The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced its report on the agency’s performance during fiscal year 2024, covering Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024, and the Office of General Counsel (OGC) annual report for the same time period. For the agency, FY 2024 was another year of higher demand for its services, requiring efficient management of limited resources; in the face of these challenges, the EEOC secured almost $700 million for over 21,000 victims of employment discrimination—the highest monetary recovery in its recent history and substantially more than the agency’s $455 million budget. The EEOC received 88,531 new charges of discrimination in FY 2024, reflecting an increase of more than 9% over FY 2023. The agency effectively managed this growing demand, ending the fiscal year with 52,080 charges pending—only a slight increase from the 51,100 charges pending at the close of FY 2023.
