What remedies exist through the EEOC and Title VII?
Title VII provides for various types of relief to an employee who suffers from workplace discrimination. Generally, this relief breaks down into two categories of recovery: monetary and non-monetary. We have identified some of the specific relief an employee can seek and obtain through the filing of a charge with the EEOC: Monetary Damages: • Back Pay: Back pay is a monetary award for lost wages resulting from termination, demotion, lost raise/bonus, or lost benefits. • Front Pay: Front pay damages are awarded in certain cases where an employee may be entitled to lost future earnings resulting from discrimination. • Emotional Damages: These are damages awarded to an employee who suffers from mental anguish, pain and suffering resulting from discrimination in the workplace. • Punitive Damages: These damages are awarded to an employee when the circumstances surrounding their claims of discrimination involve an egregious act, or a series of egregious acts, by an employer against an employ
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