Retaliation is still the most frequent EEOC charge.

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U.S. employees filed more than 76,000 charges of on-the-job discrimination with the EEOC in 2019, a decrease of more than 20% from just three years prior. But one trend continues to increase--the number of employees who allege that their employer retaliated against them for reporting or complaining about some form of discrimination.

Last year, more than half (54%) of all EEOC charges by employees included a charge of retaliation. That's an all-time high, and a sharp rise from just 25% in 2000.

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