EEOC Bias Suits Drop in 2024 Despite Move to Democratic Majority

The number of discrimination cases filed by the EEOC this year dipped after an uptick last year, even as a new Democratic majority and general counsel broke a partisan deadlock that had limited aspects of the agency’s work.

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed roughly 96 cases with discrimination complaints in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, about a 35% decline from the 144 cases filed the year before, according to an annual analysis released by Seyfarth Shaw LLP.

Fiscal year 2024’s case filings dropped closer to the numbers seen in 2020, 2021, and 2022, during a slower ...