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PRESS RELEASE
1-29-01

One-Day Seminars Available on EEO Topics for Private and Public Sector Employees During 2001

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the schedule for its annual Technical Assistance Program Seminars (TAPS) during 2001, which are offered in approximately 50 cities nationwide. TAPS are specialized training and education programs that provide practical, how-to-do-it guidance to private employers and government agencies.

"EEOC's Technical Assistance

PRESS RELEASE
6-24-99

WASHINGTON -- In its second public forum outside the nation's capital this year, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held its monthly meeting in Houston on Tuesday, June 22, to hear testimony from expert witnesses on discrimination as it affects low-wage workers -- particularly immigrants, minorities, and women.

The day-long meeting, held at Texas Southern University's Thurgood Marshall School of Law, attracted an

PRESS RELEASE
10-16-07

Hispanic Employees Paid Less Than Non-Hispanics, Denied Promotion and Health Benefits, Federal Agency Says

NEW YORK – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a complaint and entered into a consent decree in federal district court with B & H Foto and Electronics Corp., resolving a national origin discrimination case on behalf of Hispanic workers at one of the largest retail sellers of photographic

PRESS RELEASE
6-8-04

Leading Experts Will Explore History and Development of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

WASHINGTON - This month, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will bring together judges, former EEOC officials, attorneys and participants in landmark cases for a series of panel discussions examining the origins and

PRESS RELEASE
10-25-07

EEOC Says Helmerich & Payne Subjected Black Workers to Racist Behavior on Oil Rig

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a discrimination lawsuit for $290,000 and significant injunctive relief against Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. (H & P) on behalf of African American men who were subjected to a racially hostile work environment on an oil

PRESS RELEASE
7-14-05

EEOC Chair Cari Dominguez and Other Top Officials to Speak at National EXCEL Program

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its annual federal sector EXCEL program from August 22 to 25, 2005, at the MGM Grand Hotel, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd., South, Las Vegas, Nevada. The theme of this conference is Examining Conflicts in Employment Law (EXCEL).

EEOC's annual EXCEL conference

PRESS RELEASE
10-9-03

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Sex Segregated 'Zoo Crew' Entertainment Troupe at Issue in Litigation by Federal Agency

PHOENIX -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the resolution of a sex bias lawsuit against the Phoenix Suns Limited Partnership and Sports Magic Team, Inc. (SMT), an Orlando, Florida.-based sports entertainment firm, for over $100,000 and other relief on behalf of a former female employee

PRESS RELEASE
7-24-02

Commission to Present Resolution Honoring the Late Justin Dart Jr.

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will celebrate the 12th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 with a resolution honoring the late Justin Dart, Jr. for his lifelong advocacy of civil rights for people with disabilities. A one-hour program will take place on Friday, July 26, 11:00 a.m., at

PRESS RELEASE
11-21-02

PHOENIX - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Commission or EEOC) announced today that is has resolved a disability discrimination lawsuit against aerospace giant Honeywell for $100,000 for a single charging party, as well as significant injunctive and remedial relief. The EEOC alleged that Honeywell, a large aerospace and systems control company employing over 100,000 people, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) when

PRESS RELEASE
7-31-09

EEOC Prevails in Jury Verdict and Subsequent Appeal for Two Customer Service Technicians Fired for Attending Jehovah’s Witness Convention

JONESBORO, Ark. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that a Satisfaction of Judgment was entered in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Jonesboro Division, in a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the federal agency against communications giant AT&T, Inc. on

PRESS RELEASE
12-11-02

Commission Alleges Class of Older Workers Targeted for Layoffs at Georgia Facility

ATLANTA - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that a federal district court judge preliminarily approved a Consent Decree settling a class action age discrimination lawsuit filed against Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation (Gulfstream). The Consent Decree provides for $2.1 million, as well as significant injunctive and remedial relief, to 61 former employees

PRESS RELEASE
12-28-04

Job Offer Withdrawn After Pregnancy Revealed, Suit Charged

MILWAUKEE - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has settled, for $450,000, its lawsuit against Johnson International, Inc., a global financial services company owned by the S.C. Johnson family of Racine, Wis. The EEOC suit alleged that the company, now known as Johnson Financial Group, a member of the "Johnson Family of Companies," discriminated against Rae Ann

PRESS RELEASE
8-17-09

Go-Kart Company Refused to Discuss Accommodation for Employee’s Cystic Fibrosis, Federal Agency Charged

SEATTLE – K1 Speed, Inc., a Carlsbad, Calif.-based go-kart racing operation, will provide $50,000 and other relief to settle a federal lawsuit charging that the company refused to accommodate an employee with cystic fibrosis and fired him from its facility in Redmond, Wash., the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

According

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PRESS RELEASE
2-12-97

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today advised that representations made in connection with an application for disability benefits should not be an automatic bar to a claim under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The Commission clarified its position by

PRESS RELEASE
8-26-09

Company Fired Woman Who Complained About Sexual Assaults, Federal Agency Charges

PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh Plastics Manufacturing, Inc. unlawfully subjected a class of women to egregious sexual harassment and fired an employee who opposed the harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Veronica Jalpa and a class of female workers were subjected to severe and

PRESS RELEASE
2-25-09

Agency Says Manager Harassed and Fired Because of His Age

CLEVELAND – Ashland, Inc., an international chemical giant, and its subsidiary Valvoline, violated federal law when it fired a 52-year-old manager because of his age, according to a lawsuit filed today by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Michael Roach began working for Ashland in 1989, and most recently held

PRESS RELEASE
8-7-09

Caribbean Rastafarian Employees Treated Unfairly, Federal Agency Charged

NEW YORK – Grand Central Partnership, Inc. (GCP) has agreed to settle a religious and national origin discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. GCP was created by Midtown Manhattan property owners and businesses to revitalize the neighborhood surrounding Grand Central Terminal and it provides privately managed sanitation, maintenance and

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
9-14-99

WASHINGTON -- Ida L. Castro, Chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), met today with a delegation of Congress led by Representative Bernard Sanders of Vermont to discuss concerns that employer conversions to cash-balance pensions plans may violate the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA).

"EEOC will continue to assess the difficult questions that surround this issue and how they are affected