La Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo de los EE.UU. (EEOC) ha puesto en marcha una cuenta de Twitter para hispanohablantes para darles noticias e información sobre la EEOC, la agencia anunció hoy.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has launched a Twitter account for Spanish speakers to follow news and information about the EEOC, the agency announced today.

The Cleveland Field Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Detroit Consulate of Mexico today.  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.  Mexican Consul Vicente Sanchez Ventura and Cynthia Stankiewicz, acting director of the EEOC's Cleveland Field Office, will sign the agreement.  

Voss Electric Co., doing business as Voss Lighting, will pay $82,500 and furnish company-wide injunctive relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that the Lincoln, Neb.-based supplier of replacement lighting products violated federal law by refusing to hire a qualified applicant at its Tulsa location because of his religious beliefs.

Toys "R" Us, Inc., one of the world's largest retailers of toys and juvenile products, violated federal law when it first refused to provide an interpreter for a deaf applicant and then failed to hire her, the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today. 

Texas – Senior Living Properties, LLC, which owns 35 senior assisted living facilities in Texas, will pay $42,500 and furnish extensive injunctive relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged the company with denying a religious accommodation to an employee.

A unanimous jury in federal court in Denver yesterday found for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in its disability discrimination lawsuit against Western Trading Company, Inc., an Army-Navy surplus company in metro Denver (EEOC v. Western Trading Co., Inc., Case #10-cv-02387-MJM-MJW).  The jury awarded $109,000 for Tyler Riley, an employee who was fired because of his seizure disorder. 

La compañia Spud Seller, Inc., una mayorista de papas en el Valle de San Luis afuera de Monte Vista, Colorado, pagará $255,000 y proporcionará otro tipo de recompensa para resolver la demanda de acoso sexual archivada por la Comisión para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo de los Estados Unidos (EEOC), la agencia anunció hoy.

The Spud Seller, Inc., a potato wholesaler in the San Luis Valley outside of Monte Vista, Colo., has agreed to pay $255,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 

A Milwaukee K-12 school will pay $37,500 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.