The number of lawsuits filed against employers by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission based on alleged sexual harassment increased by more than 50 percent in the agency’s fiscal year 2018, a period that mostly overlapped with the rise of the #MeToo movement.
The federal job rights watchdog also collected nearly $70 million from employers over that same span for workers alleging sexual harassment, the agency reported in preliminary findings announced Oct. 4. That’s up by more than $23 million from last year, the EEOC said. The number of sexual harassment charges filed by workers with the agency also jumped by ...