EEOC Received Record Number of ADA Charges in 2012

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received a record number of 26,379 disability discrimination charges against private employers during its most recent fiscal year and helped 6,554 people obtain a total of more than $103 million in benefits under the Americans with Disabilities Act.The EEOC still received more age and racial discrimination charges than it did disability discrimination complaints against private employers during fiscal year 2012, but disability discrimination complaints still accounted for 27% of the 99,412 charges received by the agency. When an employee seeks t...