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Color-Based Charges (Charges filed with EEOC) FY 1992 - FY 1996

The following chart represents the total number of charge receipts filed and resolved under Title VII alleging race-based discrimination.

The data are compiled by the Office of Research, Information and Planning from data compiled from EEOC's Charge Data System.

This does not include charges filed with state or local Fair Employment Practices Agencies.

  FY 1992 FY 1993 FY 1994 FY 1995 FY 1996
Receipts 374 461 413 700 832
Resolutions 451 516 348 546 1,032
Resolutions By Type          
Settlements 29 16 17 14 16
  6.4% 3.1% 4.9% 2.6% 1.6%
Withdrawals w/Benefits 31 27 11 8 60
  6.9% 5.2% 3.2% 1.5% 5.8%
Administrative Closures 109 161 133 247 587
  24.2% 31.2% 38.2% 45.2% 56.9%
No Reasonable Cause 277 304 180 271 361
  61.4% 58.9% 51.7% 49.6% 35.0%
Reasonable Cause 5 8 7 6 8
  1.1% 1.6% 2.0% 1.1% 0.8%
Successful Conciliations 0 3 2 3 5
  0.0% 0.6% 0.6% 0.5% 0.5%
Unsuccessful Conciliations 5 5 5 3 3
  1.1% 1.0% 1.4% 0.5% 0.3%
Merit Resolutions 65 51 35 28 84
  14.4% 9.9% 10.1% 5.1% 8.1%
Monetary Benefits (Millions)* $0.3 $0.3 $0.4 $0.2 $2.9

* Does not include monetary benefits obtained through litigation.

The total of individual percentages may not always sum to 100% due to rounding.

EEOC total workload includes charges carried over from previous fiscal years, new charge receipts and charges transferred to EEOC from Fair Employment Practice Agencies (FEPAs). Resolution of charges each year may therefore exceed receipts for that year because workload being resolved is drawn from a combination of pending, new receipts and FEPA transfer charges rather than from new charges only.

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