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: Personal Injury and Social Security Disability BlogEqual Employment Opportunity Commission Sees Rise in Workplace Discrimination Cases
By Robert Kraft
The Washington Times reports, "The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission this week said workplace discrimination charge filings in 2008 had spiked by 15 percent over the previous year with an 'unprecedented' 13,000 more cases reported." The acting chairman, Stuart Ishimaru said, "The EEOC has not seen an increase of this magnitude in charges filed for many years" and "while we do not know if it signifies a trend, it is clear that employment discrimination remains a persistent problem."
From the American Association for Justice news release.
Full post as published by Personal Injury and Social Security Disability Blog on March 17, 2009 (boomark / email).
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