Labor/Employment,
Government
Oct. 10, 2018
EEOC increased harassment charges, recoveries in last year
A spike in recoveries from the ensuing lawsuits is likely driven in part by the #MeToo movement and social climate, attorneys say.
Nicole St. Germain, outreach coordinator for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, addressed a news conference in August regarding settlement of a sex harassment case. To her right: EEOC Deputy District Director Christine Park-Gonzalez; the claimant, Chasity LaMaptina; EEOC attorney Lorena Garcia-Bautista.
Significant increases in harassment charges by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the past fiscal year, particularly sexual harassment, and a spike in recoveries from the ensuing lawsuits, are likely driven in part by the #MeToo movement and social climate, attorneys say.
According to a report released by the agency, it filed 66 workplace harassment lawsuits in the 2018 fiscal year, 41 of them sexual harassment cases...
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