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PRESS RELEASE
9-14-09

Department Manager Subjected Women to Egregious Sexual Harassment, Agency Charges

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland supermarket chain Dave’s Supermarket violated federal law by subjecting female employees to a workplace environment permeated with sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit (Case No. 1:09cv2119), filed in U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio Eastern Division

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PRESS RELEASE
3-19-99

WASHINGTON -- The next public meeting of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will be Tuesday, March 23, at 1:45 p.m. in the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Conference Room (9th Floor), 1801 L Street, N.W. The Commission Meeting will include a panel discussion with agency stakeholders representing older workers and union workers on issues affecting their constituencies.

The public is urged to attend

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PRESS RELEASE
9-21-04

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Fred E. Gantzler, Vice President and General Manager E-Government, Pearson Government Solutions, and Cari M. Dominguez, Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, shake hands after signing a contract to launch a National Contact Center.

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

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT:   Claire Gonzales March 26, 1997                                Reginald Welch                                               (202) 663-4900                                               TDD:   (202) 663-4494 

PRESS RELEASE
3-26-97

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today the release of a policy guidance that answers various questions concerning the application of the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to persons with psychiatric disabilities. The enforcement guidance is entitled

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PRESS RELEASE
9-24-09

Suit Says Santa Maria Agricultural Company Fired Woman for Reporting Lewd Conduct

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a lawsuit against Adam Brothers Farming, Inc. for sexually harassing and then firing an employee after she complained of sexual harassment. Adam Brothers is an agricultural company in Santa Maria, Calif., that harvests and cans vegetables in Santa Barbara County.

The EEOC's

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PRESS RELEASE
3-8-04

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released enforcement and litigation statistics for Fiscal Year 2003, covering October 2002 through September 2003. The new data which include charge filings, lawsuits, resolutions, and monetary benefits are available on the agency's web site at www.eeoc.gov.

The data show that 81,293 private sector employment discrimination charges were filed with agency field offices nationwide last fiscal

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PRESS RELEASE
9-29-09

ST. LOUIS – Trinity Products, Inc., a manufacturer of billboards and sign posts located in O’Fallon, Mo., violated federal law when a supervisor sexually harassed a female worker and then replaced her when she complained to company managers, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a discrimination lawsuit filed today in federal court.

According to the EEOC's suit, filed in the U.S. District Court

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PRESS RELEASE 4-16-09

Panelists to Discuss Work-Life Balance in an Economic Downturn;
EEOC to Issue Employer Best Practices Document

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a public meeting at 10 a.m. (Eastern Time), Wednesday, April 22, to address best practices to avoid discrimination against workers with caregiving responsibilities.  The meeting, at agency headquarters, 131 M Street, N.E., is open for public observation of the

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PRESS RELEASE
9-30-03

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Lawsuit Says Class of Muslim, Arab and South Asian Employees Harassed Based on 9/11

New York, NY -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") today sued the Plaza Hotel and Fairmont Hotel and Resorts, Inc. under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act for discrimination related to the events of September 11, 2001 against a class of Muslim, Arab, and South Asian employees based

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PRESS RELEASE
4-24-02

Testimony to Focus on Women, Minorities and People with Disabilities in the Workforce

WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will testify before the Canadian House of Commons's Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities on Thursday, April 25, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. She will be the

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PRESS RELEASE
9-7-99

CHICAGO -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has reached a major settlement with the Ford Motor Company providing nearly $8 million in damages to be paid to female employees alleged to have been victimized by sexual harassment, racial harassment, harassment on the basis of sex, and retaliation for complaining to management about the harassment.

Ford has also agreed to train all of

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PRESS RELEASE
4-4-07

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its next public meeting on Friday, April 6, at 10 a.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 1801 L Street, N.W. In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the following matters are scheduled for consideration:

• Announcement of Notation Votes
• FY 2007 Budget Allocation for Fair Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs) – The annual allocation of funds to FEPA

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PRESS RELEASE
5-14-08

EEOC Said 18 Women, Including Teens, Were Abused

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A Rochester-based distributor of highway and industrial safety products will pay $375,000 and furnish injunctive relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

In its lawsuit, the EEOC said that owner, president, vice president and members of the sales staff of American Industrial

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PRESS RELEASE
5-22-09

EEOC Says Pembroke Pines Restaurant/Lounge Forced Out Older Employees

MIAMI – A restaurant, lounge, night club and liquor store in Pembroke Pines, Fla., violated federal law when it discriminated against older employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed yesterday.

According to the EEOC’s suit against Club Gabys, Edith Cruse and several other employees over 40 were subjected to a

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT:   Claire Gonzales May 5, 1997                                   Reginald Welch                                               (202) 663-4900                                               TDD:   (202) 663-4494 

PRESS RELEASE
5-5-97

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued Enforcement Guidance on how to determine when an employer has a sufficient number of employees to be covered under the laws enforced by the agency. The guidance is issued in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's

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PRESS RELEASE
1-12-05

EEOC Suit Said Dockworkers Subjected to Physical Assault, Nooses and Racial Slurs

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of an employment discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act against Consolidated Freightways Corporation of Delaware for $2,750,000 on behalf of 12 African American dockworkers who were subjected to a racially hostile work environment at

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PRESS RELEASE
6-16-08

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its next open meeting on Wednesday, June 18, at 9:00 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 deliberations. During the meeting, the following matters are scheduled for consideration:

• Announcement of Notation Votes,
• Modified Strategic Plan for

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Commissioner Christine M. Griffin is sworn in by Chair Cari M. Dominguez as her husband looks on.

PRESS RELEASE
1-3-06

Bipartisan Five-Member Commission Again at Full Complement

WASHINGTON -- Christine M. Griffin was sworn in today as a Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), bringing the bipartisan panel to its full five-member complement for the first time in more than a year. Ms. Griffin was nominated

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PRESS RELEASE
6-25-04

EEOC Says Female Sales Employees Faced 'Glass Ceiling' Blocking Advancement

SEATTLE - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a major settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act for $475,000 and significant remedial relief against Trendwest Resorts, Inc. a leading company in the timeshare industry whose headquarters are located in Redmond, Washington. The EEOC's suit alleged

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PRESS RELEASE
10-17-01

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today re-opened for business at a temporary Manhattan location, restoring essential agency services to residents of the New York area. New contact information is available to the public.

The EEOC's New York District Office had been located on the 18th floor of Building 7 of the World Trade Center and was destroyed, along with case files and