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PRESS RELEASE
9-12-06

Record Number of Workforce Surveys Expected by EEOC

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today urged the employer community to send in the annual EEO-1 Report to meet the fast approaching Sept. 30 deadline, as required by federal law. EEOC anticipates receiving a record number of EEO-1 Reports from employers nationwide in 2006.

The EEO-1 Report – formally known as the "Employer Information

PRESS RELEASE
8-6-09

Seven Women Abused by Co-Workers, Federal Agency Charged

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Georgetown, Ky., restaurant will pay $60,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC's suit, seven female employees at the Golden Corral Buffet & Grill were sexually harassed by male co-workers who verbally abused the

PRESS RELEASE
8-7-00

Commission Program to Focus on 'Ensuring the Promise of Opportunity'

BIRMINGHAM - Ida L. Castro, Chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will be in Birmingham on August 8 - 10 to meet with agency staff and stakeholders and host a major public event commemorating the EEOC's historic 35th anniversary.

The 35th anniversary program is scheduled for the afternoon of Wednesday, August 9, at

PRESS RELEASE
8-7-06

Second-Longest Serving Chair Oversaw Record Enforcement and Outreach, and Strategic Advances and Efficiencies

WASHINGTON – Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), announced today that she will step down on Aug. 31, 2006, at the end of a five-year term during which she has overseen record enforcement of workplace discrimination laws and outreach, and repositioned the agency for greater efficiency and

PRESS RELEASE
8-7-08

Ninth Circuit Returns EEOC Lawsuit to Lower Court for Trial in Arizona

PHOENIX – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a decision by a lower court which had concluded that The Boeing Company did not engage in unlawful sexual harassment or retaliation at its plant in Mesa, Ariz. The court of

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
8-7-09

EEOC Settles Suit with Automotive Retail Giant

PHILADELPHIA – Advance Auto Parts, the second-largest automotive aftermarket retailer in the United States, has agreed to pay $40,000 and furnish equitable relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

The EEOC charged that Matthew Osley of Bethlehem, Pa., the only African American operations manager at Advance Auto Part's Kutztown, Pa

PRESS RELEASE
8-7-09

Evergreen Store Fired Employee for Filing Sex Discrimination Charge, Federal Agency Said

DENVER - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Atlanta-based Home Depot, U.S.A., Inc., will pay $84,750 and furnish other relief to settle a retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

The EEOC’s lawsuit (Case No. 06-cv-01950-LTB-CBS in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado) charged

PRESS RELEASE
8-7-09

Utah Duplication Company Fired Employee Because of His Parkinson’s Disease, Federal Agency Charged

DENVER – A Salt Lake City-based media duplication company will pay $65,000 to a former employee and furnish other injunctive relief in a consent decree to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, EEOC v. CDI Media

PRESS RELEASE
9-17-09

BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. –A historic inn and spa allegedly condoned sexual harassment of several female employees for over one year and penalized the women who complained about the hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit against 5042 Holdings, doing business as the Country

PRESS RELEASE
9-16-09

Federal Agency Says Papermoon Harassed Black Employees and Retaliated Against Those Who Complained

MIAMI – Papermoon, an entertainment club, and related companies Papermoon-Stuart and Imaginary Images, violated federal law when they discriminated against employees on the basis of race, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. The EEOC says the companies discriminated against black employees and retaliated against those who

PRESS RELEASE
9-16-09

Woman Fired for Numerous Complaints About Sexually Harassing Remarks and Conduct, Federal Agency Charged

DALLAS – Greater Metroplex Interiors, Inc., a commercial drywall and acoustics company based in Southlake, Texas, will pay a female former employee $60,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s

PRESS RELEASE
9-16-09

EEOC Says Poultry Processor Fired Black Employee for Complaining About Racism

RALEIGH, N.C. – Mountaire Farms of North Carolina Corp. unlawfully retaliated against a former employee because she complained about race discrimination and filed a discrimination charge, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleges in a lawsuit filed today. Mountaire Farms is a poultry processor that operates a facility in Lumber Bridge, N.C., and employs

PRESS RELEASE
9-16-09

Federal Agency Charges Black Driver Fired for Objecting to Racist Comments

RENO, Nev. — Sierra Restroom Solutions, a supplier of on-site portable toilets in Northern Nevada, violated federal law by permitting racial harassment in its workplace and by firing an African American driver for reporting it, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

The EEOC’s suit asserts that Michael Scales

PRESS RELEASE
9-16-09

Festiva Resorts Took No Action to Stop Female Supervisor’s Sexual Comments and Physical Harassment of Male Salesperson, Federal Agency Charges

ATLANTA – In a sexual harassment lawsuit filed today in the U.S. District Court of South Carolina (No. 2:09-cv-02420), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged that Festiva Resort Services, Inc., which boasts a wide array of resorts throughout the United States and Caribbean, took

PRESS RELEASE
9-16-09

New Regulations Conform to Changes Made by ADA Amendments Act of 2008

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) revising its regulations to provide that an individual seeking protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) establish that he or she has a disability consistent with the original, expansive intent of Congress when it enacted the

PRESS RELEASE
9-16-09

Credit Card Company Subjected Blacks to Racial Slurs and Insults, Agency Charged

PHOENIX – NPMG Acquisition Sub, LLC, a Phoenix credit card processing company, will pay $415,000 and furnish significant remedial relief to settle a race harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that NPMG subjected a group of African American workers to

PRESS RELEASE
9-17-04

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today voted 3-1 to authorize funds for a contract award that will establish a two-year pilot National Contact Center to handle unsolicited calls for general information.

"A National Contact Center is urgently needed to give the public what we do not and cannot now provide as we labor under inherent limitations of our technology and staffing structure

PRESS RELEASE
9-16-09

Agency Charges That Community Hospital Denied Accommodations and Fired Clerk for Genetic Disorder and Stroke-Related Impairments

BALTIMORE – A Towson, Md., regional community hospital violated federal law when it fired a clerk because he had neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder, and stroke-related impairments, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

In its suit, the EEOC said that since at least May

PRESS RELEASE
9-17-09

Discrimination Complaint Filings and Agency Processing Times Rise Slightly

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released the Annual Report on the Federal Work Force for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, which shows small increases in discrimination complaint filings against federal agencies and in average complaint processing time government-wide.

The annual report informs and advises the President and the Congress on the state