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Welcome to the EEOC's Virtual Newsroom, which offers a wide range of information and materials on the Commission's history, functions, procedures, programs, actions and staff, on the statutes we enforce, and on related research, data and statistics. We encourage everyone to browse and search through our continually updated Press Kit, which provides extensive background and context for virtually any question.

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Logic Staffing Sued by EEOC For Disability Discrimination

A Western Washington staffing and recruiting company violated federal law when it refused to consider a qualified job applicant because he is deaf, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today.
November 1, 2018

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El Vallarta Restaurant Sued for Sexual Harassment

El Vallarta, a Nebraska restaurant, violated Title VII when it allowed a supervisor and other workers to sexually harass a teenage female employee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
November 1, 2018

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Absolut Care to Pay $465,000 To Settle EEOC Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Suit

Absolut Facilities Management, LLC, doing business as Absolut Care LLC, a family of nursing and health care facilities in upstate New York, will pay $465,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy and disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
October 22, 2018

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SMS Group to Pay up to $62,000 to Resolve EEOC Discrimination Finding

SMS Group Inc., formerly known as SMS Technical Services, LLC and SMS Millcraft LLC, headquartered in Cranberry Township Pennsylvania has agreed to resolve a disability and genetic information non-discrimination charge filed by the Indianapolis District Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). 
October 18, 2018

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Rosebud Restaurants To Pay $160,000 To Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment And Retaliation Lawsuit

Rosebud Restaurants, Inc. will pay $160,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC's lawsuit charged Rosebud, which owns approximately nine Italian restaurants in the Chicagoland area, with violating federal civil rights laws when it subjected two women to sexual harassment, and fired one of the women after she complained about the harassment and objected to employees referring to African-Americans by racial slurs.
October 15, 2018

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EEOC Sues Rainbow USA For Pregnancy Discrimination

Rainbow USA Inc., a specialty apparel chain, violated federal law when it terminated a manager upon becoming aware of her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today
October 1, 2018

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EEOC Files Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Against Chenmed, LLC And PMR Virginia Holding, LLC 

ChenMed, LLC and PMR of Virginia Holding, LLC are Delaware Corporations doing business in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the City of Norfolk.  ChenMed, LLC and PMR of Virginia Holding, LLC, violated federal law when they terminated one of their employees for her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 28, 2018

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EEOC Sues NDI Office Furniture, LLC For Sex Discrimination and Retaliation

Nashville-based NDI Office Furniture, LLC, the largest office furniture distributor in the Southern United States, violated federal law by systematically refusing to hire women to work at its Birmingham warehouse, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. When a female job applicant complained to corporate headquarters about the discriminatory policy, NDI unlawfully retaliated against her and her son, an NDI employee, by firing him, the EEOC further charged.
September 28, 2018

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EEOC Sues Rancho San Miguel Market for Disability Discrimination

Local grocery outlet, PAQ, Inc., dba Rancho San Miguel Market, violated federal law when it fired a deli clerk after she requested an accommodation for a disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced in a lawsuit filed today.
September 28, 2018

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The Krystal Company Sued by EEOC For Disability Discrimination

The Krystal Company, the owner and operator of a quick-serve hamburger restaurant chain headquartered in Dunwoody, Georgia, unlawfully discriminated against an employee when it refused to accommodate her disability and fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today in Atlanta, Georgia.
September 28, 2018

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Nissin Brake Georgia, Inc., Sued by EEOC For  Race Discrimination and Retaliation

Nissin Brake Georgia, Inc., a manufacturer of brakes and other automobile parts located in Rock Spring, Georgia, unlawfully discriminated against Harlan Breaux, one of its shift supervisors, when it subjected him to harassment based on his race and then discharged him in retaliation for complaining about the racial harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
September 27, 2018

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EEOC Sues IHG Army Hotels For Disability Discrimination

PML Services, LLC, which operates the IHG Army Hotel in Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, violated federal law when it fired an employee for being absent while recovering from a seizure, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 27, 2018

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EEOC Sues Kaydon Corporation  For Disability Discrimination

Kaydon Corporation, a Delaware corporation headquartered in Muskegon, Mich., violated federal law when it denied an employee of its Sumter, S.C., plant leave following a heart attack and then discharged him, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. Kaydon's Sumter plant manufactures ball bearings for use in medical systems, industrial machinery, semiconductors and aerospace/defense markets.
September 27, 2018

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EEOC Sues Alliance Ground International For  Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

Alliance Ground International, a cargo handling company with operations at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, violated federal law when it failed to address complaints from multiple women about being sexual harassed by a male supervisor, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. The lawsuit also charged that Alliance Ground unlawfully fired a male employee in retaliation for his complaints on behalf of women whom he observed being harassed.
September 27, 2018