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EEOC Releases Workplace Discrimination Numbers for 2019

Written by Compliance Wave | February 10, 2020 at 8:17 PM

2/10/20: The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently released a breakdown of the workplace discrimination charges it received in FY 2019.  The numbers give compliance officers insight into the risks posed by types of discrimination in the workplace...

They also provide a roadmap for examining a company’s anti-discrimination policies.  More than half all charges filed were related to retaliation, followed by race, sex (both over one-third of all charges) and age (21%). The totals exceed 100% because some charges allege “multiple bases”...