©2024 Seyfarth Shaw LLP EEOC-INITIATED LITIGATION: 2043 EDITION | 49 The graph below offers further context on where these religious-based charges were filed relative to state population. Specifically, while larger states such as California and New York received the most religious discrimination charges in FY 2022, factoring in state population tells a slightly different story. On a per capita basis, Hawaii received by far the most religious discrimination charges this FY at 2.24 per 10,000 residents, followed by Washington (1.37), Illinois (1.14), and Massachusetts (1.05). The East coast in particular stands out here, as four of the top 10 states in per capita religious discrimination charges in FY 2022 are in the Eastern region of the U.S. Preventing sexual harassment in the workplace remains a top priority for the EEOC. Indeed, one of the six EEOC priorities is “Preventing Harassment” (and has been since 2013). The EEOC also launched a Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace in 2015. To this end, harassment charges made up over 15% of all charges filed in FY 2022, as employees filed 24,430 EEOC charges alleging some type of workplace harassment. Top 10 States in EEOC Religious Discrimination Charges Received FY 2022 RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION CHARGES RECEIVED BY STATE ■ California: 1,550 ■ Illinois: 1,434 ■ New York: 1,143 ■ Washington: 1,069 ■ Massachusetts: 733 ■ Texas: 600 ■ Pennsylvania: 537 ■ Michigan: 510 ■ Colorado: 465 ■ Florida: 367 WA AK HI MT WY CO UT AZ NM TX LA AR MS AL TN FL GA NE KS OK MO IL WI MI OH IN KY VA WV PA NY VT NH CT ME MA MN IA SD ND SC NC ID NV CA OR DC MD DE NJ RI
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