U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEOC) Chair Jacqueline Berrien spoke today at an event hosted by Vice President Joseph Biden to release the recommendations of the White House Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force.  The recommendations were issued as a part of a broader effort coordinated by the White House Middle Class Task Force and the White House Council on Women and Girls to develop solutions for families balancing the dual demands of work and caring for family.

Oracle Transcription Company, Inc., a Rockville, Md., transcription company, will pay $30,000 and furnish substantial remedial relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

A South Point, Ohio-based construction company condoned egregious racial harassment and illegally fired an employee who complained about the abusive treatment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

Elks Lodge No. 954 in Jerseyville, Ill., will pay $107,500 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that the lodge violated federal law by sexually harassing three female bartenders and then taking reprisals against them when they complained.

A federal district court has ordered an employer to stop questioning Hispanic farm workers who filed charges of sexual harassment and retaliation with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) concerning their immigration status, employment history and, in one woman's case, her sexual history. In June 2009, the federal agency sued Willamette Tree Wholesale, Inc. of Molalla, Ore., alleging that workers were sexually harassed and threatened in retaliation for reporting the harassment. The EEOC also charged that one Latina farm worker was repeatedly raped by her supervisor.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will observe the 20th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 22 with two panels of civil rights experts discussing the landmark law.

A Corpus Christi Sears store will pay more than $30,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a retaliation lawsuit against Adecco USA Inc. for $62,500.

A Saginaw, Mich.-based health services provider will pay $45,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by U.S. Equal Employ­ment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Health Delivery, Inc. unlawfully refused to return to work an employee with a record of depression even though she had completed a course of treatment and had been approved to return to work.

Major exterminator Terminix International will pay $80,000 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that Terminix unlawfully fired an employee at its McGehee, Ark., location because of her pregnancy.