20 Years Of Workplace Sexual Harassment Claims. These Charts Break It Down.

How prevalent is sexual harassment at your job? We crunched a ton of information — and it’s still just the tip of the iceberg.

BuzzFeed News received a trove of data on every sexual harassment claim filed between fiscal years 1995 and 2016 with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a federal agency that enforces laws meant to protect workers from discrimination.

The more than 170,000 claims, which didn’t include identifying details, represent just a sliver of the countless incidents in the everyday workplace that don’t receive prominent attention or go unnoticed. Overall, women filed 83% of the claims; men filed 15%. The remaining 2% didn’t specify a gender.

Wages can play a big role. In restaurants, where people are dependent on tips to make a living — and also rely on superiors for shift assignments — many waiters experience a disproportionate amount of sexual harassment from both customers and superiors. “And those who do the harassment know that,” Aziz said.

Workers in industries where there aren’t many bystanders — like janitorial work or agricultural work — have an increased likelihood of experiencing sexual harassment. The same goes for environments where women are largely in the minority, Bond said.

Read the article and see the charts at:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/lamvo/eeoc-sexual-harassment-data?utm_term=.dlZl7KVbP2&bftwnews#.qt3yXk4m18