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Category: ADA

Employment-Related Lawsuits Filed in Federal Court Increased Again in 2024

The number of employment-related lawsuits filed in federal courts increased for the second consecutive year, according to statistics from the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AO). They show that 27,499 employment-related federal lawsuits were filed in FY 2024, an increase of more 5% from FY 2023. Employment-related lawsuits filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) increased by almost...
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Category: Agency Enforcement

FY 2024 EEOC Enforcement Stats Show Increased Charge Filings Overall, Retaliation Most Prevalent

For the third year in a row, there was a notable increase in the number of discrimination charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Allegations of unlawful retaliation again led the way. EEOC received 88,531 charges alleging employment discrimination, a 9% increase from the year before, according to fiscal year 2024 statistics posted on EEOC’s website. Charges alleging retaliation, totaling...
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

CWC’s Updated 2022 EEO-1 Benchmark Tables

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, is pleased to provide its members with an updated set of labor market benchmarking tables incorporating the latest headcount data from the 2022 EEO-1 filing cycle. The 2022 EEO-1 Tabulations have been loaded into CWC’s Data Center. A comparison of the 2022 data with 2021 data and 2018’s pre-pandemic data...
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Category: Agency Enforcement

EEOC “Commissioner Charges” Remained Active in FY 2024

Commissioners at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have been making above-average use of Commissioner charges to prompt discrimination investigations, according to data released by the EEOC. EEOC Commissioners initiated 33 charges alleging discrimination under Title VII, the ADA, GINA, and PWFA in fiscal year 2024. Commissioner charges are discrimination charges initiated by an EEOC Commissioner. Proposals for Commissioner charges come from various...
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Category: Compensation

Massachusetts Publishes Filing Details for February 1st EEO-1 Reporting Requirement

Massachusetts has issued FAQs explaining employers’ obligation to report workforce data under the state’s new Salary Range Transparency Act. Under the law, employers with 100 or more employees in Massachusetts must submit a copy of their most recent EEO-1 Report to the state annually by February 1 (or the next business day). This year they will be due February 3. The FAQs explain...
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Category: Data and Statistics

Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries 2023 Indicates Significant Decrease in Workplace Homicides

The number of workplace homicides dropped significantly in 2023 compared with 2022, while the number of suicides occurring in U.S. workplaces increased, according to the government’s most recent survey of workplace fatalities. Overall, workplace homicides and suicides accounted for 14% of total fatal occupational injuries in 2023, down from 14.4% in 2022, according to data from the national Census of...
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Category: Agency Enforcement

OFCCP Audits, Financial Remedies Decreased in FY 2024

OFCCP had a slow year in FY 2024, awarding less money in discrimination cases to fewer class members and completing fewer audits than at any time in recent memory, according to enforcement data released by the agency. The data, which cover the period from October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024, show that OFCCP completed 14% fewer supply-and-service (non-construction) audits...
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Category: Agency Enforcement

DOL Reports Recovery of Back Wages for FLSA Violations Decreased in FY 2024

DOL’s recovery of back wages for violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act has dropped to its lowest level in a decade, according to limited enforcement data reported by the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division. The amount of back wages collected by WHD decreased by 4% in fiscal year 2024 compared with the amount collected in FY 2023. In...
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

CWC’s Updated College and University Graduate Diversity Data Resources, 2022-2023

Demographic data related to academic degrees conferred by U.S. colleges and universities during the 2022-2023 academic year is now available in a series of tables prepared by the Center for Workplace Compliance, our affiliated nonprofit membership association. CWC devised the tables to assist its members in formulating their college and university recruitment strategies. The tables contain the most recent demographic...
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Category: Agency Enforcement

DOL Wage and Hour Division Again Reports Increase in FMLA Violations

The number of Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) cases in which the Department of Labor found a violation increased in fiscal year 2024—and for a second consecutive year—after having declined annually over the previous decade, according to data recently released by DOL’s Wage and Hour Division. This indicates that more employees are now electing to file complaints with WHD rather...

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