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PRESS RELEASE
3-2-06

Jury Rules Federal Express Must Pay $108,000 for Failure to Accommodate Deaf Employee

BALTIMORE -- A federal jury today found in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in its employment discrimination lawsuit against Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). EEOC had charged the Memphis, Tenn.-based global shipping giant with failing to provide a reasonable accommodation

PRESS RELEASE
3-11-09

Female Secretary at Gillette Facility Suffered Repeated Harassment and Retaliation, Federal Agency Charges

GILLETTE, Wyo. – The Gillette location of the HD Supply wholesale distributor chain violated federal law by subjecting a female employee to a hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. According to company information, HD Supply is a leading nationwide wholesale supplier of

PRESS RELEASE
3-10-06

EEOC Settles Suit Alleging Teen Harassment, Retaliation, at McDonald's Franchise

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced it has settled, for $90,000 and other relief, its sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against Pand Enterprises, Inc., doing business as a McDonald's restaurant franchise, for subjecting a class of teenage male employees to sexual harassment by a male supervisor.

The EEOC's lawsuit, EEOC

PRESS RELEASE
3-10-06

EEOC Settles Major Suit for 51 Employees In Bloomington, Mattoon and Matteson

CHICAGO - Federal District Judge Charles R. Norgle, Sr. today entered a $2 million consent decree resolving a workplace discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) challenging sexual and racial harassment and retaliation at Cracker Barrel restaurants in Bloomington, Mattoon, and Matteson, Illinois, under Title VII of the Civil Rights

PRESS RELEASE
3-10-06

In Minneapolis Case, Court Rules EEOC Not Subject to Private-Party Rules in Class Suits

MINNEAPOLIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that the federal district court here has held that employers cannot make an issue of immigration status in employment discrimination lawsuits and that the EEOC is not required to comply with the rules applicable to private parties when the agency sues

PRESS RELEASE
3-10-09

PHOENIX -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Wheeler Construction, Inc., a Phoenix-based construction company, has agreed to settle a national origin harassment lawsuit for $325,000 and other relief on behalf of Mexican workers.

The EEOC’s complaint in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona charged that employees Leonard Lopez and Juan Campos were subjected to harassment based on their national

PRESS RELEASE
3-10-09

Federal Agency Charged Company Fired Welder After Disability Bias Complaint

CLEVELAND –A Lordstown, Ohio-based automotive parts company will pay $27,500 and furnish remedial relief to settle a retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC, welder Eugene Vallozzi had an excellent work record at Faurecia Exhaust Systems for two years prior to March 2006, when

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT:   Claire Gonzales March 10, 1997                                Reginald Welch                                               (202) 663-4900                                               TDD:   (202) 663-4494 

PRESS RELEASE
3-10-97

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announces that a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding waivers of rights and claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), as amended, will appear in today's Federal Register.

Under section 7(f) of the

PRESS RELEASE
3-11-08

EEOC Resolves Class Case Involving Nooses, Racial Slurs and Graffiti at Airport Facility

DALLAS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a race and national origin harassment lawsuit for $1.9 million and significant remedial relief against Allied Aviation Services, Inc. on behalf of African American and Hispanic workers who were the targets of racial slurs, graffiti, cartoons, and hangman’s nooses

PRESS RELEASE
3-11-09

Commission Obtains $376 Million for Victims of Discrimination

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that workplace discrimination charge filings with the federal agency nationwide soared to an unprecedented level of 95,402 during Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, which ended Sept. 30. This level is a 15 percent increase from the previous fiscal year. The FY 2008 enforcement and litigation statistics, which include

PRESS RELEASE
3-2-99

KANSAS CITY, MO -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $2.1 million settlement of a class employment discrimination lawsuit against Woodbine Healthcare Center (Woodbine), a nursing home in Gladstone, Mo. The suit alleged that Woodbine discriminated against 65 Filipino registered nurses in wages, assignments, and other terms and conditions of employment due to their national origin.

"This is the second

PRESS RELEASE
3-11-09

LAS VEGAS – The corporate owner of several restaurants in three states will pay $457,500 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that N-W Ventures, LLC in Las Vegas subjected a class of African American employees to discrimination, including racial harassment and retaliation. N-W Ventures owns several bars, steakhouses and

PRESS RELEASE
3-12-01

ST. LOUIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a motion to intervene in a nationwide sex discrimination class action lawsuit against Rent-A-Center, Inc. The Commission claims that Rent-A-Center unlawfully fired women or forced them to quit, refused to hire women, and discriminated against females in the terms and conditions of their employment. The Commission also alleges that Rent-A-Center failed to keep proper

PRESS RELEASE
3-12-09

AUSTIN, Texas – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed a workplace discrimination lawsuit against Austin Foam Plastics, Inc., a pro­ducer and distributor of corrugated box and cushion packaging. The EEOC charged the company with racial harassment, sexual harassment and unlawful retaliation.

According to the EEOC's suit, Civil Action Number A-09-CA-180-LY, filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District

PRESS RELEASE
3-12-09

Suit Cites Sexual Advances, Touching, Explicit Comments Followed by Threats

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Elks Lodge No. 954 in Jerseyville, Ill., violated federal law by sexually harassing three female bartenders and then taking reprisals against them when they com­plained, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

In its lawsuit (Case No. 3:09-cv-00200), filed in U.S. District Court in East

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT:   Claire Gonzales March 12, 1996                                Reginald Welch                                               (202) 663-4900                                               TDD:   (202) 663-4494 

PRESS RELEASE
3-12-96

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will be presented with the Hammer Award from Vice President Al Gore's National Performance Review (NPR). The award is in recognition of EEOC's nationwide labor-management partnership efforts.

The Hammer Award is Vice President Gore's answer

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

This Equal Employment Opportunity Commission meeting to discuss the FY 2007 Budget Allocations for the State and Local Program has been canceled. The meeting will be re-scheduled in the near future.

PRESS RELEASE
3-13-07

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its next public meeting on Thursday, March 15, at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 1801 L Street, N.W. In accordance with the

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PRESS RELEASE
3-13-08

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its next open meeting on Monday, March 17, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 1801 L Street, N.W. In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the meeting is open for public observation of the Commission’s

PRESS RELEASE
4-8-09

Black Employees Targeted With Racial Slurs, Fired for Complaining, EEOC Says

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Marjam Supply Company, Inc., a building materials supplier, will pay $495,000 to five former employees to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC's lawsuit (Civil Action No. 03-cv-5413-SCR in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District

PRESS RELEASE
4-5-07

Class of 39 Qualified Women Rejected for Sales Jobs will Share Monetary Relief

CINCINNATI – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has resolved its lawsuit charging that Jeff Wyler Eastgate, Inc. and 10 additional Jeff Wyler-owned dealerships, acting as an integrated enterprise, discriminated against a class of qualified women on the basis of sex by refusing to hire them for automobile