After Weinstein, No Jump in Federal Harassment Charges

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission hasn’t seen a spike in sexual harassment claims, despite the fallout from the Harvey Weinstein scandal and advent of the #MeToo movement, Chairwoman Victoria Lipnic said Feb. 2.

The agency has seen four times the amount of visitors to its website since the sordid details of allegations against movie mogul Weinstein in October began a wave of similar complaints against other public figures, Lipnic said. “But that has not yet translated into a surge in actual charges of discrimination being filed,” Lipnic told a group of lawyers at New York University.

The EEOC enforces federal ...