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Jan 31, 2012

The Top 5 Most Intriguing Decisions In EEOC Cases Of 2011

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The EEOC promised to file bigger, higher-profile cases in 2011. The EEOC did just that, with a second straight year of a record number of systemic investigations and class-like federal court filings. Indeed, for the last five years, the EEOC’s public strategy has been to further its agenda through prosecution of large-scale cases that will attract media attention, with the hope that this brand of high-stakes litigation will channel employers’ behavior. To that end, 2011 saw a mixture of judicial rulings in EEOC cases that range from refreshingly employer-friendly decisions to those that sent chills through the employer community. 

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