1. Inicio
  2. Sala de prensa

Sala de prensa

Bienvenido a la sala de prensa virtual de la Comisión para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC, por sus siglas en inglés), la cual ofrece una amplia gama de información y materiales sobre la historia, las funciones, los procedimientos, los programas, las acciones y el personal de la Comisión, los estatutos que implementamos, e investigaciones, datos y estadísticas relacionados. Alentamos a todos a consultar y explorar nuestro kit de prensa continuamente actualizado, el cual brinda gran cantidad de información y un amplio contexto para prácticamente cualquier pregunta.

Para ponerse en contacto con la Oficina de Comunicaciones, llame al 202-921-3191 o envíe un correo electrónico a newsroom@eeoc.gov. Tenga en cuenta que esta casilla de correo electrónico está dirigida a periodistas, productores de noticias, personas que escriben para publicaciones de noticias y noticieros, y otras personas que trabajan en programas de noticias o escriben crónicas.

Si está buscando información sobre la EEOC, llame al 1-800-669-4000 o envíe un correo electrónico a info@eeoc.gov.

  • Enter a year and month to search within.
    • Optionally add a more recent end date to search a range of months or years.
Mostrando 1 - 17 de 17 resultados for 'laws practices'

Press release

Mavis Tire to Pay $303,758 for Religious Discrimination and Retaliation

NEW YORK – Mavis Tire Supply LLC, a nationwide tire dealer and automotive service provider based in White Plains, New York, entered into a conciliation agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve a religious discrimination and retaliation charge, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s investigation found reasonable cause to believe that Mavis Tire failed to hire an applicant for a managerial position in the Central New York region because, during

December 15, 2025

Press release

EEOC Sues Delta Air Lines for Pregnancy Discrimination

NEW YORK – Delta Air Lines violated federal law when it rescinded a job offer from an applicant due to her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Delta extended a conditional employment offer in July 2022 to an applicant for a ticket agent customer service representative position at one of its New York City airport locations. One condition Delta required was passing

September 30, 2025

Press release

In Largest EEOC Public Settlement in Almost 20 Years, Columbia University Agrees to Pay $21 Million to Resolve EEOC Antisemitism Charges

NEW YORK – Columbia University will pay $21 million for a class settlement fund to resolve alleged civil rights violations against Columbia employees occurring on its campus following the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. This settlement resolves EEOC charges, including a Commissioner’s Charge brought by Acting Chair Andrea Lucas in 2024 on behalf of a class of all Jewish employees, alleging that since at least Oct

July 25, 2025

Press release

EEOC Sues North American Stamping Group for Sex Discrimination

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – NASG Realty, LLC., (doing business as North American Stamping Group), a manufacturer of stamped metal components and welded assemblies for the automotive industry, violated federal law by failing to hire and promote female employees to certain production jobs and subjecting female employees to a sexually hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC, NASG has engaged in an ongoing pattern

January 20, 2025

Press release

EEOC Sues Aaron Thomas Company and Supreme Staffing for Race Discrimination

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Aaron Thomas Company, Inc., a distribution company, and Supreme Staffing, LLC, a staffing agency, both based in Memphis, violated federal law by denying individuals employment on the bases of race, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a suit filed this week.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, since at least January 2018, Aaron Thomas and Supreme Staffing failed to refer and hire Black applicants for low-skill positions. The EEOC further alleged

September 22, 2023

Press release

EEOC Sues Library Hotel for Disability Discrimination

NEW YORK – 299 Madison Ave., LLC, doing business as Library Hotel, violated federal law when it refused to accommodate an employee’s musculoskeletal impairments and constructively terminated their employment because of their impairments, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, an employee of the Library Hotel requested to periodically sit at a stool when working behind the hotel’s front desk and limit extended walking

September 20, 2023

Press release

Whiting-Turner to Pay $1.2 Million to Settle EEOC Racial Harassment and Retaliation Suit

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, a construction management and general contracting company headquartered in Baltimore, will pay $1.2 million to a class of Black former workers and furnish other relief to settle a race harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought against it by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Whiting-Turner served as the prime contractor for the con­struction of the Google Data Center in

May 4, 2023

Press release

EEOC and Resourceful Environmental Services Agree to Conciliate Sexual Orientation Charge

