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PRESS RELEASE
12-22-05

Repositioning Plan will Improve Customer Service and Increase Efficiency

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will begin implementing a plan on Jan. 1 to reposition the Commission’s field structure to enhance the agency’s enforcement presence, improve customer service and public access, and increase efficiency.

Under the plan, no jobs will be lost, no offices will close, and two new offices will be opened

PRESS RELEASE
12-22-97

WASHINGTON -- Continuing in its efforts of technical assistance, outreach, and education, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released the Task Force Report on "Best" Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policies, Programs, and Practices in the Private Sector. The report, which is intended to offer assistance to all employers and especially to smaller and mid-sized companies, identifies "best" EEO practices of companies around the

PRESS RELEASE
12-23-02

NEW YORK - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a sexual harassment lawsuit for $1.79 million against Norwalk, Conn.- based South Beach Beverage Company, Inc. (SoBe), a division of PepsiCo, Inc.

The EEOC's lawsuit, Case No. CIV-02-10136, in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, filed simultaneously with the Consent Decree, charged that a class of female

PRESS RELEASE
12-23-02

PHOENIX - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced it has settled a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against retail giant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., based in Bentonville, Arkansas, for $220,000 in damages and other relief for its failure to hire a female applicant due to her pregnancy.

Under the Consent Decree filed in Arizona District Court (EEOC v. WalMart CIV 94-465 TUC WDB), Wal-Mart will pay

PRESS RELEASE
12-26-07

Implementation of Final Rule Ensures Age Bias Law is No Barrier to Employer Insurance

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the publication of a final rule allowing employers that provide retiree health benefits to continue the longstanding practice of coordinating those benefits with Medicare (or comparable state health benefits) without violating the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). The regulation, which

PRESS RELEASE
2-11-09

Federal-State Partnership Part of Nationwide Initiative to Educate Teens, Employers

NEWARK, N.J. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Division on Civil Rights, today launched a new partnership to educate young people and employers about their respective rights and responsibilities under federal and state laws preventing discrimination in the workplace. A key aspect of the public

PRESS RELEASE
12-27-99

*** Agency's Pending Inventory of Private Sector Charges Slashed to 15-Year Low ***

WASHINGTON - Ida L. Castro, Chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today issued the agency's Accomplishments Report for Fiscal Year 1999. In addition to highlighting a dramatic reduction in EEOC's pending inventory (backlog) of private sector charges, the report touts the agency's implementation of a national mediation program and small

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
12-28-05

EEOC Says General Manager Referred to Older Employees as 'Worthless and Ineffective'

NEW YORK – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today submitted a consent decree for court approval to settle an age discrimination lawsuit against Austrian Airlines (Austrian) for a half million dollars and other relief on behalf of William Thoman, former director of sales for the Americas, because of his age (then 51)

PRESS RELEASE
12-3-07

Agency Highlights ‘Best Practices’ for Employers to Prevent Job Discrimination

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued an extensive fact sheet on the application of federal anti-discrimination laws to employer tests and other selection procedures to screen applicants for hire and employees for promotion. The new technical assistance document is available on the agency’s web site at www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/factemployment_procedures.html

The fact sheet describes

PRESS RELEASE
12-3-08

Federal Agency Charged Kovacevich 5 Farms Refused to Hire Female Farmworkers

FRESNO, Calif. – Kovacevich 5 Farms, a Tulare County grower of table grapes, has agreed to pay $1,680,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging that the company refused to hire women, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

After investigating charges filed by six female job applicants turned away by the Kovacevich 5

PRESS RELEASE
12-30-04

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Northwest Airlines, Inc. (Northwest) today announced the settlement of a lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). EEOC's lawsuit, filed on April 25, 2001, alleged that Northwest excluded applicants for airport ramp equipment service employee and cleaner positions if they had epilepsy or insulin-dependent diabetes. Northwest specifically denies the allegations and believes that its

PRESS RELEASE
12-31-08

Appellate Court Declines to Review Jury Verdict in EEOC Religious Bias Case On Behalf of Jehovah’s Witnesses

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that a federal appeals court has declined to review a jury verdict in an EEOC religious discrimination case against telecommunications giant AT&T. The decision by the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds the jury finding that AT&T

PRESS RELEASE
12-31-08

EEOC Settles Suit for Discrimination Based on Religion and National Origin

NEW YORK – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Merrill Lynch, the international financial services firm, has agreed to pay $1,550,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act on behalf of an Iranian Muslim former worker who was fired due to his religion and national

PRESS RELEASE
2-20-07

EEOC Said Global Engine Systems and Parts Company Discriminated Against Blacks, Hispanics, Asians and Women at Illinois Facilities

ROCKFORD, Ill. – A federal judge has given final approval to a $5 million settlement resolving two consolidated class action employment discrimination lawsuits against a global engine systems and parts company, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

The litigation began on May 8, 2003, when

PRESS RELEASE
2-18-03

Company to Also Conduct Comprehensive Training as Part of Consent Decree

DENVER The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of an employment discrimination lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act of1990 (ADA) against John Q. Hammons Hotels which operates as Holiday Inn - Northglenn. Under the terms of the Consent Decree approved by Federal District Court Judge Wiley Y. Daniel, Holiday Inn

PRESS RELEASE
2-18-05

WASHINGTON - The next meeting of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will take place on Tuesday, February 22, at 2:00 p.m., in the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Conference Room (9th floor), 1801 L Street, N.W. In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the meeting is open for public observation of the Commission's deliberations and voting. During the meeting, the following matters will be considered

PRESS RELEASE
2-18-05

Commission Vice Chair to Address Concerns about Harassment of Teen Workers

WASHINGTON -- Naomi C. Earp, Vice Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will host a press conference at the agency's Phoenix District Office on Thursday, February 24, at 12 noon, to announce the filing of two important employment discrimination lawsuits involving teen workers.

The suits involve sexual harassment of male and

PRESS RELEASE
2-18-09

EEOC Says Building Materials Supplier Underpaid Women Due to Gender

SEATTLE – Glacier Northwest Inc. has agreed to pay $20,000 in back wages to two women to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. According to company information, Glacier Northwest is the largest supplier of ready mixed concrete, sand, gravel, rock, cement and building materials in the

PRESS RELEASE
2-18-98

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today a ground breaking settlement of agency litigation against Israel Discount Bank (IDB) of New York under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The lawsuit charged IDB with engaging in disability-based discrimination by offering a long term disability (LTD) policy, insured by Metropolitan Life Insurance