How long can you expect the EEOC to engage in conciliation? According to our analysis, the median time spent in conciliation is 72 days. For most employers, the EEOC will declare that conciliation has failed in three months or less. In some instances, however, conciliation has lasted for years. Read the full post on Seyfarth Shaw’s Workplace Class Action Blog: http://bit.ly/2qMaveQ

1. Which EEOC district offices spend the least
amount of time at conciliation?
How Long Is Conciliation Likely To Last?
Time spent at conciliation
You’ve just received a letter of determination. How long
can you expect the EEOC to engage in conciliation?
The median time spent by EEOC to conciliate a charge before
sending notice that conciliation has failed is 72 days.
In most cases, conciliation ends in 3 months
or less — sometimes faster.
After that, the time frames become more variable.
For 12%,
conciliation ends in
1 month or less.
For 43%,
conciliation ends in
2 months or less.
For 62%,
conciliation ends in
3 months or less.
First Month
S M T W T F S
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
1 Month or Less
S M T W T F S
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
12%
Second Month
S M T W T F S
29 30
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
2 Months or Less
S M T W T F S
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
43%
Short Conciliation
S M T W T F S
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
25 26 27 28 1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
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Long Conciliation
S M T W T F S
819813 814 815 816 817 818
695 696 697 698 699 700 791
792 793 794 795 796 797 798
799 800 801 802 803 804 805
806 807 808 809 810 811 812
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Third Month
S M T W T F S
27 28 29 30
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
3 Months or Less
S M T W T F S
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
62%
Which EEOC district offices spend the most
amount of time at conciliation?
Birmingham
Houston
Memphis
Miami
Baltimore
Detroit
Little Rock
Washington, DC
6 DAYS
The shortest conciliation
in our analysis
819 DAYS
The longest conciliation
in our analysis
Phoenix
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