Is Retaliation The New Discrimination??

Retaliation claims are now the most common type of claim filed with the EEOC.  Twenty years ago, only 15% of the charges complained of retaliation.  By 2013, that total had leapfrogged to 41% (yes that number includes charges brought under federal whistleblower statutes, such as Dodd-Frank – but that’s a big jump), and is higher than race (35%), sex (29%), or age (22%).  But what is causing this jump, and how do we combat this upward trend in retaliation claims?

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