EEOC fiscal year 2019 results for Maryland

Last fall, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its fiscal year (FY) 2019 financial report on a nationwide basis. In the report, the agency highlighted that during FY 2019, which ended September 30, it secured more than $486,000,000 for victims of workplace discrimination. The figure included $346,006,000 in monetary relief for employees and applicants in the private sector and state and local government workplaces through mediation, conciliation, and other administrative enforcement and an additional $39,001,000 in monetary relief through litigation. The EEOC also secured over $100,000,000 in monetary relief for federal employees and job applicants.

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In FY 2019, the EEOC resolved 173 merits lawsuits and achieved favorable results in approximately 95% of all district court resolutions. This was an increase of 32 resolutions over FY 2018. The agency filed 144 lawsuits, including 100 on behalf of individuals, 27 nonsystemic suits with multiple victims, and 17 systemic suits involving multiple victims of discriminatory policies.

In addition to its litigation and charge processing, the EEOC provided educational training and outreach events to more than 295,000 individuals during FY 2019. This included more than 350 federal-sector outreach, education, and training events that provided more than 14,000 federal-sector employees and EEOC professionals with information about employment discrimination and their rights and responsibilities in the workplace.

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