According to the National Law Journal, the EEOC will soon release statistics showing that age claims declined in the past year — defying all conventional wisdom.

The EEOC says that age claims were down 7% last year. That’s pretty shocking, especially considering all the RIF activity nationwide and the EEOC’s announced intention to more aggressively enforce the law. The 7% drop is a stark contrast to the 30% increase the prior year.

“The facts are turning out different than people thought in terms of age discrimination charge numbers,” said EEOC Assistant Counsel Carol Misaskoff. “What is sort of anecdotally appearing to people is not what we’re seeing in the numbers.”

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