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PRESS RELEASE
7-13-09

Springfield Construction Company Subjected Worker to Crude, Obscene Verbal Abuse by Supervisor, Federal Agency Charges

SPRINGFIELD, Ky. – A Springfield, Ky., construction company violated federal law by subjecting a male employee to sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC's suit (Civil Action No. #:09-cv-427-S in U.S. District Court for the Western District of

PRESS RELEASE
7-13-09

Property Service Company Disciplined a Group of Latino Employees, Falsely Assuming They Attended Immigration Rally, Federal Agency Charged

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – ResCom Services, Inc., a Vista, Calif.-based property service company, will pay $115,000 and furnish other relief to settle a national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Latino employees were

PRESS RELEASE
7-13-06

Further Pilot Evaluation to be Conducted by National Academy for Public Administration

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today voted to extend its National Contact Center (NCC) contract with Pearson Government Solutions for one year to September 2007, during which time an evaluation of the NCC will be conducted by the National Academy for Public Administration. The bipartisan vote was 3-2.

The NCC

PRESS RELEASE
7-13-01

Hundreds May Receive Compensation For Alleged Race And Sex Bias By Leading Area Employer

ROCKFORD, Ill. - Federal District Court Judge Philip G. Reinhard today approved a $1.8 million Consent Decree resolving a major race and sex employment discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on behalf of blacks and women alleged

PRESS RELEASE
7-13-00

Special Commission Meeting and ADA Torch Relay Participation also Announced

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a preliminary status report highlighting its enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as part of its commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the landmark civil rights law.

"The ADA, which represents over 20 percent of EEOC's caseload, has been and will continue to

PRESS RELEASE
7-13-00

WASHINGTON - Ida L. Castro, Chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today discussed the trend of increased racial harassment in the workplace, including incidents of hangman's nooses, during remarks to the 91st Annual Convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Baltimore.

"Since the late 1990s, EEOC has witnessed a disturbing national trend of increased racial harassment cases

PRESS RELEASE
7-12-99

WASHINGTON -- As part of a broader effort to improve the effectiveness of its operations, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today changes to its regulations governing the procedures for federal employee discrimination complaints. The changes, published today in the Federal Register, apply to federal employees and applicants for employment in the federal government as well as to the agencies that employ

PRESS RELEASE
7-12-07

WASHINGTON -- Naomi C. Earp, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced a $20 million proposed consent decree resolving a systemic race discrimination lawsuit against Walgreens, the Illinois-based national drug store chain.

The proposed settlement was filed with U.S. District Judge G. Patrick Murphy of the Southern District of Illinois, with a request for his preliminary approval (EEOC v. Walgreen Co., S.D

PRESS RELEASE
7-12-06

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its next public meeting on Thursday, July 13, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 1801 L Street, N.W. (9th Floor). In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the following matters are scheduled for consideration:

• Announcement of Notation Votes
• Obligation of Funds for the EEOC National Contact Center – Option Years

NOTE TO NEWS MEDIA

PRESS RELEASE
7-12-04

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MWD) today announced a $54 million settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act filed on behalf of a class of female officers and women eligible for officer promotion in the firm's Institutional Equity Division. As part of the settlement, at least $2 million will be

PRESS RELEASE
7-12-00

JACKSON, MISS. - Paul Steven Miller, a Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will be in Jackson today and Thursday, to take part in activities celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Tomorrow, July 13, Commissioner Miller will participate in the national "Spirit of the ADA" Torch Relay, which starts at 9:00 a.m. at the offices of the Coalition

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PRESS RELEASE
7-10-97

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued the Policy Statement on Mandatory Binding Arbitration of Employment Discrimination Disputes as a Condition of Employment, supporting its position that agreements that mandate binding arbitration of discrimination claims as a condition of employment are contrary

PRESS RELEASE
7-10-09

Owner & President of Greenville Mental Health Services Provider Abused Female Employees, Federal Agency Charges

GREENVILLE, N.C. – A Greenville mental health services provider violated federal law when it subjected its female employees to a sexually hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

The EEOC’s suit (Civil Action No. 4:09-cv-00122-F), filed in U.S. District Court for the

PRESS RELEASE
7-10-03

Egyptian Manager Fired Because of National Origin Says: 'I Had No Idea that the Rippling Effects of September 11 Would Extend So Far'

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that it has sued Pesce, Ltd., a Houston-based upscale seafood restaurant, under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act for post-9/11 backlash discrimination by firing

PRESS RELEASE
7-1-99

WASHINGTON Ida L. Castro, Chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), said today that Supreme Court decisions this term on employment-related issues under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) provide the Commission with favorable law, as well as significant challenges.

Her remarks to the 10th Annual Convention of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) in New Orleans followed

NEW YORK CITY -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a class action age discrimination lawsuit against the national retail chain of F.W. Woolworth stores alleging that it laid off approximately 300 older workers on the basis of their age during a two-year period.

EEOC filed its suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Venator Group

PRESS RELEASE
7-1-09

Women at EPI’s Mississippi Plant Had to Quit to Escape Abuse, Federal Agency Charges

OXFORD, Miss. – A St. Louis-based plastic injection molding company violated federal law by subjecting a class of female employees at its Sherman, Miss., plant to a sexually hostile work environment and forcing several of them to quit their jobs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charges in a lawsuit filed

PRESS RELEASE
7-1-09

Honolulu Store Forced 73-Year-Old Pharmacist Out of Job, Federal Agency Charges

HONOLULU – Kmart Corporation, which operates several stores in Hawaii, violated federal law by subjecting a 73-year-old female pharmacist to age harassment, retaliation and forcing her out of her job, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today

The EEOC charged in its suit that the pharmacy manager of a

PRESS RELEASE
7-1-02

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, New Jersey. The EEOC's national conference, named EXCEL, provides

PRESS RELEASE
7-08-03

Cornell University Alliance for Education in Dispute Resolution to Serve as Mediators

Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced the implementation of a new internal agency-wide Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) program, called RESOLVE, to settle workplace disputes through

PRESS RELEASE
7-07-03

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will sponsor a community workshop to help Arab, Sikh and South Asian business owners and employees in Northern Virginia prevent, recognize and respond to employment discrimination. This

PRESS RELEASE
7-01-03

Woman Says Harassment ‘Was Part of Job'; Heart of America Restaurant Managers Told Her Not To ‘Get Worked Up About It,' Suit Says

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed

PRESS RELEASE
6-9-09

School Denied Training Opportunities to Employee for Filing Earlier Pregnancy Discrimination Charge, Federal Agency Said

HOUSTON -- The University of Phoenix, Inc. will pay $32,500 and furnish other relief to settle a retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC’s lawsuit, filed in September 2008 (C.A. 4:08-cv-02890 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of

PRESS RELEASE
6-9-08

EEOC Said Long-Time Pharmacy Technician Fired Because of Gunshot Disability

BALTIMORE – Retail giant Wal-Mart will pay $250,000 and furnish significant injunctive relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Wal-Mart failed to accommodate and then fired a long-time pharmacy technician who suffered a disability resulting from a gunshot