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Foxx, Kiley Question EEOC Chair Over Reporting Failures and Backlog Issues

Press Release

Date: May 18, 2023
Location: Washington, D.C.
Issues: Employment and Affirmative Action Government Operations

"EEOC normally posts breakdowns in the types of discrimination charges it received in the previous fiscal year by January of the current fiscal year. These breakdowns are crucial for Congress, practitioners, and the public to understand and compare trends in discrimination charge receipts based on religion, race, sex, and other bases. However, EEOC has not posted its traditional charge data breakdowns for FY 2022."

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"We were also alarmed to see that the charge backlog has increased by 20 percent, from 42,811 charges pending in FY 2021 to 51,399 charges pending in FY 2022… Individuals who have filed discrimination complaints with EEOC deserve to have them investigated and resolved expeditiously. After all, justice delayed is justice denied."


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