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  Age Discrimination in Employment Act (Charges filed with EEOC) (includes concurrent charges with Title VII, ADA, EPA, and GINA) FY 1997 - FY 2022

                      
                        

          
          
                        Age Discrimination in Employment Act (Charges filed with EEOC) (includes concurrent charges with Title VII, ADA, EPA, and GINA) FY 1997 - FY 2022
              


          
  The following chart represents the total number of charges filed and resolved under the ADEA.

Receipts include all charges filed under the ADEA as well as those filed concurrently under Title VII, ADA, EPA and/or GINA. Therefore, the sum of receipts for all statutes will exceed total charges received.

The data are compiled by the Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics from data reported via the quarterly reconciled Data Summary Reports and compiled from EEOC's Charge Data System and, from FY 2004 forward, EEOC's Integrated Mission System.

This does not include charges filed with state or local Fair Employment Practices Agencies.

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			FY 1997
			FY 1998
			FY 1999
			FY 2000
			FY 2001
			FY 2002
			FY 2003
			FY 2004
			FY 2005
			FY 2006
			FY 2007
			FY 2008
			FY 2009
			FY 2010
			FY 2011
			FY 2012
			FY 2013
			FY 2014
			FY 2015
			FY 2016
			FY 2017
			FY 2018
			FY 2019
			FY 2020
			FY 2021
			FY 2022
		**Receipts**
			15,785
			15,191
			14,141
			16,008
			17,405
			19,921
			19,124
			17,837
			16,585
			16,548
			19,103
			24,582
			22,778
			23,264
			23,465
			22,857
			21,396
			20,588
			20,144
			20,857
			18,376
			16,911
			15,573
			14,183
			12,965
			11,500
		**Resolutions**
			18,279
			15,995
			15,448
			14,672
			15,155
			18,673
			17,352
			15,792
			14,076
			14,146
			16,134
			21,415
			20,529
			24,800
			26,080
			27,335
			22,371
			20,148
			21,273
			22,594
			22,430
			19,943
			17,147
			15,344
			13,060
			12,082
		**Resolutions by Type**
		**Settlements**
			642
			755
			816
			1,156
			1,006
			1,222
			1,285
			1,377
			1,326
			1,417
			1,795
			1,974
			1,935
			2,250
			2,231
			2,001
			1,781
			1,567
			1,703
			1,445
			1,288
			920
			933
			981
			979
			794
		****
			3.5%
			4.7%
			5.3%
			7.9%
			6.6%
			6.5%
			7.4%
			8.7%
			9.4%
			10.0%
			11.1%
			9.2%
			9.4%
			9.1%
			8.6%
			7.3%
			8.0%
			7.8%
			8.0%
			6.4%
			5.7%
			4.6%
			5.4%
			6.4%
			7.5%
			6.6%
		**Withdrawals w/Benefits**
			762
			580
			578
			560
			551
			671
			710
			787
			764
			767
			958
			1,252
			1,161
			1,322
			1,369
			1,280
			1,296
			1,251
			1,279
			1,252
			1,181
			1,084
			994
			985
			983
			877
		****
			4.2%
			3.6%
			3.7%
			3.8%
			3.6%
			3.6%
			4.1%
			5.0%
			5.4%
			5.4%
			5.9%
			5.8%
			5.7%
			5.3%
			5.2%
			4.7%
			5.8%
			6.2%
			6.0%
			5.5%
			5.3%
			5.4%
			5.8%
			6.4%
			7.5%
			7.3%
		**Administrative Closures**
			4,986
			4,175
			3,601
			3,232
			3,963
			6,254
			2,824
			3,550
			2,537
			2,639
