U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Randstad

**What This Case Was About** The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was trying to investigate Randstad, a staffing company, for disability discrimination. The agency wanted to force Randstad to provide documents and information for their investigation. However, there was a problem with how the discrimination complaint was originally filed. **What the Court Decided** The court sided with Randstad and blocked the EEOC's investigation. The judge found that the original complaint only mentioned national origin discrimination (discrimination based on someone's country of origin or ethnicity). When the worker later tried to add disability discrimination claims to the same complaint, it was too late under the law's time limits. Since the disability discrimination claim wasn't properly filed within the required timeframe, the EEOC had no legal authority to investigate those allegations. **Why This Matters for Workers** This ruling highlights how important timing is when filing discrimination complaints. Workers must include all types of discrimination they experienced in their original complaint or file separate complaints quickly. If you wait too long to add new claims, you might lose the right to have them investigated. Workers should be thorough when initially reporting discrimination and seek help understanding deadlines to protect their rights.