What Are the Time Limits for Filing a Charge of Discrimination?
Within 45 calendar day from the date of the matter, or the date the individual became aware of, or reasonably should have became aware of, the discriminatory event or personnel action. [TOP] 6. What Remedies Are Available When Discrimination Is Found? The “relief” or remedies available for employment discrimination, whether caused by intentional acts or by practices that have a discriminatory effect, may include: back pay, hiring, promotion, reinstatement, front pay, reasonable accommodation, or other actions that will make an individual “whole” (in the condition s/he would have been but for the discrimination). Remedies also may include payment of: attorneys’ fees, expert witness fees, and court costs. Under most EEOC-enforced laws, compensatory and punitive damages also may be available where intentional discrimination is found. Damages may be available to compensate for actual monetary losses, for future monetary losses, and for mental anguish and inconvenience. Punitive damages als
