Management Side Doubts Utility of More EEOC Retaliation Analysis

A congressional watchdog’s recommendation that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission collect better coordinated data on claims filed by workers who say they’ve faced retaliation after reporting sexual harassment has been met with mixed reactions from employment lawyers.

Their responses came in the wake of a report made public Friday in which the U.S. Government Accountability Office said the EEOC should also conduct national surveys to quantify the problem of sexual harassment, including the costs of harassment to workers and their employers, to inform the general policy-making decisions.

Management attorneys say they were confused about the report’s sole focus on sexual ...