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Chair Earp Cites Government-Wide Progress, Calls for Further Improvements

WASHINGTON – Naomi C. Earp, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today released the Annual Report on the Federal Work Force for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006, covering October 2005 through September 2006.  The comprehensive report, which informs and advises the President and the U.S. Congress on the state of equal employment opportunity (EEO) government-wide, is available on the agency's web site at

Michigan Seamless Refused to Hire Class of Black Applicants, Agency Charged

DETROIT – A South Lyon, Mich., steel tubing company will pay one half million dollars and implement injunctive relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that Michigan Seamless Tube, after purchasing the assets of its predecessor company, refused to hire a class of African

Alamo Car Rental Fired Young Muslim Woman After 9/11 Attacks for Wearing Head Scarf During Ramadan, Agency Charged

PHOENIX – A Phoenix jury has awarded more than $287,000 in a religious discrimination suit against Alamo Car Rental brought by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged Alamo committed post-9/11 backlash discrimination based on religion when it fired a Somali customer sales representative in December 2001 for refusing to

EEOC Suits Charged Nooses, Swastikas, Graffiti Were Displayed to Harass Black Workers

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has resolved three race discrimination lawsuits in Alabama and Mississippi for a combined total of nearly half a million dollars and injunctive relief – including the settlement of a class case against Pemco Aeroplex, a Birmingham-based aerospace and defense company, involving nooses, swastikas and other threatening symbols creating a

Commission Hears from Broad Range of Expert Panelists at Public Meeting

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today held a public meeting focusing on employer best practices to achieve work/family balance, and issued a guidance document on how agency-enforced laws apply to workers with caregiving responsibilities.

The new guidance is being issued by the EEOC as a proactive measure to address an emerging discrimination issue in

EEOC Consent Decree Also Includes Work Force Training, Other Injunctive Relief

DENVER – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has settled a discrimination lawsuit alleging racial and national origin harassment against Professional Transit Management, doing business as Springs Transit.  The Colorado Springs facility will pay $450,000, to be divided between six class members, according to the terms of the consent decree resolving the case – which also

Union Allegedly Refused to Refer Journeypersons for Work On Equal Basis Due to Race and National Origin

NEW YORK – Local 580, Ornamental Iron Workers, a construction trade union in New York City, will pay $800,000 and provide substantial remedial relief to partially settle a contempt action filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC had charged that Local 580 failed and refused to

EEOC Says Benenson Rehabilitation Pavilion Harassed Black and Caribbean Workers

NEW YORK – A New York geriatric center will pay $900,000 to settle a class race and national origin discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today (case, Civ. No. 05-4601, filed in federal court in the Eastern District of New York). 

The EEOC charged that Flushing Manor Geriatric Center, Inc., doing

Naomi C. Earp to Deliver Address On Race Discrimination and Campus Diversity

WASHINGTON – On Monday, April 23, Naomi C. Earp, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will deliver a speech at the Clyde Wells Fine Arts Building at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, at 1:30 p.m. Chair Earp will address race discrimination and the value of student diversity on campus.

Promoting inclusive workplaces for people of color

Chief of Federal Civil Rights Enforcement Agency Speaks Out Amid National Debate

WASHINGTON – Naomi C. Earp, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the nation's leading civil rights enforcement agency, today publicly called on the media and entertainment industry to make greater efforts to combat racism, in light of the dialogue spurred by Don Imus's remarks:

AN OPEN LETTER TO DON IMUS, BERNARD MCGUIRK, MSNBC AND CBS FROM EEOC CHAIR NAOMI

Federal Judge Cites Involvement of Top Management in Permitting Harassment and in Retaliating Against Victims

CHICAGO – A federal district judge this morning entered final judgment in an amount exceeding $1.1 million in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and against Custom Companies, a Northlake, Ill., trucking company in a sexual harassment case brought by the agency under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

In a 50-page Memorandum

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

E-RACE Initiative to Highlight New and Emerging Discrimination Issues Nationwide

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today launched a national initiative to bring a fresh, 21st century approach to combating racism, which remains the most frequent claim filed with the agency.  EEOC Chair Naomi C. Earp unveiled the initiative, E-RACE (Eradicating Racism And Colorism from Employment), during a public meeting at agency headquarters that featured panels of experts and victims.

Latest Q&A Fact Sheet Explains How Americans with Disabilities Act Applies to Employment in the Health Care Industry

WASHINGTON - Naomi C. Earp, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced the issuance of a new question-and-answer (Q&A) fact sheet on the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to job applicants and employees in the health care industry. The new publication, part of a

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will  unveil a national initiative called E-RACE, Eradicating Racism and Colorism  from Employment, at its next public meeting on Wednesday, February 28, from  9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 1801 L Street, N.W.  (Ninth Floor, Commission Meeting Room).

  Invited experts will address race and color discrimination in the 21st  century workplace from a diverse range of perspectives. Additionally,  EEOC regional

Eighth Circuit Says Lower Court Erred in Dismissing Case

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit today ruled that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) may continue its disability discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (EEOC v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Case No. 06-1583), reversing a lower court’s dismissal of the case.

The EEOC filed suit against Wal-Mart in January 2004 on behalf of Steve Bradley

Race and Sex Discrimination, Retaliation Most Frequently Filed Cases

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) last year received a total of 75,768 discrimination charges against private sector employers, the first increase in charge filings since 2002, the federal agency reported today as part of its Fiscal Year 2006 data.

The year-end statistics, available online at http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/enforcement.html, show that charges based on race (27,238), sex (23,247), and retaliation (22,555)

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 work environ­ment for a  group of African American

EEOC Settles Suit for Class of African American Employees; Remedial Relief Included

PHILADELPHIA -- Target Corporation, the Minneapolis-based retail sales giant, has agreed to pay $775,000 to a group of black workers as part of a litigation settlement of a race discrimination and retaliation case brought by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.  The settlement also includes employer training and other remedial relief.

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 they were pregnant. 

According

CHICAGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (Chase) today announced the $2.2 million settlement of a claim brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) against Bank One Corporation.

The EEOC issued an administrative determination on March 11, 2004, finding that there was reasonable cause to believe that Bank One violated the ADA by failing to properly accommodate a group of employees who were medically released to return

Women Rejected for Jobs at Armour Sausage Plant Because of 'Strength Test'

DES MOINES, Iowa – A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court's decision that a pre-employment "strength test" discriminated against female applicants for jobs at the Dial Corporation's Armour Star sausage-making plant in Fort Madison, Iowa.  The decision also affirmed the award of approximately $3.3 million to 52 rejected female job applicants.  The case arose from a lawsuit by the U.S. Equal

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

Court Says Jury Should Decide Whether Policy was Reasonable or Unlawful

ST. LOUIS – A federal court ruled today in a nationwide lawsuit that Allstate Insurance Company's one-year moratorium on rehiring its former sales agents had an adverse impact on older agents, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced.

Judge E. Richard Webber, of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in St