Word: eeoc
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...year later, it seems both sides were right. As the optimists foresaw, sensitivity to sexual harassment has deepened. Labor lawyers, corporate personnel managers and academics report more interest in the subject; the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) logged a record 9,920 harassment complaints in the past year, a rise of 50% over the previous year. But victims have learned how difficult it can be to get their cases resolved. Surveys find that while between 40% and 65% of female workers claim to have experienced sexual harassment on the job, less than 5% file complaints...
Those who work up the courage to bring a grievance to the EEOC often meet with disappointment. Between October 1990 and September 1991, the EEOC received 6,883 complaints but filed only 66 sexual-harassment cases. Fully 60% of all EEOC complainants were advised that they had "no cause" to proceed -- more than twice the percentage of cases turned away during the Carter years -- and had to wait on average nine months to receive the discouraging news. With the EEOC budget in decline -- it has fallen 15% since 1980 -- the case load is unlikely to increase...
...incompetence, a charge that Johal attributes to the friendship between her new and former bosses. Johal became so depressed that she sought therapy and was put on antidepressants. Finally, she went on disability leave and hired a lawyer. Last February the attorney filed a complaint with the EEOC and initiated a civil suit. "The human resources department," Johal charges, "did nothing to help me." She recalls finding Hill's testimony so painful that she turned off the TV after half an hour...
...attorney who took over as acting general counsel on July 1, suggested that some guards used charges of racial discrimination as a "crutch." He said the University had fully investigated all complaints brought to its attention and that some had been looked into by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD...
Connors' statements echo those made in a June 10 letter by former University Attorney and Director of Human Resources Diane Patrick. In the letter, Patrick, who conducted the University's investigation, cited similar inquiries by the EEOC and MCAD...