senate, initially for a term ending on July 1,
2015. President Obama nominated her to serve a second term ending on July 1,
2020, and she was confirmed by the Senate on November 19, 2015.
“I am honored and humbled to be
chosen by President Trump to serve as Acting Chair of EEOC, the agency which
safeguards the civil rights of American workers,” Acting Chair Lipnic
said. “I believe equal employment opportunity
is critical to all Americans and to how we define ourselves as a nation. I look forward to working with the President,
my colleagues at EEOC, Congress, and, of course, the American people in this critical
task.”
Lipnic’s government experience
includes service as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards from
2002 to 2009. The Employment Standards
Administration oversaw the Wage and Hour Division, the Office of Federal
Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), the Office of Labor Management Standards
and the Office of Workers Compensation Programs. During her tenure as Assistant Secretary,
these divisions revised regulations on overtime, the Family and Medical Leave
Act, and issued the first-ever regulations for OFCCP to evaluate compensation
discrimination.
Before joining the Department of
Labor, she was the Workforce Policy Counsel to the Majority (Republican)
members of the Committee on Education and the Workforce in the U.S. House of
Representatives and was an attorney for labor and employment matters for the
U.S. Postal Service. Lipnic also worked
as special assistant for business liaison to then-Secretary of Commerce,
Malcolm Baldrige.
Lipnic received her B.A. degree
in Political Science and History from Allegheny College and her J.D. from
George Mason University School of Law.
EEOC advances opportunity in the
workplace by enforcing federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. More
information is available about Acting Chair Lipnic at www.eeoc.gov.
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