Best Practices in Recruitment, Hiring, Training, and Reasonable Accommodation Emerge from Federal-State Partnership Project

WASHINGTON  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a report detailing efforts to employ more people with disabilities in state government jobs

EEOC and FDA Team Up to Address Health, Safety, and Discrimination Concerns

WASHINGTON  -  Under the umbrella of President Bush's New Freedom Initiative for people with disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announces the availability of "How to Comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act: A Guide for Restaurants and Other Food Service Employers."  The guide is designed to assist restaurants and other food service employers in complying with the employment provisions

NEW ORLEANS - In a major legal victory for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has awarded a former veteran employee of E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. (DuPont) $1.29 million in an employment discrimination case filed by the EEOC under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).  DuPont, based in Wilmington, Delware, is an international science and chemical

WASHINGTON – Leslie E. Silverman, Commissioner, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and Janice F. Oliver, Deputy Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), will hold a joint press teleconference Thursday, October 28, 2:00 to 2:30 p.m. EDT, to discuss the new publication "How to Comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act: A Guide for Restaurants and Other Food Service Employers."  The guide is designed to assist restaurants

Dispelling Myths and Fears Can Promote Employment Opportunities

WASHINGTON -  In observance of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a fact sheet on the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to persons with intellectual disabilities in the workplace.  The new publication is available at www.eeoc.gov.

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New Data Show Declining Processing Time and Inventory for Hearings and Appeals; Increasing Monetary Benefits for Victims

WASHINGTON -  Discrimination complaints filed by federal employees and applicants against Cabinet departments and agencies are being processed faster by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the pending inventory of hearings

EEOC Issues Call to Retail Industry for Best Practices

WASHINGTON  - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will release a new study, "Retail Distribution Centers: How New Business Processes Impact Minority Labor Markets," tomorrow, Friday, October 8.  The full text of the

Agency Reaches Out to High Schools to Educate Teens About Employment Rights

WASHINGTON -  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today visited local high schools in the Mid-Atlantic and the Southwest, as part of the federal agency's "Youth@Work" initiative  an unprecedented year-long national outreach and education campaign

Government Suit Charged Diversified Technology Giant with         Firing and Demoting Class of Employees due to Ageism

NEWARK, N.J. -  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has resolved a class action employment discrimination lawsuit against Morristown, N.J.-based Honeywell International, a global diversified technology company with over 100,000 employees in 95 countries.  EEOC's litigation alleged violations

Influential Civil Rights Group Thanks Commission for its 'Landmark Contributions'

DEARBORN, Michigan    On Saturday evening, October 2, Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will accept the distinguished "Friend In Government" award from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), a prominent national civil rights