The Equal Employment Opportunity Commisson announced Wednesday that federal job discrimination compliants filed by workers against private employers rose 9 percent last year. This is the biggest annual increase since the early 1990s. Allegations of discrimination based on race were the leading category of complaints (37 percent) and charges based on retaliation accounted 32 percent of all filings with the commission. This was the first time retaliation was the second-most-frequent complaint, surpassing sex-based charges.
See "Federal job bias complaints rise: Annual increase largest since early '90s", Jennifer C. Kerr, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 5, 2008