NEWARK, N.J. -- FAPS, Inc., one of the country's largest automotive re-delivery service firms, operating in the port area of Newark, will pay $350,000 and undertake significant remedial measures to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

Today, leaders from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will participate in the White House United State of Women Summit. The Summit gathers experts, advocates, and grassroots and business leaders who work in both domestic and international arenas to highlight key issues affecting women and girls and best practices to carry on into the future. The Summit's plenary and breakout sessions will address topics including economic empowerment, health and wellness, educational opportunity, violence against women, entrepreneurship and innovation, and leadership and civic engagement. The Summit will be livestreamed at www.theunitedstateofwomen.org.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a meeting on Monday, June 20, 2016, at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time), at EEOC headquarters, 131 M Street, N.E., Washington, D.C., to receive the report of Commissioners Chai Feldblum and Victoria Lipnic, Co-Chairs of the EEOC Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace.

East San Jose-based Peters' Bakery will pay $40,000 to a Latina employee and implement preventive measures to settle a national origin harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

Bloom at Belfair, a nursing home located in Bluffton, S.C., will pay $40,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

A federal judge ruled in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on June 8, 2016 that a Mountain Grove, Mo., farm violated two federal laws by requiring all job applicants to fill out a health history before they would be considered for a job, the federal agency announced today.

The Miami District Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in San Juan today with the Office of the Women's Advocate of Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The agreement establishes an ongoing collaboration between these entities to provide women with information, guidance, and access to resources on the prevention of discrimination in the workplace. Ombudsman Wanda Vazquez, Esq., and William R. Sanchez, who represented the Miami District Office in his capacity as EEOC San Juan Local Office director, signed the agreement.

Regis Corporation, doing business as Smart Style Family Hair Salon, a Minnesota-based company that operates a chain of hair salons, will pay a total of $90,000 and provide substantial injunctive relief to settle retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

Greenville Ready Mix Concrete, Inc., a North Carolina company based in Winterville, violated federal law when it refused to provide a religious accommodation for and then fired an employee who is a Seventh-day Adventist, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a religious discrimination lawsuit it filed today.

Baystate Medical Center, a Massachusetts corporation based in Springfield, violated federal law when it refused to effectively accommodate an employee's religious beliefs and fired her because of her religion and her complaints that she was being discriminated against, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.