The EEOC recently released it's Performance and Accountability Report for fiscal year 2012. The report states that the EEOC recovered more than $365.4 million in monetary benefits through private sector administrative activities including mediation, conciliations, and withdrawals of benefits. This is the highest amount recovered in any one year by the agency, $700,000 more than recovered in 2011.
During the year the EEOC had 309 cases on its active docket with a total of 254 merits lawsuits resolved resulting in recovering $44.2 million through litigation. Included were 162 cases under Title VII with the EEOC recovering $34.3 million in Title VII resolutions.
The EEOC is in the early stages of implementing its Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2012-2016. This four year plan will outline the agency's goals and achievement benchmarks for enforcing various anti-discrimination laws under its jurisdiction.
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