In 2011, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received a record number of job discrimination complaints, topping out at 99,947 discrimination charges. The most common complaint was “retaliation,” followed by “racial discrimination.” New to the EEOC in 2011 was the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, which bans discrimination based on genetic information and family history. The new Act generated 245 charges last year.
Here is the breakdown of complaints the EEOC received in 2011:
Also, for 2011, the EEOC said it was able to resolve more charges than it received last year. It closed 112,499 cases and decreased its pending cases by 10 percent. This was the first year since 2001 that the EEOC was able to reduce pending cases.
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