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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

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PRESS RELEASE
3-24-09

Federal Agency Says Hispanics Paid Less Than Non-Hispanics, Denied Promotion and Health Benefits Due to National Origin

NEW YORK – Judge Harold Baer of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York gave final approval to a sweeping consent decree between the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and B & H Foto and Electronics Corp. (B & H), the federal agency

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PRESS RELEASE
9-23-09

Employee With Known Physical Limitations Denied Reasonable Accommodation, Federal Agency Charges

INDIANAPOLIS – A group of companies which operate the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Columbus, Ind., unlawfully discriminated against an employee and fired him because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit (Civil Action No. 1:09-cv-1169-LJM-DML), filed in U.S. District

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PRESS RELEASE
3-31-09

Mine Refused to Hire Laborer With Hearing Impairment, Federal Agency Charges

MINNEAPOLIS – A Hibbing, Minn., taconite mining company violated federal law by denying an applicant a reasonable accommodation for his hearing impairment and then rejecting him from employment because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC's suit, Hibbing Taconite Company initially

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PRESS RELEASE
9-27-02

'Justice and Equality in the Workplace' Program Enters Phase II

WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), announced the expansion of the Justice and Equality in the Workplace program, a highly successful public-private sector partnership to protect the employment rights of Latino immigrants. The initiative, created in July 2001 by the EEOC's Houston District Office, now enters Phase II

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PRESS RELEASE
4-12-07

Panel of Experts to Address Pregnancy Discrimination, Caregivers in the Workplace

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a public Commission Meeting to examine perspectives on work/family balance issues and the federal anti-discrimination laws on Tuesday, April 17, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 1801 L Street, N.W. (Ninth Floor, Commission Meeting Room).

During the meeting, the

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PRESS RELEASE
9-3-09

Russellville Store Refused to Hire Applicant Because of MS, EEOC Charges

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A Starbucks store in Russellville, Ark., violated federal law when it refused to hire an applicant for a barista position because of his multiple sclerosis (MS), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Starbucks advertised six openings at its

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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
9-30-09

Staffing Companies Refused to Hire Applicant with Back Impairment, EEOC Says

BALTIMORE – Two staffing agencies with headquarters in Georgia, Axiom Staffing Group, Inc., and Axiom Staffing Group of Virginia, Inc., engaged in disability discrimination at their Hagerstown, Md., facility when they refused to hire an applicant because of her back impairment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced in a lawsuit today.

The EEOC

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                        CONTACT:   Claire Gonzales Fri., April 28, 1995                                    Reginald Welch                                                         (202) 663-4900                                                         TDD:   (202) 663-4494 

PRESS RELEASE
4-28-95

WASHINGTON -- On April 25, 1995, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) adopted the recommendations of the agency's Task Force on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR Task Force), laying the groundwork for the use of mediation-based ADR to enhance EEOC's charge processing system. The

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PRESS RELEASE 4-9-09

Federal Agency Charged Liquid Carbon Dioxide and Dry Ice Maker Refused to Promote Black Employee Because of His Race

RICHMOND, Va. – A Radnor, Pa.-based liquid carbon dioxide and dry ice manufacturer will pay $40,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Airgas Carbonic, Inc

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PRESS RELEASE
5-20-09

Sick Leave Policy Violated ADA, Agency Charged

NEW YORK — Delphi Corporation, one of the world’s largest suppliers of automotive parts, will pay $80,000 and agree to injunctive relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that the company violated federal law by subjecting employees to unlawful inquiries into their