Employers are increasingly conscious about the threat of discrimination lawsuits based on sexual orientation and gender, according to a new report from Littler Mendelson, an employment and labor law firm.
Nearly three-quarters of surveyed employers say they expect to see a rise in claims related to discrimination based on sexual orientation, compared to less than a third who said the same thing last year.
Similarly, 61 percent of employers say they expect to see an uptick in unequal pay claims related to gender, up from only 34 percent last year.
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