New Statistics From the EEOC Demonstrate that Workplace Discrimination Claims Continue to Soar . . .

New Statistics From the EEOC Demonstrate that Workplace Discrimination Claims Continue to Soar . . .

The latest annual statistics on discrimination charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), the federal agency that enforces Title

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, suggest that discrimination claims are alive and well in the workplace. All forms of Title

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discrimination rose between 2006 and 2007.

TRENDS IN EEOC CHARGES	Number of Cases: 2006	Number of Cases: 2007	% Change
Race	27,238	30,510	+12%
Retaliation	22,555	26,663	+18%
Sex	23,247	24,826	+7%
Age	16,548	19,103	+15%
Disability	15,575	17,734	+14%
National Origin	8,327	9,396	+12%

In 2007, charges of racial bias rose 12% from 2006 (30,000+ cases in 2007), to their highest level in 13 years.  Because race claims are the most common, they are the types of claims company executives need to be most vigilant about. Moreover, as the American workforce absorbs more immigrants, preventing racial discrimination lawsuits is going to require even greater vigilance.

If you have questions, concerns, or have received notification that a current or former employee has filed a Charge of Discrimination, then

Jane

 

Bruer

, an Employment Lawyer with Spencer Fane Britt & Browne, can help.  You can find

Jane

’s contact information at: http://www.spencerfane.com/Attorney/SJane-Bruer.htm