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WASHINGTON -  In observance of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a fact sheet on the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to persons with intellectual disabilities in the workplace.  The new publication is available at www.eeoc.gov.

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New Data Show Declining Processing Time and Inventory for Hearings and Appeals; Increasing Monetary Benefits for Victims

WASHINGTON -  Discrimination complaints filed by federal employees and applicants against Cabinet departments and agencies are being processed faster by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the pending inventory of hearings

Agency Reaches Out to High Schools to Educate Teens About Employment Rights

WASHINGTON -  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today visited local high schools in the Mid-Atlantic and the Southwest, as part of the federal agency's "Youth@Work" initiative  an unprecedented year-long national outreach and education campaign

EEOC Issues Call to Retail Industry for Best Practices

WASHINGTON  - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will release a new study, "Retail Distribution Centers: How New Business Processes Impact Minority Labor Markets," tomorrow, Friday, October 8.  The full text of the

EEOC's 72nd National Mediation Agreement and First with Silicon Valley High-Tech Company

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Intel Corporation, the world's largest chip maker, today announced the signing of a partnership in the form of a National Universal Agreement to Mediate (NUAM) to informally resolve workplace disputes through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) prior to an EEOC investigation or potential litigation.

The NUAM, the 72nd such agreement signed by

EEOC's 72nd National Mediation Agreement and             First with Silicon Valley High-Tech Company

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Intel Corporation, the world's largest chip maker, today announced the signing of a partnership in the form of a National Universal Agreement to Mediate (NUAM) to informally resolve workplace disputes through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) prior

Government Suit Charged Diversified Technology Giant with         Firing and Demoting Class of Employees due to Ageism

NEWARK, N.J. -  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has resolved a class action employment discrimination lawsuit against Morristown, N.J.-based Honeywell International, a global diversified technology company with over 100,000 employees in 95 countries.  EEOC's litigation alleged violations

Influential Civil Rights Group Thanks Commission for its 'Landmark Contributions'

DEARBORN, Michigan    On Saturday evening, October 2, Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will accept the distinguished "Friend In Government" award from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), a prominent national civil rights

National Effort to Educate Teen Employees About Their Rights and Responsibilities

WASHINGTON - Commissioner Stuart J. Ishimaru of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) met this morning with students of McKinley Technology High School in the District of Columbia, as the agency's new "Youth@Work" initiative continues in the

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) yesterday awarded to Pearson Government Solutions a contract for a pilot National Contact Center to begin operating in spring 2005, following a six-month planning and training period.  The center is intended to enhance customer service in responding to an estimated one million or more unsolicited inquiries received by

New Web Site, National Outreach and Partnerships to Focus on Emerging Issue

WASHINGTON -  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the implementation of its "Youth@Work" initiative, an unprecedented national outreach and education campaign designed to proactively prevent discrimination against teenage workers. Information about the initiative can be found on EEOC's

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today voted 3-1 to authorize funds for a contract award that will establish a two-year pilot National Contact Center to handle unsolicited calls for general information.

"A National Contact Center is urgently needed to give the public what we do not and cannot now provide as we labor under inherent limitations of our technology and staffing structure an open door to the EEOC," Commission

Agreement to Use Alternative Dispute Resolution for Employment Disputes

TACOMA, Wash. - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the City of Tacoma today announced a Universal Agreement to Mediate (UAM) to submit all appropriate charges of employment discrimination filed with the EEOC to the federal agency's voluntary, mediation-based Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) program.

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62nd Mediation Partnership Between Federal Agency and Corporate America

WASHINGTON – Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and John Tyson, Chairman and CEO of Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN), today signed a National Universal Agreement to Mediate (NUAM) to informally resolve workplace disputes through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) prior to an EEOC investigation or potential litigation. The NUAM with the food company is the 62nd such agreement between the

62nd Mediation Partnership Between Federal Agency and Corporate America

WASHINGTON – Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and John Tyson, Chairman and CEO of Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN), today signed a National Universal Agreement to Mediate (NUAM) to informally resolve workplace disputes through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) prior to an EEOC investigation or potential litigation.  The NUAM

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will vote this Friday, September 17, in a public meeting on the authorization of funds for a contract award that would establish a pilot National Contact Center to handle unsolicited calls for general information.  The meeting will take place at EEOC Headquarters, 1801 L Street, NW, Washington, D.C., at 10:00 a.m.  EEOC staff who have worked on the contact center proposal will be available to answer

57th National Universal Agreement to Mediate Between Commission and Major Employer

MIAMI -  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Education America/Remington College today announced the signing of a National Universal Agreement to Mediate (NUAM) to informally resolve workplace disputes through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) prior to an EEOC investigation or potential litigation.

Today's agreement marks the 57TH NUAM that EEOC has signed with

Federal Court Order Also Mandates Bias-Free Hiring               At Leading Chicago-Area Meat Processor

CHICAGO -  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced this morning that a federal judge in Chicago has entered a $2.5 million Consent Decree ending two and one-half years of

EEOC Suit Alleged Retaliation and Harassment Based on Race, Sex, and National Origin

DENVER -  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the simultaneous filing and resolution of a class-wide discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against Atlanta-based Home Depot, U.S.A., Inc., on behalf of employees in the company's Colorado stores (Civil Action No. 04 D 1776; U.S. District of Colorado).

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57th National Universal Agreement to Mediate Between Commission and Major Employer

MIAMI - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Education America/Remington College today announced the signing of a National Universal Agreement to Mediate (NUAM) to informally resolve workplace disputes through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) prior to an EEOC investigation or potential litigation.

Today's agreement marks the 57TH NUAM that EEOC has signed with a large, broad-based employer and continues the trend of major