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PRESS RELEASE
9-24-09

Community Development Organization Refused to Hire Pregnant Woman for Trainer Job, Federal Agency Charges

ST. LOUIS – Better Family Life, Inc., a community development organization, violated federal law by rescinding a job offer to a woman because she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged today in a discrimination lawsuit filed today in federal court.

According to the EEOC's suit, filed in the

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PRESS RELEASE
3-7-96

WASHINGTON -- In the fourth of a series of Commission meetings focusing on specific types of unlawful employment discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hear presentations by invited experts on discrimination issues affecting Americans with disabilities in the workplace.

The meeting will be held

PRESS RELEASE
9-29-09

Federal Court Approves Largest Monetary Amount Ever in Single EEOC ADA Suit; Employees Allegedly Terminated Based on Inflexible Workers' Compensation Leave Exhaustion Policy

CHICAGO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the entry of a record-setting consent decree resolving a class lawsuit against Sears, Roebuck and Co. (Sears) under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) for $6.2 million and significant remedial relief.

The

PRESS RELEASE
4-15-09

Gary Plant Rescinded Job Offer Because of Disability, Federal Agency Charges

HAMMOND, Ind. – United States Steel Corporation, a Pittsburgh-headquartered steel manufacturing company, violated federal law by denying a job to an applicant because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, U.S. Steel’s Gary, Ind., plant rescinded an offer of employment

PRESS RELEASE
9-30-02

Post-9/11 Backlash Suit Say Muslim Employee Prevented from Wearing Head Scarf

PHOENIX - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the filing of a post-9/11 backlash discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against Alamo Car Rental, owned and operated by Ft. Lauderdale-based Alamo Rent-A-Car LLC and ANC Rental Corporation. The religious bias suit was filed by the federal

PRESS RELEASE
4-23-07

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

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PRESS RELEASE
9-6-06

WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush last week designated Naomi Churchill Earp as Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Chair Earp, who officially took office on Sept. 1., succeeds Cari M. Dominguez, who stepped down after serving a full five-year term.

Between April 2003 and Sept. 1, 2006, Ms. Earp served as Vice Chair of EEOC. During that time, she created and launched

PRESS RELEASE
4-4-05

Suit Says Vegas Hotel's Kitchen Workers Severely Harassed Over Years

LOS ANGELES - A class of kitchen workers was severely sexually harassed by supervisors for years at famed Las Vegas hotel/casino Caesars Palace, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in an employment discrimination lawsuit. The EEOC also said Caesars management illegally retaliated against employees for complaining about the abuse.

The EEOC's suit, EEOC v

PRESS RELEASE
5-13-09

Sales Manager Made Age-Biased Comments and Fired Sales Representative Because of Age, Federal Agency Charged

PHILADELPHIA — A Tullytown, Pa., distributor of home heating oil has agreed to pay $80,000 and provide significant equitable relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. The EEOC charged in its lawsuit that Meenan Oil Company unlawfully fired sales representative Louis Ceccoli

PRESS RELEASE
5-22-06

Decision Compensates State Workers Denied Benefits Under Retirement System

BOSTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that the final settlement of its class action age discrimination lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will result in well over one million dollars in benefits to former state employees.

The EEOC entered a final stipulation on May 15, endorsed by the Court on May 18

5-4-09

La agencia federal (EEOC) consiguió $60,000 para las Cocineras Latinas del restaurante Paragary’s Gold River

SACRAMENTO — La Comisión para la Igualdad en el Empleo de los Estados Unidos (EEOC) anunció hoy, que Paramoor, Inc. pagará $60,000 y proveerá alivio correctivo para cerrar el caso de la demanda legal que presentó la Comisión. El EEOC presentó una demanda en la corte que Paramoor permitió que dos cocineras fueran

PRESS RELEASE
6-15-09

Day Porter Fired Because of Her Sex, Federal Agency Charged

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A San Antonio maintenance company and a real estate management company will pay $29,500 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

San Antonio Building Services & Supply, LLC, (SABSS) and CB Richard Ellis, Inc. (CBRE), the

PRESS RELEASE
1-27-99

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received recommendations yesterday on how to proceed with priority initiatives to improve communications and enhance outreach to minorities, women, and the disability community. The recommendations were presented by a panel of representatives from various civil rights groups at the second Commission Meeting conducted by Chairwoman Ida L. Castro.

"As we move ahead to meet our

PRESS RELEASE
6-24-09

Judge Rejects Department of Developmental Services' Protective Order Request

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that federal Magistrate Judge Sandra M. Snyder has issued a court order requiring that the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) not interfere with the EEOC's investigation of the California state agency, which provides services and support to persons with developmental disabilities. DDS allegedly threatened witnesses

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PRESS RELEASE
10-16-02

Remarks Part of National Disability Employment Awareness Month Observance

WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today called on government and business to increase their hiring and mentoring of young people with disabilities at a National Disability Mentoring Day event co-sponsored by the U.S. Department

PRESS RELEASE
6-8-00

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a final rule rescinding parts of its Interpretive Guidance on Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) involving mitigating measures used by an individual to eliminate or reduce the effects of an impairment. A text of the final rule is scheduled for publication in today's Federal Register.

"In keeping with our commitment to

PRESS RELEASE
10-25-05

New Document Answers Frequently-Asked Questions, Challenges Stereotypes

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a question-and-answer document on the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to people in the workplace who are blind or who have vision impairments. The new publication, is available on EEOC's web site at http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/blindness.html.

The latest Q&A document is the fifth in a series

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
10-9-03

First Program to Examine Hispanic Perspective on Labor Force and Marketplace Trends

WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced the launch of a national forum series entitled Realities and Opportunities in the 21st Century Workplace. To coincide with National Hispanic Heritage Month, the first forum will focus on the Hispanic perspective of labor force and marketplace

PRESS RELEASE
7-23-09

EEOC Said Nightclub Fired Bartender Because She Was Expecting

EL PASO, Texas – 54 Downtown, Inc., a Texas corporation which owned and operated Studio 69, a downtown El Paso nightclub, has agreed to pay $15,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC's lawsuit (Civil Action No