Written by BY: Amy Angel
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has reported that discrimination claims have increased in the past decade and reached “historic” levels in the last couple of years.
The EEOC attributes the significant rise in claims to multiple factors, including greater accessibility to the EEOC, poor economic conditions, increased diversity in the labor force, increased employee awareness of their rights and changes to the EEOC’s intake practices.Last January, the EEOC announced a record high number - 95,402 - of workplace discrimination charges filed during the 2008 fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30. This marked a 15-percent increase from the previous fiscal year. And last month, the EEOC reported the second highest level of workplace discrimination charges - 93,277 - for the 2009 fiscal year.
Charges based on race, retaliation and sex-based discrimination continue to be the most frequently filed charges. Of particular note, charges based on disability, religion and/or national origin hit record highs. After topping the chart in ‘08, age-based discrimination claims were at their second-highest level ever in ‘09.
Written By BY: Amy Angel for DJC Oregon
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