In 2011, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received a record-setting number of charges from those claiming employment discrimination: 99,947 in fiscal year 2011, compared with 99,922 in 2010 and an increase from 82,792 in 2008.
What do these national statistics mean for employers? With 15 districts covering the 50 states and U.S. territories, it has been difficult for employers to glean much information about how the EEOC’s priorities and actions — as well as the increase in discrimination charges — could affect them directly.