The Birmingham District Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Consulate of Mexico in Atlanta on April 17.  The agreement establishes an ongoing collaborative relationship between these two entities to provide Mexican nationals with information, guidance, and access to resources on the prevention of discrimination in the workplace, regardless of documentation status.  Ricardo Camara Sánchez, Consul General of Mexico in Atlanta, and Delner Franklin-Thomas, director of the Birmingham District, will sign the agreement.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that YS&J Enterprises, Inc., which operates a Dairy Queen restaurant in Winston-Salem's Hanes Mall, has been held in civil contempt by a federal judge based on its breach of the terms of an agreement it entered into with the EEOC to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit.

Utah construction company Holmes & Holmes Industrial, Inc. will pay three former employees $230,000 and improve its future employment practices to settle a race harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P. violated federal law by allowing a male employee at an Akron Walmart store to subject a developmentally disabled female co-worker to sexually inappropriate conduct and then retaliating against her for her opposition to the sexual misconduct, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

El martes, 9 de abril 2013 fue el Día de la Igualdad Salarial, el día que marca el final del período adicional en que la mujer promedio en los EE.UU. debe trabajar para alcanzar la cifra que el hombre promedio ganó durante el año anterior.

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 is Equal Pay Day, the day that marks the end of the extra period of time that the average woman in the U.S. must work in order to earn what the average man earned during the previous year.

Western Energy Services of Durango, Inc. (WESODI) has agreed to pay $90,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

La Comisión para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC) de los EE.UU. participará en un "Chat Tweet" el martes, 9 de Abril de 1-2 pm Tiempo del Este, para discutir las diferencias salariales entre mujeres y hombres.  La charla va Twitter utilizara el hashtag #talkpay, está patrocinado por el Centro Nacional de Derechos de la Mujer, y tendrá a estas invitadas distinguidas

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will participate in a "Tweet Chat" on Tuesday, April 9 from 1-2 p.m. ET to discuss the pay gap between women and men. The Equal Pay Tweetchat, using the hashtag #talkpay, is sponsored by the National Women's Law Center.

Landau Uniforms, Inc., a Mississippi-based company that manufactures and distributes medical scrubs and other health care-related clothing, will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.