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EEOC Statistics Show Drop in Claims Filed in Connecticut

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in CHRO & EEOC, Litigation

With statistics from the CHRO lacking, it’s hard to get a judge on whether claims of discrimination in Connecticut are rising or falling. The EEOC released new statistics this week, however that shed a little bit of light on the subject, albeit with a fairly small sample size. For FY 2011, the EEOC reported that… Continue Reading

It’s Snow Joke: EEOC Statistics Show Increasing Numbers of Retaliation Cases Filed, But Then What?

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in CHRO & EEOC, Human Resources (HR) Compliance

News flash: Record snows in Connecticut!  Second news flash: Record numbers of people are out of work and filing complaints of discrimination at the EEOC nationwide! Here’s the thing with both news flashes: They’re not entirely unexpected.  Sure, they’re in higher amounts than we’re accustomed to seeing, but both can be explained. (I’ll leave it… Continue Reading

EEOC Reports Record Number of Discrimination Claims for 2008; Up 15 Percent from 2007

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in CHRO & EEOC

Record numbers of discrimination complaints were filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to a MSNBC column: Discrimination claims filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission jumped 15 percent in fiscal 2008 to 95,402 — the highest level since the agency opened in 1965, said spokesman David Grinberg. That is up from 82,792 claims filed… Continue Reading