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EEOC Launches National Call Center Despite Concerns

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission launched its contractor-operated National Contact Center to help respond to the more than 1 million unsolicited calls the workplace rights enforcement agency receives each year. A federal employee union has protested, saying jobs were taken from fe...

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