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Court Dismisses Discrimination Claim On Grounds that Employer Has Less Than 15 Employees

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Discrimination & Harassment

Lost sometimes amid all the aspects of discrimination cases are the technical requirements that still must be shown in order for a discrimination claim to proceed. For example, Title VII applies only to employers with 15 or more employees each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks (But note that there may… 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