©2025 Seyfarth Shaw LLP EEOC-INITIATED LITIGATION: 2025 EDITION | 56 55 | EEOC-INITIATED LITIGATION: 2025 EDITION ©2025 Seyfarth Shaw LLP With respect to the types of claims asserted, the graphs below show the number of lawsuits filed according to the statute under which they were filed (Title VII, Americans With Disabilities Act, Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Equal Pay Act, and Age Discrimination in Employment Act, etc.) and, for Title VII cases, the theory of discrimination alleged. This analysis can often reveal how the EEOC is shifting its strategic priorities. Despite the overall decrease in lawsuits (111 filings in FY 2024, as compared with 144 filings in FY 2023), when considered on a percentage basis, the distribution of cases filed by statute remained roughly consistent compared to the last few years. Title VII cases once again made up the majority of cases filed, accounting for 68% of all filings (on par with the 63% in FY 2023, 65% in FY 2022, and 62% in FY 2021). ADA cases also made up a significant percentage of the EEOC’s filings, totaling 37% this fiscal year, generally aligning with prior levels of 34% in FY 2023, 29% in FY 2022, and 36% in FY 2021. In terms of pure filings, however, ADA lawsuits remain in an upward trend. After filing just 27 cases in FY 2022, the Commission has since filed 49 cases in FY 2023 and 47 cases in FY 2024. Age discrimination filings declined slightly, with 7 filings in FY 2024, as compared with 13 filings in FY 2023, 7 filings in FY 2022, and just one filing in FY 2021. PDA/PWFA Title VII Race/National Origin EEO-1 Report Enforcement Religion Retaliation Hostile Work Environment Sex/Pregnancy GINA EPA ADEA ADA 0 30 60 90 120 150 Cases Filed by Statute FY 2024 Title VII Cases by Allegation 86 16 17 4 33 33 44 6 2 1 7 47 ©2025 Seyfarth Shaw LLP One of the most noticeable trends of this fiscal year, continuing from last fiscal year, is the prominent levels of litigation activity by the Commission’s East Coast District Offices. Philadelphia again led the way with a total of 16 lawsuits filed in FY 2024, outpacing the next closest District Offices (Atlanta and Indianapolis) by four filings. Atlanta and Indianapolis inched ahead of Chicago (last fiscal year’s second-highest filer) and Phoenix, who each filed 10 lawsuits. Other active Districts on the East Coast include New York (9) (down one from last fiscal year), Charlotte (8) (down one from last fiscal year), Houston (8), and Miami (8). Conversely, the Commission’s West Coast Districts were again relatively quiet in FY 2024, with the Los Angeles and San Francisco Offices combining for only 10 total filings this fiscal year. GA SC Atlanta MS AL FL Birmingham VA SC NC Charlotte IL WI MN IA SD ND Chicago NM TX Dallas TX LA Houston MI OH IN KY MI Indianapolis NV CA Los Angeles Hawaiian Islands American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Wake Island FL Miami Puerto Rico Virgin Islands AR MS TN Memphis NJ NY VT NH MA CT ME New York OH WV PA NJ Philadelphia MD DE RI WY CO UT AZ NM Phoenix WA MT ID NV CA OR San Francisco AK NE KS OK MO IL St. Louis DC 12 10 8 7 7 12 8 0 8 9 4 3 16 6 7 10 Filings by EEOC District FY 2024 ©2025 Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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