Dramatic increase in EEOC charges in FY 2008

The total number of EEOC charges filed in FY 2008, 95,402, was a whopping 12,610 more than filed the previous FY. Its the largest volume of charges in the last decade. Race allegations were included in 35.6% of the charges, followed by retaliation, 34.3%, and sex, 29.7%. Statistics from 1997 - 2008 can be found here.