September 8 All-Day Meeting to Focus on Securing Continued Effectiveness

The next open meeting of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will take place on Monday, September 8, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., in the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Conference Room (9th Floor), at agency headquarters located at 1801 L Street, N.W.  The all-day public Commission Meeting will examine trends and issues driving the need for organizational change and customer service improvements at

Federal Agency Says Director Forced Out for Trying to Stop Sexual Harassment

NORFOLK, Va.- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that on Tuesday a federal jury awarded $4,050,000 to Stephanie Denninghoff following a four- day trial conducted on her behalf by the U.S. Equal Employment

September 8 All-Day Meeting to Focus on Securing Continued Effectiveness

The next open meeting of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will take place on Monday, September 8, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., in the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Conference Room (9th Floor), at agency headquarters located at 1801 L Street, N.W.  The all-day public Commission Meeting will examine trends and issues driving the need for organizational change and customer service improvements at

EEOC Chair Cari Dominguez to Address Hundreds of Federal Officials at National EXCEL Program

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its annual federal sector EXCEL program for government employees, managers, and union officials from August 26 through August 29, 2003, at the Bally's Park Place Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey. 

EXCEL is the EEOC's premiere federal sector law conference of its kind and provides an interactive educational forum for examining

Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced a national agreement with Kimble Glass, Inc. to submit all appropriate charges of employment discrimination filed with the EEOC against the company to voluntary mediation-based Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).  This marks the tenth National Universal Agreement to Mediate (NUAM) that EEOC has recently entered into with a large employer attempting to informally resolve workplace disputes prior to an agency investigation or

Pictured are Charging Party Karon Lambert (left) and EEOC Chicago Trial Attorney Lauren Dreilinger (right).  Ms. Lambert's sexual harassment case resulted in EEOC's litigation against Caterpillar's Aurora facility.

Federal Agency Challenges Racial and Sexual Harassment at Joliet and Aurora Plants

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed two employment discrimination lawsuits in federal court in Chicago against Caterpillar, Inc. under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  In the suits, the

Regional Vice President Targeted African American Employees and Applicants

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a voluntary pre-litigation settlement of a race discrimination case against Supercuts, Inc., a nationwide chain of hair salons based in Minneapolis, Minn., for $3.5 million and significant remedial relief.  The agreement, obtained through EEOC's conciliation process, resolves a charge by former Regional Manager Richard Quick, who claimed that Supercuts Eastern Regional Vice-President terminated him for refusing to

Eric Dreiband was sworn in today as General Counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for a term of four years.  Dreiband, most recently Deputy Administrator for Policy in the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, was nominated by President Bush on February 4 and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 31.

"We are very fortunate to have Eric Dreiband as the Commission's General Counsel.  Eric brings impeccable

LOS ANGELES  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Cheap Tickets, a leading retailer of discounted leisure travel products, today announced a $1.1 million settlement of the EEOC class action sexual harassment lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against Cheap Tickets, Inc.

The suit (EEOC v. Cheap Tickets, et al., Case Number CV-02-7117-WJR (VBKx), filed in the United States District Court for the Central District

Rare Bias Case Involves Dark Skin Color of African American Employee

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a rare color harassment and retaliation lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against Applebee's Neighborhood Bar & Grill, an international restaurant chain headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.  The settlement provides $40,000 to Dwight Burch, an African American former employee who was discriminated against based on his dark