The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

TABLE 1B: MONETARY RECOVERY BY FISCAL YEAR, STATUTE, AND SOURCE, INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR) ($ MILLIONS)

FY 1997
STATUTE ENFORCEMENT1 LITIGATION2,5
ACTUAL3 PROJECTED4 ALL
ADR NON-ADR TOTAL ADR NON-ADR TOTAL ADR NON-ADR TOTAL
TITLE VII6 3.3 60.8 64.1 1.2 23.9 25.1 4.5 84.7 89.2 95.0
ADA7 1.8 25.9 27.7 2.0 10.5 12.5 3.8 36.4 40.2 1.1
ADEA8 1.9 31.6 33.5 0.4 9.8 10.2 2.3 41.4 43.7 18.0
EPA9 0.2 1.4 1.6 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.2 2.1 2.3 0.3
CONCURRENT                   0.3
ALL 7.2 119.7 126.9 3.6 44.9 48.5 10.8 164.6 175.4 114.7
FY 1998
STATUTE ENFORCEMENT LITIGATION
ACTUAL PROJECTED ALL
ADR NON-ADR TOTAL ADR NON-ADR TOTAL ADR NON-ADR TOTAL
TITLE VII 7.7 53.7 61.4 2.5 15.4 17.9 10.2 69.1 79.3 62.0
ADA 2.9 33.7 36.6 1.9 10.4 12.3 4.8 44.1 48.9 2.4
ADEA 2.7 22.8 25.5 0.5 8.7 9.2 3.2 31.5 34.7 29.6
EPA 0.4 1.4 1.8 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.4 2.4 2.8 0.2
CONCURRENT                   0.9
ALL 13.7 111.6 125.3 4.9 35.5 40.4 18.6 147.1 165.7 95.1
FY 1999
STATUTE ENFORCEMENT LITIGATION
ACTUAL PROJECTED ALL
ADR NON-ADR TOTAL ADR NON-ADR TOTAL ADR NON-ADR TOTAL
TITLE VII 27.6 67.4 95.0 7.0 12.0 19.0 34.6 79.4 114.0 46.0
ADA 9.6 33.6 43.2 2.8 10.2 13.0 12.4 43.8 56.2 2.9
ADEA 9.7 22.7 32.4 1.5 5.3 6.8 11.2 28.0 39.2 42.5
EPA 0.8 4.0 4.8 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.9 4.5 5.4 0.3
CONCURRENT                   3.5
ALL 47.7 127.7 175.4 11.4 28.0 39.4 59.1 155.7 214.8 95.2
FY 2000
STATUTE ENFORCEMENT LITIGATION
ACTUAL PROJECTED ALL
ADR NON-ADR TOTAL ADR NON-ADR TOTAL ADR NON-ADR TOTAL
TITLE VII 52.6 63.2 115.8 7.2 19.9 27.1 59.8 83.1 142.9 34.8
ADA 21.5 20.8 42.3 4.8 7.5 12.3 26.3 28.3 54.6 3.0
ADEA 18.6 17.1 35.7 4.1 6.2 10.3 22.7 23.3 46.0 11.2
EPA 0.6 2.4 3.0 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.8 3.1 3.9 0.2
CONCURRENT                   0.3
ALL 93.3 103.5 196.8 16.3 34.3 50.6 109.6 137.8 247.4 49.5
FY 2001
STATUTE ENFORCEMENT LITIGATION
ACTUAL PROJECTED ALL
ADR NON-ADR TOTAL ADR NON-ADR TOTAL ADR NON-ADR TOTAL
TITLE VII 40.4 74.9 115.3 8.8 21.1 29.9 49.2 96.0 145.2 29.6
ADA 15.5 19.1 34.6 5.4 8.0 13.4 20.9 27.1 48.0 2.2
ADEA 16.5 25.8 42.3 2.9 8.6 11.5 19.4 34.4 53.8 3.1
EPA 0.8 3.7 4.5 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.9 4.2 5.1 16.1
CONCURRENT                   0.3
ALL 73.2 123.5 196.7 17.2 38.2 55.4 90.4 161.7 252.1 51.3
FIVE-YEAR TOTAL
STATUTE ENFORCEMENT LITIGATION
ACTUAL PROJECTED ALL
ADR NON-ADR TOTAL ADR NON-ADR TOTAL ADR NON-ADR TOTAL
TITLE VII 131.6 320.0 451.6 26.7 92.4 119.1 158.3 412.4 570.7 267.4
ADA 51.3 133.1 184.4 16.9 46.5 63.4 68.2 179.6 247.8 11.6
ADEA 49.4 119.9 169.3 9.5 38.6 48.1 58.9 158.5 217.4 104.4
EPA 2.8 12.9 15.7 0.4 3.4 3.8 3.2 16.3 19.5 17.1
CONCURRENT                   5.3
ALL 235.1 585.9 821.0 53.5 180.9 234.4 288.6 766.8 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.

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