If you have not experienced it already, the EEOC is very active under the Obama administration. Proof of this heightened activity is evident in the most recent statistics released by the EEOC for the fiscal year ending September 20, 2011.
Here is a summary of some of the highlights from the EEOC FY 2010 statistics (the Commission’s
The EEOC recently released the latest statistics detailing the number of charges of discrimination filed in 2008. Last year marked the largest number of charges filed in a single year totaling 95,402 charges of discrimination. While every category of charges increased (and the total increased 15.2 percent over 2007), charges of age discrimination and retaliation increased