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PRESS RELEASE
10-19-07

Federal Agency Identifies Internet Fraud Being Perpetrated Against Employers

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) late today notified the business community and general public to a "phishing" e-mail circulating to companies that purports to be from the federal agency regarding a harassment complaint. The bogus e-mail contains a Trojan Horse Virus that is likely to harm a recipient's computer if the user clicks

PRESS RELEASE
10-17-01

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today re-opened for business at a temporary Manhattan location, restoring essential agency services to residents of the New York area. New contact information is available to the public.

The EEOC's New York District Office had been located on the 18th floor of Building 7 of the World Trade Center and was destroyed, along with case files and

PRESS RELEASE
10-16-07

Hispanic Employees Paid Less Than Non-Hispanics, Denied Promotion and Health Benefits, Federal Agency Says

NEW YORK – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a complaint and entered into a consent decree in federal district court with B & H Foto and Electronics Corp., resolving a national origin discrimination case on behalf of Hispanic workers at one of the largest retail sellers of photographic

PRESS RELEASE
10-13-04

New Data Show Declining Processing Time and Inventory for Hearings and Appeals; Increasing Monetary Benefits for Victims

WASHINGTON - Discrimination complaints filed by federal employees and applicants against Cabinet departments and agencies are being processed faster by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the pending inventory of hearings and appeals has been reduced, and monetary benefits have increased, according to preliminary data for Fiscal Year

PRESS RELEASE
10-11-02

WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced a new web page describing the agency's role in coordinating the federal government's efforts to eradicate discrimination in the American workplace. The web page, which may be accessed through www.eeoc.gov, highlights the EEOC's leadership in ensuring that federal agencies work together in opposition to workplace discrimination.

"The federal effort to

PRESS RELEASE
10-1-07

EEOC Settles Suit Charging Male Former Regional Vice President With Victimizing Male Former Senior Accounts Executive

MIAMI – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that United HealthCare of Florida, Inc. will pay $1.8 million to settle a same-sex harassment and retaliation lawsuit charging that the male former regional vice president of key accounts subjected a male former top senior account executive to repeated

PRESS RELEASE
1-8-07

Motherhood Maternity Refused to Hire Pregnant Applicants and Fired Assistant Manager for Complaining, Agency Charged

MIAMI – A Philadelphia-based maternity clothes retailer will pay $375,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Mothers Work, Inc., doing business as Motherhood Maternity, refused to hire qualified female applicants because

PRESS RELEASE
1-7-08

Company’s Plant Manager Harassed and Forced Out Hispanic Employees, Federal Agency Says

PORTLAND, Ore. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that it has resolved its national origin discrimination lawsuit brought against Supreme Corporation and Supreme Northwest LLC for $427,000 and other relief.

The EEOC had charged the Indiana-based automotive manufacturer harassed and subjected seven employees at its Woodburn, Ore., facility to disparate

PRESS RELEASE
1-7-00

Chicago, IL. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") announced today that Judge David H. Coar of the United States District Court in Chicago has entered a $1.3 million Consent Decree resolving an EEOC racial and sexual harassment lawsuit against Foster Wheeler Constructors, Inc. ("Foster Wheeler"). The lawsuit, which EEOC filed in 1998, arose from complaints EEOC received regarding racial and sexual harassment at a Foster

PRESS RELEASE
1-31-07

Fortune 500 Company Subjected African Americans to Nooses, Threats, Nazi and KKK Messages, Agency Charged

PITTSBURGH C AK Steel Corporation will pay $600,000 to settle a racial harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that the Fortune 500 company violated federal law at its Butler, Pa., facility by creating and condoning a racially hostile

PRESS RELEASE
1-31-01

Legal Action by EEOC and Plaintiff Interveners Results in $1.8 Million For African-American Workers

SEATTLE -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a major settlement of a lawsuit filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against Larson Automotive Group, a Tacoma-based auto dealership, for subjecting a class of African-American employees to persistent racial harassment.

Under the terms of the

PRESS RELEASE
1-24-08

EEOC Settles Class Suit for Black Employees at Racially Hostile Workplace

HIGH POINT, N.C. -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a racial harassment lawsuit for $465,000 and significant remedial relief against Henredon Furniture Industries, Inc. on behalf of African American employees who were subjected to a persistent racially hostile work environment at a furniture plant.

According to the EEOC

PRESS RELEASE
1-21-05

EEOC and Plaintiff's Counsel Score Victory for Latina Farmworker Sexually Assaulted By Her Supervisor

Fresno, Calif. - In a trial ending today, a jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in Fresno returned a $994,000 verdict in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Olivia Tamayo and her private counsel, W.J. Smith & Associates, in their sexual harassment lawsuit against

Imagen

PRESS RELEASE
1-2-08

EEOC Says African American Electrician Subjected to ‘N-Word’ and Threats of Lynching at Worksites Across the Country

HONOLULU -- The U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a major settlement of a race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against Lockheed Martin, the world's largest military contractor, for $2,500,000 and other relief on behalf of an African American electrician who was subjected to a racially hostile work

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
1-18-01

Private Sector Backlog Down, Administrative Monetary Benefits Up

WASHINGTON -- Ida L. Castro, Chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today issued the agency's Accomplishments Report For Fiscal Year 2000 (covering the period of Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000). The report shows that despite actual reductions in its operating budget, the Commission was able to cut its pending inventory (backlog) of private

PRESS RELEASE
1-15-03

NEWARK, N.J. - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced the resolution of its employment discrimination lawsuit against Babies "R" Us, Inc., a division of the toy store giant, Toys "R" Us of Paramus, N.J. The lawsuit charged the company with subjecting Andres Vasquez of Paterson, N.J., to a sexually hostile work environment because of his sex, male, in violation of Title VII of

PRESS RELEASE
1-13-09

Orrington Firm Subjected Employees to Sexual Advances and Scientology Indoctrination and Fired Those Who Complained, Federal Agency Charged

CHICAGO – A Chicago dental practice will pay $462,500 to settle a class sexual and religious harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

In its lawsuit, the EEOC alleged that James L. Orrington, D.M.D., Ltd. discriminated against 18