Employment discrimination charges and lawsuits are on the rise. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received 88,531 new charges of discrimination in FY 2024, reflecting an increase of more than 9% over FY 2023. The EEOC secured nearly $700 million for charging parties, a 5% increase over FY 2023 and the highest monetary recovery in recent history. The EEOC also filed 57% more merit lawsuits against employers in 2024 versus 2023. The EEOC just released its annual report which can be found at: EEOC Publishes Annual Performance and General Counsel Reports for Fiscal Year 2024 | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission<https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-publishes-annual-performance-and-general-...> Now is a good time to review and update as necessary your employment policies and practices if you have not done so recently. CORSA provides several Human Resources template policies, trainings, services, and resources that can be found at: www.corsa.org<http://www.corsa.org>. As always, feel free to contact me with any questions about CORSA loss control offerings. Frank Hatfield CORSA Assistant Director fhatfield@ccao.org<mailto:fhatfield@ccao.org> 614-560-1474 614-220-0209 Fax www.corsa.org<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.corsa.org/__;!!Op5JcThCjWm-UA!zzz1QnDE...> " The leader in providing Ohio Counties with exceptional value, service, and protection of assets." CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message (including any attachments) is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy this message and all attachments.