Settlements for victims in the private sector, state and local government, and federal workplaces, amounted to over $500 million.
- In lieu of back pay, an agency may legally settle an EEO complaint by issuing a lump sum payment as a retroactive personnel action. It is permissible as long as the settlement does not exceed the relief to which the complaint would be entitled if a judgment of discrimination had been made.
- According to EEOC data, there were only 67,448 complaints of discrimination submitted in fiscal year 2020, which is 5227 fewer than in fiscal year 2019. The EEOC has recorded a drop in the overall number of discrimination charges filed during the last four years.
- At least 63% of workers who submitted a complaint were eventually fired. This figure increased to 67% for workers who submitted a disability-related claim.
Thus this is the meaning of EEOC.
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