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Burrows for 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. DayWhat You Should Know about the EEOC’s Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP)A Message from EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows for 2022 Transgender Day of RemembranceA Message from EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows on National Native American Heritage Month 2022A Message from EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows on Veterans Day 2022A Message from EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows on National Disability Employment Awareness Month 2022A Message from EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows on Hispanic Heritage Month 2022What You Should Know: The National Academies’ Evaluation of Compensation Data Collected Through the EEO-1 FormA Message from EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows on Juneteenth Day of Observance 2022Message from EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows on Pride Month 2022What You Should Know About: EEOC's Settlement with Activision BlizzardA Message from EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows on Older Americans Month 2022A Message from EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2022Sexual Harassment in Our Nation’s WorkplacesA Message from EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows on Women’s History Month 2022A Message from EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows on Equal Pay Day – March 15, 2022A Message from EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows on Black History Month 2022A Message from EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows on National Human Trafficking Prevention Month 2022A Message from EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows on 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. DayA Message from EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows for Transgender Day of Remembrance (November 20, 2021)A Message from EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows on Veterans Day 2021A Message from EEOC Chair Charotte A. Burrows on National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month 2021A Message from EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows on National Disability Employment Awareness Month 2021A Message from EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows on Hispanic Heritage Month 2021A Message from EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows for Pride Month and the Anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Decision in *Bostock v. Clayton County*A Message from EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows on Older Americans Month, 2021A Message from EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows on Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2021A Message from EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows on Equal Pay Day, March 24, 2021A Message from EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows on International Women's Day and Women's History MonthStatement of EEOC Chair Charlotte A. 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