On Wednesday, May 18, 2011, the Jackson Area Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Jackson State University College of Business will co-host a Fair Pay Seminar to discuss the wage gap between men and women. The event will be held at the JSU College of Business, 1400 J.R. Lynch Street, Room 119 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.  It is free and open to the public.

Hyundai Ideal Electric Company (HIEC), located in Mansfield, Ohio, will pay $188,000 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

Health Partners, Inc., a Michigan rehabilitation and nursing company, violated federal law by refusing to allow an employee to begin working there after a skin test for tuberculosis, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today

La compañía procesadora de almendras Fisher Nut en Modesto, California, ha acordado pagar $150,000 a siete empleadas Latinas e implementar medidas preventivas para resolver una demanda federal de represalias, la Comisión Federal de Igualdad de Oportunidad en el Empleo (EEOC) anunció hoy.

Modesto, Calif.-based almond processor Fisher Nut Company has agreed to pay $150,000 to seven Latina employees and to implement preventive measures to settle a federal lawsuit for retaliation, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) Denver Office and the Wyoming State Department of Workforce Services-Labor Standards will host a free training event on the Equal Pay Act on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at the Holiday Inn-Cheyenne, 204 West Fox Farm Road. The training will run from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that a federal judge has entered a $195,000 consent decree to resolve a national origin harassment lawsuit brought by the agency against the Hilton Lisle/Naperville Hotel in Lisle, Ill.

Dave's Supermarket will pay $300,000 to four women to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that a federal judge has entered a $110,000 consent decree that resolves an EEOC race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought against Federal Insurance Company, doing business as Chubb & Son, a U.S.-based property and casualty insurance giant with business worldwide.

Eclipse Advantage, Inc., a transportation, logistics and distribution management company, will pay $60,000 to settle a racial harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.