The EEOC said Friday that it is preparing to release statistics indicating that age discrimination complaints declined by 7% in 2009. That would contradict the expectations of most labor lawyers, given heavy job losses, and an earlier forecast by the agency itself.
“The facts are turning out different than people thought in terms of age discrimination charge numbers,” said Carol Miaskoff, assistant legal counsel to the EEOC. “What is sort of anecdotally appearing to people is not what we’re seeing in the numbers.”
