U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) building in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM).

The ripple effects of #MeToo continue to spread. The movement that highlighted workplace power dynamics and ended the careers of numerous men across various industries also spawned a drastic increase in sex-based discrimination filings at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last fiscal year, according to a recent report by Seyfarth Shaw.

Hospitality industry & retaliation claims are EEOC priorities

The annual report, "EEOC-Initiated Litigation," stated that the agency filed 41 cases alleging sexual harassment, 11 of which were brought in the last three days of the fiscal year alone. And it recovered nearly $70 million through litigation and administrative enforcement of sexual harassment issues in fiscal 2018, up from $47.5 million in 2017, according to an EEOC press release that the report cited.

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Kristen Rasmussen

Kristen Rasmussen is an Atlanta-based reporter who covers corporate law departments and in-house attorneys.

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