EEOC Announces Records Hit in 2011
The EEOC recently announced the following:
"The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finished fiscal year 2011 with a ten percent decrease in its pending charge inventory—the first such reduction since 2002, achieved the highest ever monetary amounts through administrative enforcement, and received a record number of charges of discrimination, the agency reported in its annual Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) filed today.
The EEOC received a record 99,947 charges of discrimination in fiscal year 2011, which ended Sept. 30, the highest number of charges in the agency’s 46-year history. EEOC staff also delivered historic relief through administrative enforcement—more than $364.6 million in monetary benefits for victims of workplace discrimination. This is also the highest level obtained in the Commission’s history. The fiscal year ended with 78,136 pending charges—a decrease of 8,202 charges, or ten percent. In previous years, the pending inventory had increased as staffing declined 30 percent between fiscal years 2000 and 2008."
What does that mean for us Human Resource Professionals? David Moff, CEO of The HR Group says, "Companies need to make sure their house is in order. The EEOC is really ramping up its enforcement as are all other agencies charged with enforcement of Employment issues. One of the biggest violations we see is misclassification of employees as Exempt or Non Exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act."
You can read the full announcement from EEOC by clicking here.
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