A federal magistrate judge in Milwaukee has entered a consent decree resolving a job discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against PFERD Milwaukee Brush Company, Inc.

BMO Harris Bank will pay $400,000 to a group of 14 former employees under a consent decree entered on May 2, 2013, to resolve a disability discrimination case brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released draft principles for the Quality Control Plan (QCP) for public feedback, the agency announced today.  The QCP will revise criteria to measure the quality of agency investigations and conciliations throughout the nation.

La Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo de los  EE.UU. (EEOC) llevará a cabo una charla en Twitter, el miércoles, 15 de mayo 1:00-1:30 p.m. (EDT). El foro en línea interactivo, realizado por la Oficina de Operaciones Federales de la EEOC, se centrará en el proceso de Igualdad de Oportunidades (EEO) en el sector federal y temas relacionados.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A jury has rendered a verdict of more than $1.5 million in the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against New Breed Logistics, a North Carolina-based logistics services provider, the agency announced today.   The verdict followed a seven-day trial before U.S. District Court Judge S. Thomas Anderson on behalf of four claimants and included awards of $177,094 in back pay, $486,000 in compensatory damages and $850,000 in punitive damages for the discrimination victims.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a live "Tweet Chat" on Wednesday, May 15, from 1:00 to 1:30 pm (EDT).  The interactive online forum, conducted by the EEOC's Office of Federal Operations, will focus on the federal sector equal employment opportunity (EEO) process and related issues.

Dynamic Medical Services, Inc., a Miami company owned by Dr. Dennis Nobbe and which provides medical and chiropractic services, violated federal law by requiring employees to attend courses that involved Scientology religious practices, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

Wellness programs are an increasingly common feature of employee benefits programs, and guidance is needed to avoid violations of federal equal employment opportunity laws, a panel of experts representing business, advocacy groups and providers told the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) at a meeting held today.

Fabricut, Inc., one of the world's largest distributors of decorative fabrics, will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability and genetic information discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  This is the first lawsuit ever filed by the EEOC alleging genetic discrimination.

An Atlanta-based air transport communications and information technology company has agreed to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.