Summary Discussion of Litigation Data
Tables IA and IB: Monetary Recovery
Tables IA and IB shows the monetary recovery by statute obtained through the administrative enforcement process and through litigation for each fiscal year from 1997 - 2001 and cumulatively for the five year period. First, it should be noted that the components of the total monetary recovery obtained through the enforcement process include projected amounts, such as the estimated value of new jobs, expected promotions and recalls projected out for one year, that traditionally have not been included in the total monetary recovery obtained in litigation. Thus, these Tables, while reporting the total monetary recovery from the enforcement process, also break that recovery down into two categories: "Actual," which corresponds to the amounts included in the litigation total, e.g., back pay, the value of restored benefits, compensatory damages, punitive damages, liquidated damages (i.e., monies actually recovered), and "Projected," which includes money not yet actually obtained but anticipated as likely to be obtained in the future. Consequently, the most accurate comparison of the monetary recoveries obtained through the enforcement process and in litigation focuses on the actual amounts recovered in enforcement with the total amount obtained in litigation.