Employment Discrimination Charges Surged in 2008
Today, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that in Fiscal Year 2008, employees filed more than 95,000 charges of discrimination against private-sector employers, which is an unprecedented level of employment discrimination claims. According to the EEOC, age and retaliation charges saw the largest annual increase. In its press release, the EEOC cites "economic conditions" as a possible factor in the surge in discrimination claims. Unless economic conditions improve, employers should expect even more claims in 2009.
