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EEOC Chair Issues Statement on Equal Pay Day 2013

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 is Equal Pay Day, the day that marks the end of the extra period of time that the average woman in the U.S. must work in order to earn what the average man earned during the previous year.
April 9, 2013

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Bojangles' Franchise Sued by EEOC For Religious Discrimination

Bo-Cherry, Inc., a North Carolina corporation that operates several Bojangles' restaurants in the Charlotte metro area, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate an employee's religious beliefs and then fired him because of his religion, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
April 4, 2013

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East Coast Waffles Settles EEOC Lawsuit for Retaliation

East Coast Waffles, Inc., an Atlanta-based company which owns and operates more than 100 Waffle House restaurants in Florida and Virginia, has agreed to settle a retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
March 28, 2013

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EEOC Sues Presbyterian Healthcare for Disability Discrimination

Presbyterian Healthcare Associates Corp., one of the largest health care institutions in North Carolina, violated federal law by refusing to hire an applicant for a phlebotomist position because of an impairment to his left knee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. 
March 26, 2013

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Voss Lighting to Pay $82,500 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

Voss Electric Co., doing business as Voss Lighting, will pay $82,500 and furnish company-wide injunctive relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that the Lincoln, Neb.-based supplier of replacement lighting products violated federal law by refusing to hire a qualified applicant at its Tulsa location because of his religious beliefs.
March 19, 2013

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EEOC Cleveland Field Office Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Mexican Consulate

The Cleveland Field Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Detroit Consulate of Mexico today.  The agreement establishes an ongoing collaborative relationship between these two entities to provide Mexican nationals with information, guidance, and access to resources on the prevention of discrimination in the workplace, regardless of documentation status.  Mexican Consul Vicente Sanchez Ventura and Cynthia Stankiewicz, acting director of the EEOC's Cleveland Field Office, will sign the agreement.  
March 19, 2013

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Leading Senior Assisted Living Company Settles Religious Discrimination Suit with EEOC

Texas – Senior Living Properties, LLC, which owns 35 senior assisted living facilities in Texas, will pay $42,500 and furnish extensive injunctive relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged the company with denying a religious accommodation to an employee.
March 18, 2013

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Day & Zimmerman Resolve EEOC Racial Discrimination Claims for $190,000

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Day & Zimmerman NPS, a leading supplier of maintenance, labor, and construction services to the power industry, yesterday filed a consent decree resolving EEOC's claims that Day & Zimmerman violated federal law by creating a hostile work environment for an African-American laborer.  In the lawsuit, EEOC alleged that Day & Zimmerman, through its foreman at the Poletti Power Plant in Astoria, Queens, N.Y., had subjected Carlos Hughes to physical and verbal racial harassment.
March 13, 2013

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EEOC Sues QSI / Stellar Management Group for Sex Discrimination

Stellar Management Group, Inc., doing business as QSI, a contract sanitations services company that provides sanitation services to meat processing facilities in middle Georgia, violated federal law when it fired a female supervisor because of her sex, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
March 12, 2013

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EEOC New Orleans Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Mexican Consulate

The New Orleans Field Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Consulate of Mexico in New Orleans on March 14.  The agreement establishes an ongoing collaborative relationship between these two entities to provide Mexican nationals with information, guidance, and access to resources on the prevention of discrimination in the workplace, regardless of documentation status.  Andrea García Guerra, consul of Mexico in New Orleans, and Keith T. Hill, director of EEOC's New Orleans Field Office, will sign the agreement.
March 11, 2013

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Federal Court Grants Injunction Against A.C. Widenhouse in EEOC Race Harassment Cast

Following on the heels of a legal victory for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a North Carolina federal court has awarded more than $243,000 and injunctive relief against A.C. Widenhouse, Inc., a Concord, N.C.-based trucking company, in a race harassment and retaliation case, the agency announced today.
March 8, 2013

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EEOC Announces 2013 Federal Training Courses

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the online posting of its 2013 Federal Training Course schedule, available at www.eeotraining.eeoc.gov
March 7, 2013

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Reed Pierce's Pays $20,000 to Settle  EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit

Reed Pierce's Sportsman's Grille, doing business as Reed Pierce's bar in Byram, Miss., will pay $20,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that a female server was removed from the weekly schedule and fired because of her pregnancy.
February 14, 2013

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EEOC Sues Florida Construction Security Services for Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

A Florida full-service asset protection security firm violated federal law by firing an employee because of his disability, a missing arm, and then punishing him for complaining about the discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.  The EEOC had charged that Florida Commercial Security Services, Corp., doing business as Florida Construction Security Services (FCSS), terminated a guard for failing to wear his prosthetic arm, even though it was unnecessary, and then refused to assign him to another position because he filed a discrimination charge with the EEOC.
February 7, 2013

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Cappo Management to Pay $85,000 to Settle  EEOC Retaliation Lawsuit

Cappo Management, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation and automobile dealership doing business as Victory Nissan of Dickson, will pay $85,000 in monetary damages to resolve a retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 
January 30, 2013

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EEOC Reports Nearly 100,000 Job Bias Charges in Fiscal Year 2012

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that it received 99,412 private sector workplace discrimination charges during fiscal year 2012, down slightly from the previous year. The year-end data also show that retaliation (37,836), race (33,512) and sex discrimination (30,356), which includes allegations of sexual harassment and pregnancy were, respectively, the most frequently filed charges. The fiscal year runs Oct. 1 to Sept. 30.  The fiscal year 2012 enforcement and litigation statistics, which include trend data, are available on the EEOC's website at http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistics/enforcement/index.cfm.
January 28, 2013

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EEOC Joins With Louisiana State and Federal Agencies to Promote Farmworker Job Rights

The New Orleans Field Office of the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will join with two other federal agencies, the U.S. Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board, and two state agencies – the Louisiana Workforce Commission and the Louisiana Department of Education – to provide guidance to farmers, advocates, and attorneys on the employment and education rights of workers in the agriculture industry.
January 25, 2013

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Sixth Circuit Issues Second Victory to EEOC in Sex Discrimination Case Against Cintas Corp.

In a second victory for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected Cintas Corporation's petition to reconsider its earlier ruling that the EEOC was wrongly denied permission to litigate a lawsuit alleging Cintas engaged in hiring discrimination against a class of women in Michigan.  The court's one-page order, issued Jan. 15, 2013, indicated that no judge had requested a vote on Cintas' suggestion for full court review.  The case will now return to the district court for further proceedings.
January 17, 2013

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EEOC Seeks Public Comment on  Federal Sector Priorities

The U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that it is seeking public comment regarding its priorities in its federal sector program as part of the agency's recently approved Strategic Enforcement Plan for Fiscal Years 2013-2016 (SEP).
January 14, 2013

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EEOC Sues Fidelity Engineering Corporation for Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

A leading provider of mechanical heating, ventilation and air conditioning services in the Mid-Atlantic area violated federal law when it fired a sheet metal mechanic because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.  Further, the company later unlawfully refused to rehire him because of his disability and in retaliation for filing a charge of discrimination, the agency said. 
January 10, 2013