I’ve written several posts on the potential pitfalls that may befall a company that mistakenly classifies workers as independent contractors. You can see those posts here and here. A recent bill introduced in Congress would make it even more difficult to classify workers as independent contractors and would require companies to file more information with
January 2010
EEOC Releases FY 2009 Charge Statistics Showing Surprising Decrease in Charges
By Russell Cawyer on
Posted in Discrimination
The EEOC has released its FY 2009 Charge Statistics and they show a surprising decrease in the number of charges filed with the agency (although FY 2009 is compared against the highest charge filing fiscal year ever). The total number of charges in FY 2009 dropped from 95,402 in FY 2008 to 93,277 in FY 2009. While there was…