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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it will hold three town hall meetings in major cities across the country to discuss recent and on-going reforms to the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complaint process for federal employees. The public meetings are part of the Commission's comprehensive

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PRESS RELEASE
3-22-07

EEOC Settles Suit for Young Women Subjected to Lewd Behavior by Repeat Offender

PHOENIX – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a discrimination lawsuit against GLC Restaurants, Inc. (GLC) for $550,000 and substantial remedial relief on behalf of a class of teenage workers who were sexually harassed by a middle-aged male supervisor, including unwanted touching and lewd comments. Flagstaff based

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PRESS RELEASE
3-22-99

WASHINGTON -- U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chairwoman, Ida L. Castro, will be speaking at the Eighth Annual Congress on Civil Rights on Wednesday, March 24, 1999, at 10:45 am. The conference, sponsored by the Puerto Rico Civil Rights Commission (PRCRC) , will run from March 24 - 26 at the University of Puerto Rico regional campus of Carolina, with

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PRESS RELEASE
3-24-09

Settlement with Adelphi University of Long Island Also Includes Remedial Relief

NEW YORK – Adelphi University of Garden City, N.Y., one of the largest universities on Long Island, has agreed to settle a pay discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for more than $300,000 and significant remedial relief, the federal agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Adelphi paid a

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PRESS RELEASE
3-22-99

WASHINGTON -- Ida L. Castro, Chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will announce a series of innovative actions to improve customer service to small and mid-sized employers during a keynote speech to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). The announcement, part of EEOC's new Small Business Initiative, will be made at SHRM's 14th Annual Legal and

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PRESS RELEASE
3-23-09

CEO Charged by Federal Agency With Persistent Harassment of Women

CLEVELAND — The Alpha Group of Delaware, Inc., a non-profit Ohio corporation located in Delaware, Ohio, will pay $160,000 to settle a sex-based harassment and retaliation lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), announced today. The EEOC had charged that Alpha Group of Delaware, which provides employment, rehabilitation and adult day support services, subjected female

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE         CONTACT:   Reginald Welch, EEOC Tuesday, March 23, 1999                  Michael Widomski, EEOC                                          (202) 663-4900                                      TTY (202) 663-4494                                           Barbara Berish Brown, ABA                                          (202) 508-9551      

***** MEDIA ADVISORY *****

PRESS RELEASE
3-23-99

BOCA RATON, FL -- Ida L. Castro, Chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will address the American Bar Association (ABA) EEO Committee Midwinter Meeting on Friday, March 26, 9:00 a.m

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PRESS RELEASE
3-24-03

Initiative to Refer Back Appropriate Charges to Employers for Internal Dispute Resolution

WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced the implementation of a voluntary mediation pilot program in which private sector discrimination charges filed with the EEOC will be referred back to a participating employer's internal dispute resolution program, as appropriate.  Under the new "referral back" mediation

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PRESS RELEASE
3-24-04

EEOC Litigation Says Home Improvement Giant Rejected Qualified Black Job Applicants

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the filing of a race discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act against Lowe's Companies, Inc., doing business as Lowe's Home Center's Inc. The suit charges the world's second largest home improvement retailer with failing to hire a class of

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PRESS RELEASE
3-24-05

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its next meeting on Thursday, March 24, at 1 p.m., at agency headquarters in the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Conference Room (9th floor), 1801 L Street, N.W. In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the meeting is open for public observation of the Commission's deliberations. During the meeting, the following matters will be considered:

• Announcement

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PRESS RELEASE
3-24-09

Federal Agency Says Hispanics Paid Less Than Non-Hispanics, Denied Promotion and Health Benefits Due to National Origin

NEW YORK – Judge Harold Baer of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York gave final approval to a sweeping consent decree between the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and B & H Foto and Electronics Corp. (B & H), the federal agency

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PRESS RELEASE
3-24-09

EEOC Settles Suit With Qualex for Targeting Older Workers During RIF

BOSTON – Qualex, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Eastman Kodak, will pay $272,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The lawsuit, filed in May 2008 in federal court in Connecticut, alleged that Qualex, a photo processing company, and its parent company

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PRESS RELEASE
3-8-02

ST. LOUIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that the agency and attorneys for a class of over 5,000 women have reached an agreement in principle with Rent- A-Center, Inc. to settle two lawsuits alleging class-wide sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The company has agreed to pay a cash settlement of $47,000,000 and to begin

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PRESS RELEASE
3-5-08

Discrimination Charges Highest in Five Years; Agency Obtains $345 Million for Victims

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received a total of 82,792 private sector discrimination charge filings last fiscal year, the highest volume of incoming charges since 2002 and the largest annual increase (9%) since the early 1990s, the agency reported today as part of its Fiscal Year 2007 enforcement and litigation

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JOINT PRESS RELEASE
3-5-09

ST. LOUIS – YRC Inc. (“YRC”), and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) today announced an agreement providing for an expanded recruitment program that both the federal agency and America’s largest over-the-road trucking company expect will increase the diversity of YRC’s truck driving and dock employees’ workforce.

The agreement focuses on continuing and expanding YRC’s existing diversity efforts and hiring programs for women

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PRESS RELEASE
3-6-02

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that a federal court has approved a $1,245,000 settlement of a class action race discrimination lawsuit brought by EEOC and private counsel against McKesson Water Products Company and Groupe Danone (which acquired McKesson in 2000). The suit was filed under Title VII OF the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Judge Florence Marie Cooper of

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PRESS RELEASE
3-7-02

WASHINGTON - Leslie E. Silverman was sworn in today as a Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to serve the remainder of a term expiring July 1, 2003. Ms. Silverman was nominated by President George W. Bush on February 11, 2002, and unanimously confirmed

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"All I ever wanted was a shot at the American Dream,"
says Charging Party Samantha Robichaud,
pictured with EEOC Birmingham Trial Attorney Mason
Barrett in front of the McDonald's Restaurant
in Northport, Alabama.

PRESS RELEASE
3-7-03

NORTHPORT, Ala. -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the filing of an employment discrimination lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and the Civil Rights Act

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PRESS RELEASE
3-7-07

EEOC Says Pharmacy Giant Makes Store Assignments and Denies Promotions Based on Race; Thousands of African American Managers and Professionals May Be Affected

ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed an employment discrimination class lawsuit against Walgreen Company, the Illinois-based national drugstore chain, alleging widespread racial bias against thousands of African American workers.

The EEOC charges in the suit that Walgreens

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT:   Claire Gonzales March 7, 1996                                 Reginald Welch                                               (202) 663-4900                                               TDD:   (202) 663-4494 

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