Republican senator demands investigation into anti-Semitism in the workplace by a major agency

Cassidy, the ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, sent a letter to the EEOC Monday evening asking questions about the agency’s efforts to investigate workplace discrimination and calling on the EEOC to investigate anti-Semitism directed against Jews. employees.

The EEOC was created as part of the Civil Rights Act and is intended to enforce civil rights laws regarding discrimination in the workplace.

In the letter, Cassidy notes that the agency’s enforcement and litigation statistics show that allegations of discrimination based on religion have more than doubled since 2021. However, he said the EEOC’s statistics provide “little to no information about what the agency tracks as religion-based discrimination.”

Religion-based charges made up nearly 20% of all fiscal year 2022 discrimination charges, according to Cassidy, who pointed out that the EEOC has the technical ability to analyze this data as the agency has previously said that many coronavirus vaccine-related charges were filed on religious grounds.

“Your agency is more than capable of analyzing faith-based data,” he added.

Cassidy then listed a number of questions to which he demanded the agency respond by November 4. For example, how many discrimination charges has the EEOC received regarding workplace discrimination and harassment of Jewish employees since the terrorist attack on Israel last October?

Cassidy also requested a breakdown of the religious discrimination charges and how many of these charges were related to alleged anti-Semitic behavior or harassment. He also demanded information on how many times the EEOC has filed lawsuits on behalf of the parties in said cases.

“The EEOC must address allegations of faith-based discrimination to protect Jewish and Israeli workers in the face of rising anti-Semitism,” Cassidy said. “The rise in anti-Semitic incidents underscores why it is imperative that the EEOC stay aware of widespread workplace harassment issues.”

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A spokeswoman for the EEOC confirmed this Washington Examiner that the agency has received the letter.

“We will continue to work with our partners in Congress to prevent and remedy unlawful discrimination in employment and promote equal employment opportunity for all,” she said.