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PRESS RELEASE
7-28-04

Even as ADA Reaches 14th Anniversary, Questions Still Persist

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a new fact sheet available at www.eeoc.gov addressing the workplace rights of people with epilepsy under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Title I of the ADA, which is enforced by the EEOC, protects qualified individuals with disabilities from discrimination by private and state and local

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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PRESS RELEASE
7-28-00

WASHINGTON - Ida L. Castro, Chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will be in Detroit on Monday, July 31, and Tuesday, August 1, to participate in the national "Spirit of the ADA Torch Relay" ceremonies commemorating the tenth anniversary of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Ms. Castro will also hold meetings with local stakeholders representing employers, employees, the private bar, civil

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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PRESS RELEASE
7-27-99

WASHINGTON -- Ida L. Castro, Chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today reiterated the agency's commitment to vigorously enforcing the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The Commission is observing the ninth anniversary of the groundbreaking civil rights law.

"Since passage of the ADA by Congress in 1990, the Commission has worked diligently to

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PRESS RELEASE
7-27-07

Former Area Supervisor with Hearing Impairment Wins Harassment Case

DALLAS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has received a favorable jury verdict of $166,500 in a disability harassment lawsuit brought against a Subway restaurant franchise, BobRich Enterprises, Inc., on behalf of a female manager who was discriminated against and forced to resign because of her hearing impairment.

The Dallas jury of five women and

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                      CONTACT: For EEOC   July 27, 2005                              James Ryan, (202) 663-4965                                              For Tuskegee University                                            Denise Berkhalter                                            (334) 724-4553   

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Dr. Oluseyi Kuforiji, EEOC's Research Fellow from Tuskegee University, meets with Chair Cari M. Dominguez

PRESS RELEASE
7-27-05

Program Part of White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has selected a Tuskegee University economics professor as its second

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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PRESS RELEASE
7-27-04

Disability Rights Champion and Legal Expert to Join Academia in Seattle

WASHINGTON - Paul Steven Miller, the second-longest serving Commissioner in the 40-year history of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will end his decade-long tenure effective August 15, 2004, and join academia as a faculty member at the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle, the EEOC announced today.

"Our Nation has been

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PRESS RELEASE
7-27-00

ADA Policy Guidances and Status Report Issued, Commission Meeting To Be Held

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued two major guidances and a status report on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as part of its commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the landmark civil rights law. The three documents, which will also be distributed and discussed at a public Commission

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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PRESS RELEASE
7-26-06

Latest Q&A Fact Sheet Coincides with Anniversary of Landmark Disabilities Act

WASHINGTON – Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced the issuance of a new question-and-answer (Q&A) fact sheet on the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to job applicants and employees who are deaf or who have hearing impairments. The new publication, the sixth in a

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PRESS RELEASE
7-26-05

Issuance Coincides with 15th Anniversary of Landmark Anti-Discrimination Law

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a question-and- answer document on the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to persons with cancer in the workplace. The new publication is available on EEOC's web site at http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/cancer.html.

Commission Chair Cari M. Dominguez released the document today during an event sponsored

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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PRESS RELEASE
7-26-04

EEOC Chair Cari Dominguez to Address Hundreds of Federal Officials at National EXCEL Program Aug. 30 - Sept. 2

WASHINGTON 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 30 through September 2, 2004, at the Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

EXCEL is the EEOC's premier federal sector