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63% of workers who file an EEOC discrimination complaint lose their jobs

  • Written by Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Employment Equity, University of Massachusetts Amherst
imageEEOC complaints often result in retaliation. (AP Photo/David ZalubowskiimageCC BY-NC-ND

People who experience sex discrimination, race discrimination and other forms of discrimination at work aren’t getting much protection from the laws designed to shield them from it.

That’s our main finding after analyzing the outcomes of 683,419...

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