Among the most common work issues is discrimination. It has been a societal dilemma since time immemorial.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has reported a 15% increase or 15,000 more cases involving workplace discrimination.
EEOC Acting Chairman Stuart J. Ishimaru, in its statement, revealed that he has not seen such an increase in magnitude. He could not however say if it signified a trend although he admitted that employment discrimination remained a persistent problem.
Recession has even fueled the increasing number of discrimination cases. Older workers had been badly hit by this. Eileen Applebaum, visiting scholar at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, said that laying off an older worker means more savings on the company than laying off a younger worker.
Racial discrimination has been the most frequently filed discrimination case with 35.6% or an 11% increase from 2007.
Retaliation ranked second increasing by 22.6% from 2007 while cases on sex discrimination increased by 14%.
EEOC, however, admitted that recession could not only be the factors for the increasing complaints on discrimination. Factors such as diversity in the workforce, awareness on employment laws and systematic litigation are contributory to these alarming numbers.
The recent data relayed to by the EOCC covered only up to September 2008. Hence, a more alarming data is yet to come.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has reported a 15% increase or 15,000 more cases involving workplace discrimination.
EEOC Acting Chairman Stuart J. Ishimaru, in its statement, revealed that he has not seen such an increase in magnitude. He could not however say if it signified a trend although he admitted that employment discrimination remained a persistent problem.
Recession has even fueled the increasing number of discrimination cases. Older workers had been badly hit by this. Eileen Applebaum, visiting scholar at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, said that laying off an older worker means more savings on the company than laying off a younger worker.
Racial discrimination has been the most frequently filed discrimination case with 35.6% or an 11% increase from 2007.
Retaliation ranked second increasing by 22.6% from 2007 while cases on sex discrimination increased by 14%.
EEOC, however, admitted that recession could not only be the factors for the increasing complaints on discrimination. Factors such as diversity in the workforce, awareness on employment laws and systematic litigation are contributory to these alarming numbers.
The recent data relayed to by the EOCC covered only up to September 2008. Hence, a more alarming data is yet to come.
