CHICAGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed an action in federal court to enforce a subpoena that it issued during its investigation into claims that Mauser Packaging Solutions engaged in illegal hiring practices, including limiting, segregating, or classifying applicants by race, national origin, or sex for various Mauser facilities, primarily in the Chicagoland area.

Mauser is an international manufacturer of rigid packaging, headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois

DENVER – National restaurant chain Landry’s Seafood House will pay $90,000 and provide other equitable relief to settle a national origin harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, Landry’s employees, including managers and supervisors, regularly and openly mocked an Iranian employee’s accent, criticized her physical appearance by making comments like “nobody wants to see your hairy back,” and treated her

MIAMI – Three Florida construction parts and auto mechanic companies have agreed to pay $215,699 and furnish other relief to settle a race and national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Trebor USA Corp., Colt Truck Care, LLC, and Wholesale Building Products, LLC, subjected Black and Hispanic employees to racial slurs, including supervisors calling employees the “N-word,” “lazy spic,”

WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chair Andrea Lucas announced “The EEOC is putting employers and other covered entities on notice: if you are part of the pipeline contributing to our immigration crisis or abusing our legal immigration system via illegal preferences against American workers, you must stop. The law applies to you, and you are not above the law. The EEOC is here to protect all workers from unlawful national

GUAM – LeoPalace Guam Corporation, doing business as LeoPalace Resort, a major hotel and resort on the U.S. territory of Guam, will pay $1,412,500 and provide equitable relief to settle a national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, from as early as 2015, LeoPalace provided non-Japanese employees—including multiple former employees of American national origin—in Guam with less favorable wages

DENVER — United Airlines, Inc. a Delaware corporation with a major hub at Denver International Airport, will pay $99,000 and provide other relief to settle a federal lawsuit for a hostile work environment based on race and national origin, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. 

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, United allowed an Asian American employee of Mongolian ancestry to be called by a racial slur; physically assaulted; have his employment threatened

WASHINGTON – Partnering with Tribal Employment Rights Offices (TERO) directors from the Nez Perce Tribe and Lummi Nation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today the release of new public service announcements in full-length, 60 second, 30 second, and 15 second video and downloadable audio formats to help educate Native Americans and Alaska Natives about their employment rights.

Most workers and job seekers in the U.S., including Native Americans and

LONGVIEW, Wash. – Total Employment and Management (TEAM), a staffing agency based in Moses Lake, Washington, violated the law by refusing to comply with the terms of a conciliation agreement regarding a classwide national origin discrimination finding, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on Sept. 26.

According to the lawsuit, TEAM participated in EEOC conciliation, a process to resolve charges informally before litigation, and agreed to resolve

DETROIT – Specialized Staffing Solutions, a South Bend, Indiana-based staffing agency that places temporary employees with business clients across various industries, resolved a charge of national origin, race, sex and disability discrimination filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC, Specialized Staffing Solutions granted client preferences for temporary workers based on their race, sex, national origin, and disability. Specialized Staffing Solutions disputed the allegations but

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a perspective today on a key federal directive titled, “Twenty Years of the EEOC’s Management Directive 715.”

The EEOC issued Management Directive 715 (MD-715) on Oct. 1, 2003 to help federal agencies identify and remove barriers to equal employment opportunity (EEO). MD-715 introduced six essential elements to establish and maintain a model EEO program which “ensures that all employees and applicants for employment