According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Chair Victoria Lipnic, workers stepping forward to report claims of sexual harassment isn’t likely to slow down anytime soon.
In the year since the #Me Too movement took off, the EEOC has launched 50 % more sexual harassment lawsuits than it did the previous year. The EEOC data shows that a 12 % increase in sexual harassment complaints from 2017 to 2018.