The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Annual Report Fiscal Year 2007 of the Office Of General Counsel: Figures

Figure 1
Number of Suits Filed in FY 2007 by Basis

Categories	Allegations
Disability	41
Age	32
Race	65
National origin	38
Sex*	146
Religion	26
Retaliation **	127

* Of these 146 sex discrimination suits, 87 suits contained claims of sexual harassment.

** Of these 127 retaliation suits, 100 suits contained claims under additional bases.

Figure 2
Comparison of Percent of Conciliation Failures to Percent of Cases Filed by Selected Case Types

	Race/Black	Sexual Harassment	National Origin/Hispanic	Age	Disability
Percent of conciliation failures	20.5	22.2	5	18.4	19
Percent of cases filed	17	25.9	5.7	9.5	13.7

Figure 3
Merits Suits Filed FY 1998 through FY 2007

Fiscal Year	Merits Suits Filed
FY98	371
FY99	437
FY00	290
FY01	385
FY02	332
FY03	361
FY04	379
FY05	383
FY06	371
FY07	336

Figure 4
Merits Suits Resolved FY 1998 through FY 2007

In Millions

Fiscal Year	Merits Suits Resolved
FY98	295
FY99	319
FY00	405
FY01	319
FY02	345
FY03	347
FY04	347
FY05	337
FY06	383
FY07	365

Figure 5
Monetary Recovery FY 1998 through FY 2007

Fiscal Year	Dollars in Milions
FY98	95.5
FY99	98.4
FY00	49.8
FY01	51.2
FY02	52.8
FY03	148.7
FY04	168.1
FY05	107.7
FY06	44.2
FY07	54.8

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