- More than 1 million employment discrimination complaints have been filed with the government since 2010.
- In 82% of these cases, the worker did not receive any form of relief. Relief from employment discrimination can mean monetary compensation, either through a settlement or court action, or a change in work conditions, like providing physical accommodations for a worker who uses a wheelchair.
- In 2017, 67% of sexual discrimination charges were found to have “no reasonable cause” that the discrimination actually took place.
- In 2017, nearly a quarter of complaints involved individuals alleging they had been fired unfairly on the basis of their sex.
- Experts estimate that roughly three-quarters of harassment incidents go unreported, in part because those who raise such concerns are often subjected to retaliation.
- Many sexually harassed employees never report their harassment due to fear – fear of blame, disbelief, inaction, retaliation, humiliation, ostracism, or damage to their reputations and careers.
- Sexual harassment complaints are frequently followed by organizational indifference or trivialization of the complaint as well as reprisals against the victim.
- Only about a third of men and women say their workplace is balanced in terms of gender.
- Older workers are much more likely to wrestle with prolonged joblessness than younger ones, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. On average, a 54-year-old job hunter will be unemployed for nearly a year.
- While only 3% of all white women make it to the executive level of an organization (compared to 6% of white men), only 2% of asian, black and hispanic women make it to the C-suite.
- 92% of all Black Americans say that, generally speaking, they believe discrimination against black people exists in America today.
- 55% of White Americans say that they believe discrimination against white people exist in America today.
- Nearly seven in ten (68%) women say they believe that discrimination against women exists in America today, while 44% of men believe that discrimination against men exists.
- 37% of women said that they or a female family member had been sexually harassed, while 8% of men said they or a male family member had been sexually harassed.
- Four in ten Black Americans (42%) and Native Americans (38%) say they or a family member have experienced violence because of their race.
- 51% of Black Americans say they have personally experienced racial slurs, and 57% of LGBTQ Americans say they have personally experienced slurs about their LGBTQ identity.
- Nine in ten (90%) LGBTQ people say that discrimination against LGBTQ people exists in America today.
- Black Americans are more than six times more likely than White Americans to say they or a family member have been unfairly treated by the courts because of their race (45% of Black Americans vs. 7% of whites).
- A majority of all LGBTQ people say that they or an LGBTQ friend or family member have been threatened or non-sexually harassed (57%) or have experienced violence (51%) because they are LGBTQ.
- 64% of Americans say racism remains a major problem in America.
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