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Notice Regarding Payments Due to Sako Corporation

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4-25-05

Federal Agency Alleged National Origin Bias

SAIPAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was granted a judgment on April 19, 2005 for $1,087,337 against Sako Corporation, a Saipan-based garment factory that sewed clothing for various U.S. retailers as well as sub-contracted work for other Saipan garment manufacturers. This judgment came out

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                                 **** MEDIA ADVISORY ****  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                      CONTACT:   David Grinberg April 25, 2007                                                        Christine Nazer                                                                       (202) 663-4191                                                                TTY:   (202) 663-4494 

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4-25-07

WASHINGTON – Naomi C. Earp, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will launch a new Fellows Program to strengthen partnerships with the federal sector and educational communities on Tuesday, May 1, at 2:00 p.m., at agency headquarters, 1801 L Street, N.W.

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PRESS RELEASE
4-25-08

Ninth Circuit Court Affirms Latina Farm Worker’s Jury Award of Over $1 Million

SAN FRANCISCO – The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed the judgment on a jury verdict in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and farm worker Olivia Tamayo in a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against Coalinga, Calif.-based Harris Farms, one of the largest integrated

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT:   Reginald Welch April 25, 1996                                (202) 663-4900                                               TDD:   (202) 663-4494 

PRESS RELEASE
4-25-96

WASHINGTON -- Chairman Gilbert F. Casellas is unavailable for comment during the morning of Thursday, April 25, 1996, because he is testifying before a House Appropriations Subcommittee regarding the EEOC's appropriation. However, he has issued the following statement:

I have been informed of news reports that Mr. Tsuneo Ohinouye, the

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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

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PRESS RELEASE
4-27-00

DETROIT -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Eastern Michigan University (EMU) today announced the settlement of a lawsuit in which the EEOC alleged that EMU engaged in unlawful sex discrimination when it paid its only female professor in its Industrial Technology Department less than her male colleagues for doing essentially the same work.

From 1991, when she was first hired by the university

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PRESS RELEASE
4-28-00

BALTIMORE - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $45,000 settlement of a lawsuit against the Baltimore Cable Access Corporation (BCAC), an operator of public access cable television, for firing a female manager after she complained about sex-based wage discrimination.

A Consent Decree between the EEOC and BCAC, which resolved the suit, was approved on April 25 by U.S. District Court Judge Catherine

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT:   Claire Gonzales Fri., April 21, 1995                          Reginald Welch                                               (202) 663-4900                                               TDD:  (202) 663-4494 

PRESS RELEASE
4-21-95

WASHINGTON -- At a special meeting held Wednesday, April 19, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) adopted a wide ranging set of innovative recommendations to radically improve the agency's private sector charge processing systems. The recommendations were presented by EEOC Vice Chairman Paul M. Igasaki

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PRESS RELEASE
4-19-06

New Compliance Manual Section and Question & Answer Fact Sheet Address Wide Range of Contemporary Workplace Issues

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a new Compliance Manual section updating guidance on how Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in employment on the bases of race and color. The EEOC also issued a companion question-and-answer fact sheet

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PRESS RELEASE
4-19-07

Naomi C. Earp to Deliver Address On Race Discrimination and Campus Diversity

WASHINGTON – On Monday, April 23, Naomi C. Earp, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will deliver a speech at the Clyde Wells Fine Arts Building at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, at 1:30 p.m. Chair Earp will address race discrimination and the value of student diversity on campus.

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EEOC Chair Dominguez and Joe Laymon, Ford's Corporate Vice President for Human Resources, shake hands after signing the NUAM

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4-2-04

EEOC's 29th National Mediation Agreement and First with a 'Big Three' Automaker

DEARBORN, Mich. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and "Big Three" global automaker Ford Motor Company today signed a National Universal Agreement to Mediate (NUAM) to informally resolve workplace disputes through Alternative Dispute Resolution

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PRESS RELEASE
4-2-04

Insurance Giant Deprives Employees of Equal Opportunity, Says EEOC in Lawsuit

PHILADELPHIA - In a significant decision, the federal court here has ruled that Allstate Insurance Company unlawfully retaliated against approximately 6,200 of its employees by requiring them to give up their workplace discrimination claims in order to continue to work as agents with the Northbrook, Ill.-based insurance giant. The EEOC's lawsuit charges Allstate with violating

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PRESS RELEASE
4-2-09

Tepanyaki Steakhouse Fired Pregnant Server Immediately Upon Discovering Her Condition, Federal Agency Charges

SALT LAKE CITY – A Clearfield, Utah-based Japanese restaurant violated federal law by firing a server because of her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit against Tepanyaki of Clearfield L.L.C. (Case No. 1:09-cv-43 TS in U.S. District Court for

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT:   Claire Gonzales April 2, 1996                                 Reginald Welch                                               (202) 663-4900                                               TDD:   (202) 663-4494 

PRESS RELEASE
4-2-96

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the adoption of a new rule ending the longstanding policy exempting apprenticeship programs from coverage under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). The Commission took this action following a rulemaking process that solicited

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PRESS RELEASE
4-20-01

SAN ANTONIO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a landmark $2.44 million settlement of a class action lawsuit against the University of Incarnate Word (UIW), a private university in San Antonio, Texas, on behalf of 18 Hispanic housekeepers who were subjected to an unlawful English-only rule and harassed due to their national origin in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights

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PRESS RELEASE
4-21-04

Defense/Aerospace Leader Joins Other Major Firms in Employing Innovative Program

WASHINGTON Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced that Raytheon, a global technology industry leader, has signed on to the EEOC's "referral back" program in seven geographic areas. Under this program, an individual who has filed a discrimination charge against a participating employer may elect to have his or

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PRESS RELEASE
2-23-09

Agency to Invite Comment on Draft Rule Implementing Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a public meeting on the subject of genetic discrimination at 10 a.m. (Eastern Time) Wednesday, Feb. 25, at the agency’s new headquarters, 131 M Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the meeting is open for public observation of the

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PRESS RELEASE
4-22-04

Charging Party Calls Firing from Entertainment Troupe'Worst Day of My Life'

LOS ANGELES The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission today announced the settlement of an employment discrimination case under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) against Cirque du Soleil, (U.S.), Inc. for $600,000 and significant remedial relief on behalf of a performer who was fired for being HIV-positive. Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil is an

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PRESS RELEASE
4-22-04

Rule Would Permit Employers to Continue Providing Valuable Retiree Health Benefits

WASHINGTON - During a public meeting today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to approve a proposed final rule that would permit employers, under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), to lawfully coordinate retiree health benefit plans with eligibility for Medicare or a comparable state-sponsored health benefit. This common and long-standing employer

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PRESS RELEASE
4-22-05

Improved Data Analysis, Practical Tips and Best Practices Included to Help Agencies Boost EEO Performance

WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), has released the EEOC's Annual Report on the Federal Work Force for Fiscal Year 2004, which provides detailed agency-by-agency profiles of discrimination complaint processing and other equal opportunity measures. The full text of the report, which