The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

TABLE 1A: MONETARY RECOVERY BY STATUTE, FISCAL YEAR, AND SOURCE ($ MILLIONS)

STATUTE FY 1997 FY 1998 FY 1999
ENFORCEMENT1 LITIG.2 ENFORCEMENT LITIG. ENFORCEMENT LITIG.
ACTUAL3 PROJ.4 TOTAL TOTAL5 ACTUAL PROJ. TOTAL TOTAL ACTUAL PROJ. TOTAL TOTAL
TITLE VII6 64.1 25.1 89.2 95.0 61.4 17.9 79.3 62.0 95.0 19.0 114.0 46.0
ADA7 27.7 12.5 40.2 1.1 36.6 12.3 48.9 2.4 43.2 13.0 56.2 2.9
ADEA8 33.5 10.2 43.7 18.0 25.5 9.2 34.7 29.6 32.4 6.8 39.2 42.5
EPA9 1.6 0.7 2.3 0.3 1.8 1.0 2.8 0.2 4.8 0.6 5.4 0.3
CONCURRENT       0.3       0.9       3.5
ALL 126.9 48.5 175.4 114.7 125.3 40.4 165.7 95.1 175.4 39.4 214.8 95.2

STATUTE FY 2000 FY 2001 FIVE-YEAR TOTAL
ENFORCEMENT LITIG. ENFORCEMENT LITIG. ENFORCEMENT LITIG.
ACTUAL PROJ. TOTAL TOTAL ACTUAL PROJ. TOTAL TOTAL ACTUAL PROJ. TOTAL TOTAL
TITLE VII 115.8 27.1 142.9 34.8 115.3 29.9 145.2 29.6 451.6 119.1 570.7 267.4
ADA 42.3 12.3 54.6 3.0 34.6 13.4 48.0 2.2 184.4 63.4 247.8 11.6
ADEA 35.7 10.3 46.0 11.2 42.3 11.5 53.8 3.1 169.3 48.1 217.4 104.4
EPA 3.0 0.9 3.9 0.2 4.5 0.6 5.1 16.1 15.7 3.8 19.5 17.1
CONCURRENT       0.3       0.3       5.3
ALL 196.8 50.6 247.4 49.5 196.7 55.4 252.1 51.3 821.0 234.4 1055.4 405.8

NOTES:

1Includes three types of resolution: settlements, withdrawals with benefits, and conciliations.

2Actual recovery from suits filed in court, either through settlement or court decision.

3Includes restored pay, fringe benefits, compensatory damages, punitive damages, attorney's fees, other actual recovery.

4Includes estimated value of new hires, promotions, reinstatements/recalls for one year, and other projected recovery.

5Includes actual as described in note #3.

6 For enforcement, includes Title VII and Title VII/ADEA/EPA; for litigation, Title VII only.

7For enforcement, includes any charge that contains ADA. For litigation, only ADA.

8For enforcement, includes ADEA and Title VII concurrent with ADEA. For litigation, only ADEA.

9 For enforcement, includes EPA, Title VII/EPA, and ADEA/EPA; for litigation, includes EPA and any concurrent statute.

10Litigation only. Includes cases under more than one staute, except EPA, as decribed in note #9. 7/1/02


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