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Federal Agency Says Belvidere Firm Harassed and Fired Mentally Retarded Worker

CHICAGO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced this morning that it has filed a lawsuit in federal court in Rockford, Illinois, charging Renaissance Roofing, Inc. with discriminating against an employee with mild mental retardation by subjecting him to harassment and discharging and failing to recall him because of his disability. The EEOC says that the Belvidere company's treatment of the employee

First-Ever English-Only Lawsuit by Commission on Behalf of Native Americans

PHOENIX - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it filed a national origin discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on behalf of Native American employees who were subjected to an unlawful English-only policy precluding them from speaking Navajo in the workplace and terminating them for refusing to sign an agreement to abide by the restrictive language

'Justice and Equality in the Workplace' Program Enters Phase II

WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), announced the expansion of the Justice and Equality in the Workplace program, a highly successful public-private sector partnership to protect the employment rights of Latino immigrants. The initiative, created in July 2001 by the EEOC's Houston District Office, now enters Phase II with the participation of two more federal agencies and

Consent Decree Also Provides Injunctive Relief and Outside Monitoring of Entertainment Giant

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced an $875,000 settlement of an employment discrimination lawsuit against Technicolor Videocassette, Inc. (TVI) at its Camarillo, Calif., video/DVD processing plant, on behalf of a class of women who alleged they were subjected to serious, mostly verbal, sexual harassment and to retaliation. TVI is the leading global supplier and distributor of DVDs

Electronic Version Has Full Search Capabilities and is Available Through Direct Order

WASHINGTON - Chair Cari M. Dominguez today announced that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has made its seven-volume set of Technical Assistance Resource Manuals available for purchase on CD-ROM.  For the first time, computer users can search this comprehensive resource on workplace

Commission Chair Dominguez to Address 500 Federal Officials on EEO Complaint Process

WASHINGTON - The U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its annual Federal Employment Law Conference for government employees, managers, union officials, and other federal sector stakeholders on August 27 through August 30, 2002, at the Bally's Park Place Resort in Atlantic City

Commission Rescinds Prior Guidance, Issues Charge Processing Instructions

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today reaffirmed that the Supreme Court's decision in Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board, 122 S. Ct. 1275 (2002), does not affect the government's ability to root out discrimination against undocumented workers.  Federal law makes it illegal to discriminate against any worker in the United States, regardless of immigration status.  In response

WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), traveled to Baraboo, Wisconsin, yesterday to address the agency's longstanding relationship with the Native American community and emphasize the Commission's continued commitment to advance job opportunities and support the elimination of workplace discrimination on or near Indian reservations.  Chair Dominguez participated in

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) now offers information online about how small businesses can take part in free workshops around the country addressing Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the benefits of hiring people with disabilities.  An overview of this new program, regional staff contacts, and a developing calendar

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the publication of a final rule to clarify the application of the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)

New Fact Sheets Part of Agency's Ongoing Efforts to Prevent Backlash Discrimination

WASHINGTON --  U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Cari M. Dominguez today announced the availability of two new fact sheets, for employers and employees respectively, addressing frequently asked questions about the employment of Muslims, Arabs, South Asians and Sikhs.  These materials represent EEOC's latest in a series of efforts to proactively prevent September 11-related workplace backlash against people who are, or are

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) today announced a mediated settlement for $2.2 million of EEOC's lawsuit which alleged that BNSF violated the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) by genetically testing or seeking to test 36 of its employees without their knowledge or consent.  The genetic test was part of a comprehensive diagnostic medical examination that BNSF required of certain

Testimony to Focus on Women, Minorities and People with Disabilities in the Workforce

WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will testify before the Canadian House of Commons's Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities on Thursday, April 25, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.  She

New Online Resource to Assist Agencies in Implementing and Improving Mediation Programs

  WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced the posting of a new federal sector Web page containing the most comprehensive information available on

EEOC and Postal Service Enter First-Ever Partnership on Alternative Dispute Resolution

WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced the implementation of an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) program with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to improve the processing of discrimination complaints by Postal workers nationwide.  Under the initiative

African-American Workers Subjected to Hangman's Nooses, Racist Slurs and Graffiti

CHICAGO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $1,825,000 settlement of a racial harassment lawsuit on behalf of 32

ST. LOUIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that the agency and attorneys for a class of over 5,000 women have reached an agreement in principle with Rent- A-Center, Inc. to settle two lawsuits alleging class-wide sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  The company has agreed to pay a cash settlement of $47,000,000 and to begin making wide-ranging institutional changes.  Rent-A-Center, based in

WASHINGTON - Leslie E. Silverman was sworn in today as a Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to serve the remainder of a term expiring July 1, 2003. Ms. Silverman was nominated by President George W. Bush on February 11, 2002, and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate by a voice vote last week on March 1.

"The EEOC is fortunate to add Leslie Silverman to its team

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that a federal court has approved a $1,245,000 settlement of a class action race discrimination lawsuit brought by EEOC and private counsel against McKesson Water Products Company and Groupe Danone (which acquired McKesson in 2000).  The suit was filed under Title VII OF the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Judge Florence Marie Cooper of the U.S. District Court for

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that a $6.8 million consent decree with retail giant Wal-Mart Stores was signed today by Federal District Court Judge Garland Burrell in Sacramento, Calif. The decree resolves the EEOC's lawsuit, Case No. S-99-0414-GEB DAD, which alleged that Wal-Mart's pre-employment questionnaire, "Matrix of Essential Job Functions," violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Parties to the decree also have agreed to settle 12 other ADA lawsuits

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) yesterday heard testimony and recommendations from a variety of Arab, Muslim, Sikh, Middle Eastern, and South Asian groups on combating backlash discrimination against members of those communities in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

The EEOC chose this growing issue as the topic of the Commission's first meeting of the Bush administration and the first meeting presided over by new Chair Cari M. Dominguez

WASHINGTON - The next meeting of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will be Tuesday, December 11, at 1:30 p.m. in the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Conference Room (9^th Floor), 1801 L Street, N.W. The public meeting, the first held under the leadership of EEOC Chair Cari M. Dominguez, will focus on employment discrimination in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

"This meeting will serve the public interest by engaging the

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Departments of Justice and Labor today issued a joint statement reaffirming the federal government's commitment to upholding the federal anti-discrimination laws in the aftermath of the events of September 11.  The statement, posted on the Commission's Web site (www.eeoc.gov), focuses on preventing and redressing

TUCSON and PHOENIX - Beginning this week, and for the next two weeks, ABC, CBS and NBC affiliates in Arizona will air a 60-second commercial in Phoenix and Tucson featuring two young men who are deaf telling about their experience filing a lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), and later working for Wal-Mart.  Jeremy Fass and William Darnell will talk about their experience using American