The Sneakers Corporation, doing business as Just Sneakers, Inc., will pay $18,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged the athletic specialty store with violating federal law by discriminating against a legally blind sales clerk because of his disability.  Just Sneakers is a Georgia corporation operating athletic specialty retail stores in Georgia and Alabama.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that registration has officially opened for its 17th annual EXCEL training conference on employment discrimination prevention for both the public and private sectors, to take place Aug. 12-14 in San Diego, Calif.

Turner Machine Company retaliated against an employee by firing him  because he filed a discrimination charge, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged  in a lawsuit it announced today.

Hoeganaes Corporation, an atomized steel and iron powder producer, unlawfully refused to hire an applicant because the company regarded him as disabled, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

Weirton Medical Center, a community hospital in Weirton, W.V., will pay $12,500 and furnish significant equitable relief to resolve an age and disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

National grocery chain Fred Meyer will pay $487,500 to seven workers employed at its Oak Grove, Ore., store and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.   This is the company's second such settlement in just over five years; in late 2008, the company also settled an EEOC sexual harassment lawsuit on behalf of three Oregon City store employees for $485,000.

CollegeAmerica, a private college based in Salt Lake City, violated federal age discrimination law by including unlawful provisions in a separation agreement with one of its former campus directors, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed on April 30. The EEOC also charged that CollegeAmerica further violated federal law by retaliating against the campus director by suing her seven days after learning she filed a discrimination charge.

McPhee Electric Ltd., an electrical construction company with offices in Connecticut, and Bond Bros., Inc., a construction management and design company with an office in Connecticut, unlawfully refused to hire an applicant as a carpenter because of his dyslexia, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

PJP Heath, Inc. will pay a total of $300,000 to three former employees to settle a lawsuit for age-based harassment, discrimination and retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  This Long Island sales insurance company is currently located in Melville, Long Island and also had a former location in Lake Success.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that President Barack Obama has appointed Commissioner Jenny R. Yang as Vice Chair of the EEOC.  Yang, whose term expires July 1, 2017, was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 25, 2013.