Spotlight On Harassment Prevention: EEOC Issues New Report

The EEOC recently released a lengthy report based on the findings of a task force commissioned to conduct an in-depth study of workplace harassment. After 18 months, countless interviews in diverse fields of study, and a series of both public and private meetings, the EEOC's Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace released a 90-page report that both detailed its findings and offered numerous recommendations to prevent harassment in the employment context.

Startling Harassment Statistics

In 2015, the EEOC was flush with charges of harassment, receiving approximately 30,000 such claims from employees. These claims predominately took the form of harassment on the basis of sex (45%) or race (34%) and, to a lesser extent, disability (19%), age (15%) or national origin (13%). Harassment on the basis of religion made up only 5% of charges, but that number is expected to rise given the current political climate. Moreover, the EEOC believes that