Bloomberg, L.P. that alleged discrimination against pregnant employees. In a ruling described in the New York Times as "strongly worded," Preska wrote, "the law does not mandate 'work-life balance' and added that while Bloomberg had expected high levels of dedication from employees, the company did not treat women who took pregnancy leave differently from those who took leave for other reasons. During the Trump administration, the EEOC came under criticism for being ineffective. The budget allocated to the EEOC by Congress has forced it to downsize, cutting its original staffing levels by over 40%. Commissioners All Commission seats and the post of general counsel to the commission are filled by the U.S. president, subject to confirmation by the Senate. Current † Reappointed to serve a second consecutive term. Former Luther Holcomb, 1965–1974 Aileen Hernandez, 1965–1966 Vicente T. Ximenes, 1967–1971 Samuel C. Jackson, 1965–1968 Richard Alton Graham, 1965–1966 Elizabeth Kuck, 1968–1970 Ethel B. Walsh, 1971–1980 Colston A. Lewis, 1970–1977 Raymond Telles, 1971–1976 J. Clay Smith Jr., 1978–1982 Hon. Daniel Leach, 1976–1981 Armando Rodriguez, 1978–1983 Cathie Shattuck, 1982–1983 Clarence Thomas, 1982–1990 Tony Gallegos, 1982–1994 R. Gaull Silberman, 1984–1995 Joy Cherian, 1987–1993 William Webb, 1982–1986 Fred Alvarez, 1984–1987 Evan J. Kemp, Jr., 1987–1993 Joyce Tucker, 1990–1996 Gilbert Casellas, 1994-1997 Paul Igasaki, 1994-2002 Paul Steven Miller, 1994–2004 Reginald E. Jones, 1996–2000 Ida L. Castro, 1998–2001 Cari M. Dominguez, 2001–2006 Leslie E. Silverman, 2002–2008 Stuart J. Ishimaru, 2003–2012 Naomi C. Earp, 2003–2009 Christine Griffin, 2006–2009 Constance S. Barker, 2008–2016 Jacqueline A. Berrien, 2010–2014 Chai Feldblum, 2010–2019 Jenny R. Yang, 2010–2019 Victoria Lipnic, 2010–2019 Janet Dhillon, 2019–2022 Chairs General counsels Charles T. Duncan, 1965–1966 Richard Berg (acting), 1966–1967 Kenneth Holbert (acting), 1967 Daniel Steiner, 1967–1969 Russell Spector (acting), 1969 Stanley P. Herbert, 1969–1971 Jack Pemberton, 1971–1972 William Carey, 1972–1975 Julia Cooper (acting), 1975 Abner Sibal, 1975–1978 Charles A. Shanor, 1987–1990 Donald Livingston, 1990–1993 Clifford Gregory Stewart, 1995–2000 Eric Dreiband, 2003–2005 Ronald S. Cooper, 2006–2009 David Lopez, 2010–2016 Sharon Fast Gustafson, 2019–2021 See also Equal employment opportunity Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations PATCOB Race and ethnicity (EEO) Katherine Pollak Ellickson USA.gov References External links Proposed and finalized federal regulations from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Role of Equal employment opportunity commission Records of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the National Archives (Record Group 403) nytimes.com, discusses the fairly recent case involving allegations against Bloomberg unfairly treating pregnant women. Bloomberg won because of a