Federal Suits Charge a Retirement Community Operator, Call Center Operator, and a Salt Producer Engaged in Racial Discrimination. The EEOC's Charlotte District is charged with enforcing federal employment discrimination laws in North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina.Religious Discrimination. The average value of an employment discrimination case varies widely. Mission: To promote, support and educate a diverse workforce to create a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. It also makes it illegal to retaliate against employees facing discrimination. And the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), as amended, 29 U.S.C. 621 et seq. That line of cases places the initial burden of establishing a prima facie case of discrimination on the plaintiff. The Commission has filed 68 lawsuits involving claims of religious discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Retaliation against employees or job applicants for exercising their rights to be free from employment discrimination, including harassment, is prohibited.