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EEOC Approves Strategic Enforcement Plan

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently approved a Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP) to establish national enforcement priorities and better integrate enforcement responsibilities.  The SEP passed 3-1 with bipartisan support.
December 18, 2012

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WirelessComm to Pay $97,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

WirelessComm, a distributor for the Metro PCS cell phone service provider, will pay $97,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
December 6, 2012

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Safelite Glass Settles Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Case for $50,000

Safelite Glass Co., the nation's leading provider of auto glass repair and replacement services, will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a federal lawsuit for sexual harassment and retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
December 5, 2012

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RockTenn Services Pays $500,000 to Settle EEOC Race Harassment Suit

RockTenn Services Company, Inc. an Atlanta-based manufacturing company, will pay $500,000 to 14 employees and provide other significant relief to settle a racially hostile environment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The consent decree settling the suit, signed today by U.S. Federal District Judge Jane Boyle, resolves the EEOC's claims against RockTenn.  The EEOC charged RockTenn with subjecting a class of African-American employees to race discrimination.
December 3, 2012

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DHL Global Forwarding Pays $201,000 to Settle EEOC National Origin Discrimination Suit

Air Express International, USA, Inc. and Danzas Corporation, doing business as DHL Global Forwarding, will pay $201,000 to nine employees and provide other significant relief to settle a national origin hostile environment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).  The settlement, announced today, resolves the EEOC's and Plaintiff-Intervenor Carlos Villanueva's claims against DHL Global.  The EEOC charged DHL Global with subjecting a class of Hispanic employees to national origin discrimination.  The EEOC's suit also resolved a retaliation claim by one non-Hispanic employee who was allegedly fired for a brief time after he reported the treatment of Hispanic employees.
December 3, 2012

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Sutter Transfer to Pay $30K to Settle EEOC Race Harassment Lawsuit

Yuba City-based Sutter Transfer Service, Inc., a trucking company, and Fiveway, LLC, an earthmoving farming company, have agreed to pay $30,000 to an African-American driver and his white co-worker to settle a federal racial harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
November 30, 2012

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EEOC'S Detroit Field Office Director and Mexican Consulate Sign Historic Outreach Agreement

The Detroit Field Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Consulate of Mexico in Detroit today.  The agreement establishes an ongoing collaboration 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 immigration status.  Mexican Consul General Vicente Sanchez Ventura and Detroit Field Office Director Gail D. Cober signed the agreement.  The Detroit Field Office is part of the EEOC's Indianapolis District.
November 29, 2012

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South Carolina Retirement Community Settles EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Suit

Ashlan Village, Inc., doing business as Ashlan Village Retirement Community, a retirement and assisted living facility located in Lyman, S.C., will pay $40,000 and provide non-monetary relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
November 27, 2012

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Señor Frog's, Altres Sued By EEOC For Severe, Rampant Sexual Harassment

Señor Frog's, a popular chain of Mexican-themed restaurants and bars, violated federal law by allowing the rampant sexual harassment of its female employees in Honolulu by high-level officials including the company owner, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today against both Señor Frog's and Altres, Inc.  Altres, a Hawaiian staffing company, was contracted by Señor Frog's to provide human resources services and oversee the company's non-management staff at the Señor Frog's restaurant & bar in Honolulu.
November 2, 2012

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EEOC Wins Rare Partial Summary Judgment Ruling in Racial Harassment Case

A federal judge has granted partial summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and denied an employer's motion for sanctions in an EEOC class racial harassment case against a Utah construction company, the federal agency announced today.  In so doing, the judge found that three black employees were subjected to an objectively hostile work environment and that the employer may not assert an affirmative defense to liability.  United States District Judge Dale A. Kimball also denied the employer's motion for sanctions, characterizing it as "wholly without merit."
October 16, 2012

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Court Orders AA Foundries to Take Extensive Measures to Prevent Racial Harassment

A federal judge has ordered AA Foundries, Inc., a local San Antonio manufacturer of ferrous castings and producer of foundry mold machines, to implement extensive measures to prevent racial harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.  The EEOC had charged in the underlying lawsuit that African-American employees at AA Foundries routinely experienced racially offensive treatment.  The order follows a jury award of $200,000 in punitive damages to three former employees of AA Foundries.
October 12, 2012

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EEOC Sues to Redress Sexual Harassment of Vulnerable Farmworkers

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed three lawsuits this week  alleging sexual harassment and abuse of farmworkers—a group which is particularly vulnerable due to isolated working conditions and lack of familiarity with the protections of the law.  The lawsuits are part of an ongoing effort to protect workers in agricultural industries.
October 5, 2012

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Roy Farms Sued by EEOC for Male-on-Male Sexual Harassment

Eastern Washington grower Roy Farms violated federal law by allowing a supervisor to sexually harass male laborers, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
October 4, 2012

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Egg Giant National Food Sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment

National Food Corporation, a major supplier of eggs to the Pacific Northwestern and Midwestern United States and East Asia, violated federal law by allowing a supervisor to demand sex from a female employee as the price of keeping her job, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
October 4, 2012

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America's Largest Onion Grower Sued by EEOC for Harassment and Retaliation

A Hermiston, Ore., farm which calls itself America's largest onion grower violated federal law when a supervisor reinforced the domestic abuse of a female employee with workplace harassment and retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
October 3, 2012

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MMR Constructors Sued by EEOC For Racial Harassment

MMR Constructors, Inc. violated federal law by subjecting African-American employees to a hostile work environment because of their race, including a late-night death threat at one victim's home, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
October 1, 2012

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JEC Enterprises Sued By EEOC for Sex Harassment

JEC Enterprises, Inc., which operates at least four McDonald's restaurants in Albuquerque, violated federal law by subject­ing a group of female employees, including teens, to sexual harassment and forcing some women to resign, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed September 28th.
October 1, 2012