Mining Discrimination Charge Data: What Your EEO-1 Reports Aren't Telling You

We often receive the question - "What is the best way to avoid workplace class action litigation?"

That answer is deceptively simple - "Don't get sued."

In other words, identify your potential vulnerabilities, remediate those issues, and decrease the potential for ever getting sued. 

What Are The Numbers To Examine? 

To that end, when asked “where are the diversity issues in your company,” most employers immediately turn to their workforce demographics, be they EEO-1 reports, human resources information systems, or plain old employee lists. Naturally, comparatively low numbers of particular minorities may signal lurking HR issues and litigation exposures. An expensive statistical analysis may also reveal other problem areas. But is that enough? 

 

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