SAN FRANCISCO — The Trump administration's 2018 budget seeks to merge two federal agencies that investigate workplace discrimination.

The 2018 budget proposal, released May, seeks to cut funding of a rarely discussed federal agency that operates within the U.S. Department of Labor. It's called the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and it's responsible for promoting affirmative-action hiring and retention methods in companies that are contractors or subcontractors with the federal government. The budget calls for the OFCCP to be combined with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, an investigator of discrimination in the workplace

The problem? The agencies aren't exactly what you'd call matching puzzle pieces. Though both focus on workplace discrimination, the two agencies don't have the same enforcement methods, nor do they investigate worker complaints the same way: Staff are trained with different areas of expertise and the missions of each agency have little overlap.