Sex Harassment Claims on Rise, EEOC Finds

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is seeing a moderate increase in sexual harassment complaints, less than one year after the birth of the #MeToo movement.

Harassment claims filed with the EEOC are up more than 3 percent so far this year compared with 2016, Commissioner Chai Feldblum (D) told Bloomberg Law Sept. 12. That comes as total discrimination and harassment claims dropped by nearly 12 percent.

The preliminary figures mark the first rise in harassment claims since sexual assault allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein sparked the #MeToo movement in October. EEOC officials have seen a jump in visitors to ...