The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunities Commission is the federal agency charged with addressing discrimination in the workplace. As documented in recent articles in the Law Tribune and other legal publications, the EEOC is no longer content just to investigate discrimination claims at the administrative level. Instead, the EEOC has become significantly more active with filing lawsuits against employers in the past several years. These lawsuits can differ from lawsuits brought by private attorneys in several respects.
As an initial matter, the EEOC often seeks to expand the scope of its litigation to involve multiple plaintiffs or classes of employees. The EEOC has significant litigation resources, and its attorneys do not need a settlement or verdict to get paid.
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