The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the latest edition of its federal sector Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law, which is available online at http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/digest/xxiii-4.cfm

Hire Dynamics, LLC, a major staffing and professional recruitment company headquartered in Duluth, Ga., violated federal law by retaliating against an employee because he filed a discrimination charge, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

Baptist Health South Florida, a Miami-based hospital system, violated federal law when it refused a reasonable scheduling request from a newly hired physician with epilepsy at its Doctor's Hospital location in Coral Gables, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

Alia Corporation, a franchisee with over 20 fast-food chain restaurants throughout Central California, agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

Mitsuwa Corporation, which does business as Mitsuwa Marketplace, a large Japanese market in Edgewater, N.J., will pay $250,000 to settle a national origin discrimination lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

Mitsuwa Corporation, que opera como Mitsuwa Marketplace, un mercado japonés grande en Edgewater, Nueva Jersey, pagará $250,000 para resolver una demanda basada en discriminación por origen nacional puesta por la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC), la agencia anunció hoy.

Olympia Construction, Inc. violated federal anti-discrimination laws when its project superintendent and a supervisor racially harassed three African-American employees at one of its Selma construction sites, according to a lawsuit filed March 29, 2013 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).  Olympia Construction, headquartered in Albertville, Ala., develops and builds housing for families and senior citizens in eight states throughout the South and Southeastern United States.

Applied Vacuum Technology (AVT), a Waconia, Minn.-based company that manufactures a full line of vacuum hardware, will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit  by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.   The case is EEOC v. Applied Vacuum Technology, Inc., Case No. 12-cv-02473 SRN/FLN, filed in the District of Minnesota.

Engineering Documentation Systems, Inc. (EDSI) agreed to pay $70,000 and to implement anti-discrimination measures to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleging retaliation, pregnancy and disability discrimination, the federal agency announced today. 

La Oficina del Distrito de Birmingham de la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en Empleo (EEOC) firmará un Memorando de Entendimiento (MOU) con el Consulado de México en Atlanta el 17 de abril. El acuerdo establece una relación permanente de colaboración entre estas dos entidades para dar a ciudadanos mexicanos información, orientación y acceso a recursos para la prevención de la discriminación laboral, independientemente de su condición legal. Ricardo Camara Sánchez, Cónsul General de México en Atlanta, y Delner Franklin-Thomas, director del Distrito de Birmingham, firmarán el acuerdo.