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New EEOC Commissioner sworn in
On January 3, 2006 by Jamie Madigan
Looks like the EEOC is all staffed up with today's swearing in of Christine Griffin.
Christine M. Griffin was sworn in today as a Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), bringing the bipartisan panel to its full five-member complement for the first time in more than a year. Ms. Griffin was nominated by President George W. Bush on July 28, 2005, and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Nov. 4 to serve the remainder of a five-year term expiring July 1, 2009.
"Christine Griffin brings to the Commission a wealth of talent and experience in employment law and disability issues that will serve the American public well," said EEOC Chair Cari M. Dominguez, noting that Ms. Griffin worked at the agency in the mid-1990s as a senior staff attorney. "On behalf of my fellow Commissioners, I welcome Commissioner Griffin back and look forward to working closely with her."
My reaction to this article and the accompanying picture, of course, is "What? There are only five people on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission? And they inhabit that office? Doesn't that seem a little ...underwhelming? I guess I just had images of the EEOC as this giant, sprawling complex full of bustling people. Some of them wore capes and watched thirty-foot high stacks of monitors for workplace injustices. When they saw one, they'd leap into action and blast off in supersonic jets while a bombastic narrator intones "Meanwhile..." Or something.
Instead we see a pleasant, middle-aged woman who looks like half the HR Managers I've ever met. And a guy who apparently fell asleep while holding the Bible for the ceremony. But that's fine, too. I guess.
Existing comments:
Posted by Masked-Blogger at January 4, 2006 6:56 AM:
Wow - can this really be? I agree with your assessment on the folks in the picture, but there's got to be more to this.
In a article i pulled from monster (How the EEOC Protects Workers), the amount of work that finds its way to the EEOC each day is mind-boggling.
http://diversity.monster.com/articles/discrimlawemploy/
In fiscal year 2004, EEOC statistics revealed that the commission received:
27,696 charges of race discrimination.
24,249 charges of sex-based discrimination.
17,837 charges of age discrimination.
15,346 charges of disability discrimination.
13,136 charges of sexual harassment (15 percent of which were filed by males).
8,361 charges of national-origin discrimination.
4,512 charges of pregnancy-based discrimination.
2,466 charges of religious discrimination.
1,011 charges of compensation discrimination.
Now, talk about overwhelming. There's certainly more here than meets the eye.
Great post!
MB
Posted by Jamie at January 5, 2006 2:40 PM:
Geez, that is a lot. See, I told you these people must be superhuman.
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