Record EEOC claims. Rising litigation. Soaring damage awards. It’s a simple formula: economy down = lawsuits up. Or so the experts say.

Each quarter, we check to see what our loyal Blawg visitors are experiencing. At our most recent webinar, we asked our 1,531 attendees:

Are you seeing an increase in employment law claims?

Here are the official results:

• Yes, substantial increase: 6%
• Yes, modest increase: 27%
• No change: 65%
• No, modest decrease: 0%
• No, substantial decrease: 0%

A whopping 0% reported a decrease, with 100% reporting either an increase or no change. 33% reported an increase (down 8% from last quarter’s 36% but up 6% over the previous quarter’s 31%).

The majority are still in the “no change” category (65% this quarter versus 60% last quarter).

Click here, here and here for more on this topic. As always, thanks for your participation!

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