On 10 January 2023, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, (EEOC) which was established by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, published its draft for a Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP) to run between the 2023 and 2027 fiscal years. As the primary body for enforcing non-discrimination employment law in the US, the EEOC periodically launches SEPs to direct the agency’s work over a certain period.

Informed by a stakeholder engagement process and driven by recent events that have highlighted “systemic racism”, the 2023-2027 Plan is constructed around three principles, which have been adapted from those underlying the previous two SEPs: