If an employer loses a discrimination case, it typically has to pay the employee’s legal fees and associated costs (plus any damages due). But what if the case is championed by the EEOC and the agency loses? Surely it has the money to reimburse the employer it dragged into court. Fat chance you’ll recoup those costs, if this recent Minnesota case is any indication.
Don’t count on EEOC reimbursement if you win
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