FCC Clarifies EEO Requirements Apply to All Wireless Carriers
Commissioners unanimously rejected a September petition for reconsideration by the Critical Messaging Association of a July order deleting equal employment opportunity requirements for Part 22 licensees. The FCC said the rule was subsumed by another applying requirements to all commercial…
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mobile radio service licensees (Section 90.168). CMA argued that with the deletion, “CMRS providers licensed under Part 22 are subject only to the annual EEO reporting obligations found in Section 1.815, which do not apply to providers, such as some of its members, with fewer than 16 employees,” the agency said. “We deny the CMA Petition as fundamentally misreading the purpose of the Commission’s EEO rules and the Commission’s intent” in the order, said Friday's order: “The Commission has long recognized the importance of having EEO rules that apply to common carriers, including all CMRS providers.” CMA didn't comment.