EPLI2 Tag

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released its enforcement and litigation data for fiscal year 2020. COVID-19, it seems, did not impair the EEOC’s ability to enforce the nation’s equal employment opportunity laws. In 2020, the EEOC: received 67,448 charges of workplace discrimination;responded to more than 470,000...

Consider this scenario: An employee in your organization files a discrimination lawsuit, alleging that she was not promoted because of her gender. You're confident that the promotion went to the better-qualified candidate and believe you have sufficient documentation to support this decision. Still, having to defend...