More Employment Discrimination Claims Filed in 2006

I'm not sure whether this means that there is more employment discrimination in the workplace, more people are filing claims, or a little bit both, but interesting nonetheless (via Washington Post):

Federal job discrimination complaints filed by workers against private employers rose in 2006 for the first time in four years.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Thursday that complaints increased to 75,768 during the 2006 budget year from 75,428 the previous year.

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As in past years, allegations of discrimination based on race, sex or retaliation were the most frequent complaints, according to the [EEOC], which enforces federal anti-discrimination laws among private employers.

Allegations of race discrimination, with 27,238 charges, accounted for 35.9 percent of all filings last year.

All of this a little disheartening, but if law students are out there reading this blog, this is just another reason, among many, why employment discrimination law is a must-take class for future plaintiff and management-side civil litigators.

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