DOT Seeks Comments on Updated Employment Discrimination Complaint Form
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This notice renews and updates the U.S. Department of Transportation form used by employees, former employees, and job applicants to file formal workplace discrimination complaints against the department. The update adds provisions related to the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. The practical effect is limited: people filing EEO complaints with DOT will continue using the complaint form, and DOT is asking the public to comment on whether the form is useful, clear, and not overly burdensome. Comments are due by June 29, 2026.
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Key Changes
- Renews DOT’s approved employment discrimination complaint form
- Adds content related to the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- Opens a public comment period on the form’s usefulness, clarity, burden, and estimated time to complete
Obligations
What this law requires
Anyone choosing to submit comments on DOT’s renewal and revision of the Individual Complaint of Employment Discrimination information collection must submit the comments by the stated due date and identify them with Docket No. DOT-OST-2026-1915.
DOT employees, former employees, or applicants who choose to file a formal EEO discrimination complaint against DOT must use the Individual Complaint of Employment Discrimination Form, DOT-F 1050-8, to provide the information needed to process the complaint and identify any attorney or other representative, if applicable.
DOT must process EEO discrimination complaints submitted through the Complaint Form in accordance with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulations at 29 CFR Part 1614, as amended.
DOT must summarize and include all public comments received on the information collection with its request to OMB for renewed approval of the collection.