EEOC-Initiated Lawsuits Shot up 52% In Latest Fiscal Year
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed 143 discrimination lawsuits in its just-completed fiscal year—a 52% increase from the 94 reported last year, a spike in activity that employment attorneys predict will be exceeded this fiscal year.
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Expect even more cases in fiscal 2024, employment attorneys say, now that the five-member commission is under Democratic control for the first time since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021.
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“The edict is, ‘We want to do everything within our power to prevent discrimination of any sort, or any unfair treatment of employees,’” said Mara Levin, a Blank Rome partner.
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"EEOC-Initiated Lawsuits Shot up 52% In Latest Fiscal Year," by Hugo Guzman was published in Corporate Counsel on October 4, 2023.