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Republic Services, Inc. and its subsidiary Republic Silver State Disposal, Inc., will pay $2,975,000 and provide other relief to a class of older workers, settling an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced it has filed an age discrimination lawsuit against Hawaii Healthcare Professionals, Inc., also known as Hawaii Professional HomeCare Services, Inc., a Honolulu-based company which provides home health care services throughout the islands of Oahu, Maui and Kauai.

Cintas Corporation, the largest uniform manufacturer in North America and a provider of specialized services to businesses, including fire protection, will pay $152,500 and furnish significant remedial relief to settle a federal racial and sexual harassment lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

A Sonic Drive-In in Grapevine, Texas, has agreed to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), for $31,000, the agency announced today. The EEOC's suit charged that SDI of Grapevine [2240 Hall Johnson Road], A Texas Partnership, subjected 17-year-old carhop Erin Schwarzbach to a sexually hostile work environment created by the general manager of the restaurant.

The Los Gatos, Calif.-based solar power company Akeena Solar will pay $30,000 to a payroll/accounts technician and implement preventative measures to settle a federal disability discrim­ination lawsuit, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

Class of Women Denied Meat Cutter Positions, Agency Charged

BALTIMORE  -- Mars Super Markets, Inc., a Baltimore-based supermarket chain, will pay  $275,000 and furnish significant remedial relief to settle a class sex  discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity  Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According  to EEOC’s suit (JFM-08-2570), filed in the U.S. District Court for the District  of Maryland, Northern Division, Mars refused to hire part-time deli clerk Gail  Brown as

EEOC Says Pharmacy Giant Makes Store Assignments and Denies Promotions Based on Race; Thousands of African American Managers and Professionals May Be Affected

     

ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed an employment discrimination class lawsuit against Walgreen Company, the Illinois-based national drugstore chain, alleging widespread racial bias against thousands of African American workers.

           

The EEOC charges in the suit that Walgreens

Performance and Accountability Report Shows Clean Fiscal Bill of Health

WASHINGTON  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has earned an unqualified opinion on its 2006 financial statements, the third straight year in which independent auditors have performed an extensive examination of the EEOC's financial records and reported a clean fiscal bill of health for the federal agency. 

The audit report is a focus of the EEOC's Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) which the agency

Settlement by EEOC and Private Plaintiffs Mandates Systemic Changes

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a major litigation settlement with Tyson Foods for $871,000 on behalf of black workers who alleged that they were racially harassed and retaliated against at a chicken processing plant in Ashland, Alabama.  The three-year consent decree entered today by U.S. District Court Judge Karen O. Bowdre also includes significant injunctive relief that will foster

Partnership Launched with Department of the Interior's National Business Center

     

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the award of an interagency agreement with the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Business Center (NBC) for financial management system support services using the competitive Centers of Excellence Financial Management Lines of Business program.

     

The agreement, which includes an 18-month base period, is valued at $11.7 million

Agency Issues Performance and Accountability Report

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has received an "unqualified opinion" on its 2005 financial statements, the second consecutive year in which independent auditors have performed an extensive examination of the EEOC's financial records and reported a clean fiscal bill of health. 

The audit report is a focus of the EEOC's Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) which the agency has released for Fiscal Year 2005, which

Survey Says 15% of Workers Perceive Job Bias; Figures Higher for People of Color, Women

WASHINGTON -- A national Gallup poll on discrimination in today’s workplace, conducted in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), shows that while much progress has been made in fulfilling the promise of equal opportunity, more remains to be done.

The new poll addresses perceptions of discrimination among American workers four decades after the agency

                       

Agency Issues Performance and Accountability Report

                                                                       

WASHINGTON -  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released its Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) for Fiscal Year 2004

Federal Agency Says Employer's Leave Policies Ran Afoul of Disabilities Act

   

CHICAGO - Federal District Judge John W. Darrah entered a $650,000 Consent Decree here today ending a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) disability discrimination lawsuit against Blood Systems, Inc. and its subsidiary United Blood Services (together United Blood), national firms in the business of collecting blood from donors and providing it to hospitals.  EEOC's suit, filed under Title I of the

   

ST. LOUIS -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $450,000 settlement of a wage discrimination lawsuit against Arizona-based Swift Transportation Co., Inc., the third largest publicly held truck carrier nationwide.  The suit, filed in July 1999 under the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, charged Swift with paying six female driver managers in its Edwardsville, Kansas, terminal less than men in the

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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PRESS RELEASE
9-1-09

Class of Women Denied Meat Cutter Positions, Agency Charged

BALTIMORE -- Mars Super Markets, Inc., a Baltimore-based supermarket chain, will pay $275,000 and furnish significant remedial relief to settle a class sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to EEOC's suit (JFM-08-2570), filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Northern Division, Mars

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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PRESS RELEASE
8-21-01

Federal Agency Says Employer's Leave Policies Ran Afoul of Disabilities Act

CHICAGO - Federal District Judge John W. Darrah entered a $650,000 Consent Decree here today ending a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) disability discrimination lawsuit against Blood Systems, Inc. and its subsidiary United Blood Services (together United Blood), national firms in the business of collecting blood from donors and providing it to hospitals. EEOC's

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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PRESS RELEASE
4-11-06

Partnership Launched with Department of the Interior’s National Business Center

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the award of an interagency agreement with the U.S. Department of the Interior’s National Business Center (NBC) for financial management system support services using the competitive Centers of Excellence Financial Management Lines of Business program.

The agreement, which includes an 18-month base period, is valued

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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PRESS RELEASE
3-7-07

EEOC Says Pharmacy Giant Makes Store Assignments and Denies Promotions Based on Race; Thousands of African American Managers and Professionals May Be Affected

ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed an employment discrimination class lawsuit against Walgreen Company, the Illinois-based national drugstore chain, alleging widespread racial bias against thousands of African American workers.

The EEOC charges in the suit that Walgreens

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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PRESS RELEASE
12-8-05

Survey Says 15% of Workers Perceive Job Bias; Figures Higher for People of Color, Women

WASHINGTON -- A national Gallup poll on discrimination in today’s workplace, conducted in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), shows that while much progress has been made in fulfilling the promise of equal opportunity, more remains to be done.

The new poll addresses perceptions of

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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PRESS RELEASE
12-7-06

Performance and Accountability Report Shows Clean Fiscal Bill of Health

WASHINGTON The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has earned an unqualified opinion on its 2006 financial statements, the third straight year in which independent auditors have performed an extensive examination of the EEOC's financial records and reported a clean fiscal bill of health for the federal agency.

The audit report is a focus of the

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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PRESS RELEASE
12-7-00

ST. LOUIS -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $450,000 settlement of a wage discrimination lawsuit against Arizona-based Swift Transportation Co., Inc., the third largest publicly held truck carrier nationwide. The suit, filed in July 1999 under the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, charged Swift with paying six female driver managers in its Edwardsville

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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PRESS RELEASE
12-21-05

Agency Issues Performance and Accountability Report

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has received an “unqualified opinion” on its 2005 financial statements, the second consecutive year in which independent auditors have performed an extensive examination of the EEOC’s financial records and reported a clean fiscal bill of health.

The audit report is a focus of the EEOC’s Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) which

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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PRESS RELEASE
11-7-06

Settlement by EEOC and Private Plaintiffs Mandates Systemic Changes

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a major litigation settlement with Tyson Foods for $871,000 on behalf of black workers who alleged that they were racially harassed and retaliated against at a chicken processing plant in Ashland, Alabama. The three-year consent decree entered today by U.S. District Court Judge Karen O