Here’s a scary little tidbit for employers. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which assists employees in bringing claims for discrimination against their employers, have announced that filings with the EEOC for discrimination jumped 9% in fiscal year 2007. In the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, they jumped another 21% from the previous year’s numbers for the same quarter.

Are employers suddenly discriminating that much more? Are employees more aware of their rights? Is the terrible economy driving more unemployed workers to sue their former companies? Continue reading Discrimination Complaints to EEOC Increase →