TUPELO, Miss. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Resourceful Environmental Services, headquartered in Ripley, Mississippi, reached a voluntary conciliation agreement to resolve a charge of discrimination filed by a former employee alleging a hostile work environment based on the employee’s sexual orientation, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC determined that Resourceful Environmental Services subjected a male employee to a hostile work environment based upon his sexual orientation and stopped returning him

November 7, 2022

Press release

Staffing Solutions to Pay $550,000 to Settle EEOC Discriminatory Hiring and Placement Suit

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Staffing Solutions of WNY Inc., a Buffalo-based staffing company that places employees with clients throughout Western New York, will pay $550,000 and furnish other relief to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to EEOC’s lawsuit, Staffing Solutions either refused to hire highly qualified Black applicants or placed them in the lowest paying, least desirable jobs; complied with clients’

October 3, 2022

Press release

Software People, Inc. Settles EEOC Retaliation Lawsuit

NEW YORK – Software People, Inc., an IT support staffing agency based in Long Island, New York that contracts with local and state governmental agencies throughout the country, will institute anti-discrimination policies and provide significant training to settle a retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s complaint, Software People refused to refer an applicant for a desktop support position after the applicant

April 12, 2022

Press release

EEOC Sues Software People, Inc. for Retaliation

NEW YORK – Software People, an IT support staffing agency based in Long Island, New York that contracts with local and state governmental agencies throughout the country, violated federal law when it refused to refer an otherwise qualified candidate for a position after he objected to a recruiter’s inquiry concerning the candidate’s age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.   
 
According to the EEOC’s complaint, Timothy Mailloux

September 28, 2021

Press release

Liberty Warehouse and Restaurant Group to Pay $125,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit

NEW YORK – A restaurant group that includes Liberty Warehouse, a popular Brooklyn, N.Y. wedding venue, agreed to pay $125,000 and provide extensive non-monetary relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.  That restaurant group includes the Manhattan restaurants and event spaces called The Water Club, The River Café, and Pershing Square.   

According to the EEOC, Liberty Warehouse’s head chef subjected

September 17, 2021

Press release

USAble Life to Pay $90,000 to Settle EEOC Retaliation Discrimination Suit

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – USAble Life (USAL), an insurance company based in Florida and Little Rock, will pay $90,000 to settle a retaliation discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to EEOC’s lawsuit, USAL first received notice around March 26, 2018 of the complaints of an employee in its Little Rock office to a third party that the company was discriminating against her based on

May 12, 2021

Press release

First Metropolitan Financial Services to Pay $100,000 to Settle EEOC Pay Discrimination Lawsuit

TUPELO, Miss. – First Metropolitan Financial Services, Inc. has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve a pay discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

First Metropolitan operates a consumer loan and finance company in various towns across north Mississippi and in Bolivar and Memphis, Tenn. The EEOC’s lawsuit charged that First Metropolitan paid the female branch managers lower salaries than male branch managers, despite the male

March 18, 2021

Press release

Bryce Corporation to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Equal Pay Lawsuit

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Bryce Corporation, an integrated manufacturer which produces flexible packaging products for food, household, graphic arts and consumer products, will pay $50,000 and provide other relief to resolve an equal pay lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  

The EEOC’s complaint charged that Bryce failed to pay equal pay for equal work when Bryce hired a male senior business analyst and paid him $18,000 more

September 30, 2020

Press release

Wedding Venue Sued by EEOC Over Sexual Harassment of Female Kitchen Staff

NEW YORK – The head chef at Liberty Warehouse, a popular Brooklyn, N.Y., wedding venue, subjected female kitchen staff to sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday.

The EEOC’s lawsuit alleges that since at least 2015, Liberty Warehouse’s head chef has subjected a class of female kitchen staff to sexual harassment and sex discrimination that included throwing objects at them, belittling them, and

September 30, 2020

Press release

Pediatrics 2000 to Pay $68,000 to Settle Religious Accommodation Lawsuit

NEW YORK – Pediatrics 2000, a Manhattan private medical practice serving children and teens, has agreed to pay $68,000 and take substantial non-monetary action to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Pediatrics 2000 was aware that its worker was a Jehovah’s Witness when she was hired and initially accommodated her request not to work on Wednesdays due to her

July 2, 2020

Filter by

Location