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People (HR) · 14 min

The rules at work

Letting someone go is one of the hardest days at work, and one of the most rule-bound. So is every day before it. Here are the rules a people team lives by, and why the most common complaint isn't the one you'd expect.

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How many job discrimination complaints in a year?

Workers who think they were treated unfairly at work because of their race, sex, age, disability or another protected trait can file a complaint, called a charge, with the EEOC, the federal agency for job discrimination. How many new charges did it get in a year?

20,000 charges
0300,000
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  • FY 2027 Agency Performance Plan and FY 2025 Agency Performance Report: new charges received in fiscal year 2025 · U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2025
  • Fiscal Year 2025 Congressional Budget Justification: retaliation as the largest category of charges · U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2024

Every number

  • 88,201 chargeseeoc.gov ·2025 · New charges of job discrimination the EEOC received in fiscal year 2025.
  • 20 yearseeoc.gov ·2024 · The EEOC's fiscal 2025 budget request: retaliation charges grew as a share of all charges every year for this long.
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People (HR) · 14 min

The rules at work

Letting someone go is one of the hardest days at work, and one of the most rule-bound. So is every day before it. Here are the rules a people team lives by, and why the most common complaint isn't the one you'd expect.

THIS WEEK
Ticket 01 · The guess

How many job discrimination complaints in a year?

Workers who think they were treated unfairly at work because of their race, sex, age, disability or another protected trait can file a complaint, called a charge, with the EEOC, the federal agency for job discrimination. How many new charges did it get in a year?

20,000 charges
0300,000
Words to know

Spot something wrong?

Tell us what looks off. No name or email needed.

What kind of problem?

0 / 1000

We'll also send this page, the lesson, ticket 1, so we can find it. Nothing else. Privacy

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Sources

  • FY 2027 Agency Performance Plan and FY 2025 Agency Performance Report: new charges received in fiscal year 2025 · U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2025
  • Fiscal Year 2025 Congressional Budget Justification: retaliation as the largest category of charges · U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2024

Every number

  • 88,201 chargeseeoc.gov ·2025 · New charges of job discrimination the EEOC received in fiscal year 2025.
  • 20 yearseeoc.gov ·2024 · The EEOC's fiscal 2025 budget request: retaliation charges grew as a share of all charges every year for this long.
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