Despite much moaning about discrimination against aging workers — particularly during the recent recession — stats from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suggest that two old standbys still receive the lion's share of attention from the enforcement agency.
The release of the EEOC's latest Performance and Accountability report showed that charges pursued by the agency were led by racial discrimination (36 percent) and discrimination based on gender (31 percent). Close behind came retaliatory discrimination (30 percent), with age discrimination lagging at 22 percent. (The percentages exceed 100 percent because many cases involve multiple charges.)
Either no one discriminates based on religion or the agency doesn't pursue such cases; religious discrimination comprised just 3.4 percent of the caseload.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