			2,754
			6,387
			4,031
			4,167
			4,230
			4,045
			3,642
			3,619
			3,700
			3,729
			3,596
			2,965
			2,416
			2,274
			2,210
			2,099
		****
			27.3%
			26.1%
			23.3%
			22.0%
			26.1%
			33.5%
			16.3%
			22.5%
			18.0%
			18.7%
			17.1%
			29.8%
			19.6%
			16.8%
			16.2%
			14.8%
			16.3%
			18.0%
			17.4%
			16.5%
			16.0%
			14.9%
			14.1%
			14.8%
			16.9%
			17.4%
		**No Reasonable Cause**
			11,163
			9,863
			9,172
			8,517
			8,388
			9,725
			11,976
			9,563
			8,866
			8,746
			10,002
			11,124
			12,788
			16,308
			17,454
			19,239
			15,113
			13,159
			13,980
			15,548
			15,880
			14,491
			12,412
			10,710
			8,516
			8,101
		****
			61.1%
			61.7%
			59.4%
			58.0%
			55.3%
			52.1%
			69.0%
			60.6%
			63.0%
			61.8%
			62.0%
			51.9%
			62.3%
			65.8%
			66.9%
			70.4%
			67.6%
			65.3%
			65.7%
			68.8%
			70.8%
			72.7%
			72.4%
			69.8%
			65.2%
			67.1%
		**Reasonable Cause**
			726
			622
			1,281
			1,207
			1,247
			801
			557
			515
			583
			612
			625
			678
			614
			753
			796
			770
			539
			552
			611
			620
			485
			483
			392
			384
			372
			211
		****
			4.0%
			3.9%
			8.3%
			8.2%
			8.2%
			4.3%
			3.2%
			3.3%
			4.1%
			4.3%
			3.9%
			3.2%
			3.0%
			3.0%
			3.1%
			2.8%
			2.4%
			2.7%
			2.9%
			2.7%
			2.2%
			2.4%
			2.3%
			2.5%
			2.8%
			1.7%
		**Successful Conciliations**
			74
			119
			184
			241
			409
			208
			166
			139
			169
			177
			186
			220
			202
			252
			273
			343
			221
			232
			321
			339
			202
			189
			186
			150
			179
			94
		****
			0.4%
			0.7%
			1.2%
			1.6%
			2.7%
			1.1%
			1.0%
			0.9%
			1.2%
			1.3%
			1.2%
			1.0%
			1.0%
			1.0%
			1.0%
			1.3%
			1.0%
			1.2%
			1.5%
			1.5%
			0.9%
			0.9%
			1.1%
			1.0%
			1.4%
			0.8%
		**Unsuccessful Conciliations**
			652
			503
			1,097
			966
			838
			593
			391
			376
			414
			435
			439
			458
			412
			501
			523
			427
			318
			320
			290
			281
			283
			294
			206
			234
			193
			117
		****
			3.6%
			3.1%
			7.1%
			6.6%
			5.5%
			3.2%
			2.3%
			2.4%
			2.9%
			3.1%
			2.7%
			2.1%
			2.0%
			2.0%
			2.0%
			1.6%
			1.4%
			1.6%
			1.4%
			1.2%
			1.3%
			1.5%
			1.2%
			1.5%
			1.5%
			1.0%
		**Merit Resolutions**
			2,130
			1,957
			2,675
			2,923
			2,804
			2,694
			2,552
			2,679
			2,673
			2,796
			3,378
			3,904
			3,710
			4,325
			4,396
			4,051
			3,616
			3,370
			3,593
			3,317
			2,954
			2,487
			2,319
			2,350
			2,334
			1,882
		****
			11.7%
			12.2%
			17.3%
			19.9%
			18.5%
			14.4%
			14.7%
			17.0%
			19.0%
			19.8%
			20.9%
			18.2%
			18.1%
			17.4%
			16.9%
			14.8%
			16.2%
			16.7%
			16.9%
			14.7%
			13.2%
			12.5%
			13.5%
			15.3%
			17.9%
			15.6%
		**Monetary Benefits (Millions)***
			$44.3
			$34.7
			$38.6
			$45.2
			$53.7
			$55.7
			$48.9
			$69.0
			$77.7
			$51.5
			$66.8
			$82.8
			$72.1
			$93.6
			$95.2
			$91.6
			$97.9
			$77.7
			$99.1
			$88.2
			$90.1
			$77.0
			$75.7
			$76.3
			$83.8
			$69.4

** 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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