The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has completed its mailing of the 2014 EEO-1 survey Notification Letters.  The EEO-1 is an annual survey that requires all private employers with 100 or more employees, and federal government contractors or first-tier subcontractors with 50 or more employees and a contract/subcontract of $50,000 or more to file the EEO-1 report.  The filing of the EEO-1 report is not voluntary, and is required by federal law.  The annual filing deadline is September 30, 2014.

JEC Enterprises, Inc., which owns and operates four McDonald's franchises in Albuquerque, will pay $200,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

Cheyenne company Superior Electric, Inc. will pay $55,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that President Obama has named Vice Chair Jenny R. Yang as Chair of the EEOC.  Yang, whose term expires July 1, 2017, was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 25, 2013.  She has served as Vice Chair since April 2014.  Yang will be the first Asian-American Chair of the EEOC.

Kone, Inc., a manufacturer and servicer of elevators and escalators, breached a mediation settlement agreement and violated federal law by retaliating against an employee because she had made a discrimination charge, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed August 29, 2014.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its third annual executive leadership conference (ELC) on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at the Washington Hilton Hotel, the agency announced today. Registration and exhibitor information for the one-day event is available online at http://www.eeocleadershipconference.com/.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a new guide to help the federal government educate its employees on how to protect their rights to be free from employment discrimination.

La Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en Empleo (EEOC) y la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de México firmaron un Memorando de Entendimiento Nacional (MOU) hoy, el cúal esta diseñado para fortalecer aún más sus esfuerzos colaborativos para proporcionar orientación, información y acceso a educación a los inmigrantes, migrantes y otros trabajadores vulnerables de origin Mexicana y a sus empleadores sobre sus derechos y responsabilidades bajo las leyes que hace cumplir la EEOC.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Mexican States signed a national Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today which is designed to further strengthen their collaborative efforts to provide immigrant, migrant and otherwise vulnerable Mexican workers and their employers with guidance and information and access to education about their rights and responsibilities under the laws enforced by the EEOC.

Ayer la Comisión Para La Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC) radicó dos demandas distintas de acoso sexual -- una en contra de Windmill Farms Nursery Inc., un mayorista de material de plantas y vivero localizado en Zolfo Springs, Fla., y otro contra Moreno Farms Inc., un negocio agrícola con facilidades de distribución y empaque en Felda, Fla.—anunció la agencia hoy.