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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                  CONTACT:    Claire Gonzales Tuesday, April 18, 1995                            Reginald Welch                                                    (202) 663-4900                                                    TDD   (202) 663-4494 

PRESS RELEASE
4-18-95

WASHINGTON -- A special meeting of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will be held Wednesday, April 19, at 2:30 p.m. for presentation and discussion of recommendations from Chairman Gilbert F. Casellas and Vice Chairman Paul M. Igasaki to strengthen and improve agency operations. Their recommendations

PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09

White Laborers Harassed by Hispanics on the Job, Federal Agency Charged

DALLAS – Total Electric and Supply Company, doing business as TESSCO, will pay $125,000 to three former employees to settle a racial and national origin harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. TESSCO is an energy and utility services company headquartered in Midland, Texas.

According to the

PRESS RELEASE
4-26-06

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released a report showing women, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians and American Indians /Alaskan Natives are still lagging behind as managers in a large share of finance industry firms.

EEOC Chair Cari M. Dominguez unveiled the report, "Diversity in the Finance Industry," in San Francisco Tuesday during a presentation to the Financial Women's Association, which

PRESS RELEASE 4-9-09

EEOC Says Women at Cedar Bluff Store Punished for Complaining About Sexually Hostile Work Environment

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores, Inc. will pay $255,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC's suit (No.3:07-cv-00376 E.D.TN), filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern

PRESS RELEASE
5-20-09

Succeeds Founding Director Irene Hill at Helm of RESOLVE

WASHINGTON – Stuart J. Ishimaru, Acting Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), has appointed expert mediator and manager Victor Voloshin as the EEOC’s Chief Mediation Officer and Director of RESOLVE, the agency’s internal mediation program, the EEOC announced today.

Voloshin came to the EEOC from the District of Columbia Superior Court, where he served

PRESS RELEASE
5-28-09

EEOC Settles ADA Suit for Fired Maintenance Worker

BALTIMORE -- A Gaithersburg, Md.-based storage facility will pay $95,000 and furnish other substantial relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

In its suit (Civil Action No. 8:08-cv-02498-PJM), filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Southern Division, the EEOC said that

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PRESS RELEASE
6-10-96

ST. LOUIS -- The U.S. Equal

PRESS RELEASE
1-2-03

Low Wages, Mistreatment, Harsh Living Conditions Lead to Federal Suit on Behalf of Immigrants

TULSA, Okla. - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against the John Pickle Company, alleging that the Tulsa-based oil industry parts manufacturer discriminated against a class of at least 52 workers on the basis of their race (Asian) and national origin

PRESS RELEASE
6-19-09

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Federal Agency Obtains $50,000 for SFSU Lecturer Denied Position Due to His Age

SAN FRANCISCO -- The California State University System (CSUS) has agreed to settle an age discrimination suit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a longtime San Francisco State University Lecturer for $50,000 and

PRESS RELEASE
1-8-04

EEOC Settles Bias Suits with ABC Pizza and Longhorn Steakhouse

MIAMI - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced two settlements of employment discrimination lawsuits under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act against Tampa, Fla.-area restaurants for sexual harassment of teenaged former employees. The settlements against Pizza of Florida, Inc., doing business as ABC Pizza, and Rare Hospitality International, Inc., doing business

PRESS RELEASE
6-3-09

EEOC Says Crom Companies Subjected African Americans to Racial Insults, Physical Abuse

MIAMI – The Crom Corporation and Crom Equip­ment Rentals violated federal law when they allowed the racial harassment of black employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today. The EEOC also says the Florida-based construction companies unlawfully suspended an African American employee for complaining about severe racial insults

PRESS RELEASE
10-20-00

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a policy guidance implementing Executive Order 13164, which requires all federal employers to establish effective written procedures for processing requests for "reasonable accommodation" by employees and applicants with disabilities.

"This guidance will help create additional opportunities for people with disabilities in the federal workplace," said EEOC Chairwoman Ida L. Castro. "By assuring that federal managers

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
10-30-02

ST. LOUIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Denny's, Inc. for $135,000 to be paid to an 18-year-old female former employee at a restaurant in Carbondale, Illinois.

In the lawsuit filed on September 3, 2002 (Civil Action No. 02-4179-JPG), the EEOC claimed that Denny's general manager and a male co-worker sexually harassed a

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Sanderson Farms, Inc., the nation’s third-largest producer of chicken products with headquarters in Laurel, Mississippi, terminated a long-term disabled employee at its McComb processing plant in Summit, Mississippi when he sought a reasonable accommodation necessitated by his medical condition, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.  

According to the EEOC’s complaint, the employee chronically suffered from severe cluster headache attacks and lost consciousness at his

PRESS RELEASE
7-18-03

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Los Empleados Hispanos Fueron Acosados Verbalmente y Sometidos a una Regla de Sólo Poder Hablar el Inglés en el Lugar de Trabajo

Hoy, la Comisión de Igualdad de Oportunidades de Empleo (conocida por sus siglas en inglés como EEOC) anunció que

PRESS RELEASE
11-16-01

WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), has announced the appointment of Ann Colgrove as Director of the Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs (OCLA) at agency headquarters.

As OCLA Director, Ms. Colgrove advises the Chair and represents the Commission to members of the U.S. Congress, the news media, external constituency groups, and the general public. She previously served

PRESS RELEASE
7-27-99

WASHINGTON -- Ida L. Castro, Chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today reiterated the agency's commitment to vigorously enforcing the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The Commission is observing the ninth anniversary of the groundbreaking civil rights law.

"Since passage of the ADA by Congress in 1990, the Commission has worked diligently to

PRESS RELEASE
11-3-08

Federal Agency Charged Cell Phone Refurbishing Company With Paying Hispanic Workers Less Than Others and Firing Employees Who Complained

NEW YORK – A New York-based company that refurbishes cell phones at its factory in Long Island will pay $435,000 to settle a wage discrimination and retaliation suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC had charged that First

PRESS RELEASE
7-8-05

Repositioning Staff to Front Lines Will Improve Customer Service, Public Access

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today approved a plan to reposition the Commission's field structure to enhance the agency's enforcement presence, improve customer service and public access, and increase efficiency.

Under the plan, no jobs will be lost, no offices will close, and two new offices will be opened, in Las