More Fallout from the Economy

Thanks to Michael Fox at Jottings by an Employer’s Lawyer for this interesting article from MSNBC News: “ Have Never Seen Such a Fever Pitch.” The main point of the article is that terminated employees with dismal job prospects are turning to litigation for more lucrative settlements. However, the article gives some very suprising statistics. One is that “monetary awards for employment-related claims have jumped about 290 percent.” Also, according to the article, the “largest increases in discrimination complaints [EEOC] in 2002 were for age discrimination, with about 20,000 complaints filed, up 14.5 percent from the previous year, followed by national origin (about 9,000 complaints, up 13 percent), and religious beliefs (about 2,600, up 21 percent).”