Table 3 compares the fully allocated costs of providing in-house Janitorial services at a 10,000 square feet county government facility with the costs that will actually be avoided if the county decides to contract out.
The EEOC recently announced three significant settlements with employers concerning claims of retaliation: $130,000 in a case relating to disability discrimination retaliation, $85,000 in a sex harassment retaliation case; and $77,500 to settle another disability harassment retaliation lawsuit.
During the past five years, 6 out of 10 employers have faced an employee lawsuit. The EEOC secures about $404 million dollars from employers each year. The Cost to your Company. Employee lawsuits are expensive. An average out of court settlement is about $40,000. In addition, 10 percent of wrongful termination and discrimination cases result in a $1 million dollar settlement. The majority of cases, about 67 percent, are ruled in the plaintiffâs favor when taken to litigation.