NU Online News Service, Nov. 29, 3:50 p.m. EST
For fiscal year 2010, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received nearly 100,000 new private sector charges of employment discrimination--a record high and a jump of 7 percent over 2009, the agency reported.
The spike comes after a slight decline in 2009, when total charges fell 2.2 percent to 93,277 from a total of 95,402 charges in fiscal year 2008.
The latest level--of 99,922 for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2010--marks the third consecutive year over the 90,000 mark. According to historical charge data available on the EEOC website, charges reached a level of 91,189 in fiscal year 1994, but in more recent years charge levels hovered in the 75,000-to-80,000 range.
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