Press releases and other news from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. http://www.eeoc.gov/ en-us http://backend.userland.com/rss Simon Property Group, Inc., a nationwide commercial property management company, violated federal law by subjecting Hispanic employees to national origin discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charges in a lawsuit filed today. Simon Property Group owns and/or manages various shopping malls throughout the country, including the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, where the EEOC said the discriminatory acts took place. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/7-2-09.html 2009-07-02 Kmart Corporation, which operates several stores in Hawaii, violated federal law by subjecting a 73-year-old female pharmacist to age harassment, retaliation and forcing her out of her job, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today http://www.eeoc.gov/press/7-1-09.html 2009-07-01 A St. Louis-based plastic injection molding company violated federal law by subjecting a class of female employees at its Sherman, Miss., plant to a sexually hostile work environment and forcing several of them to quit their jobs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charges in a lawsuit filed today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/7-1-09a.html 2009-07-01 Starrett City, Inc., a federally funded housing complex in Brooklyn, will pay $70,000 to a former employee to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-30-09.html 2009-06-30 Lakemont Homes Inc., a major real estate development, construction, and management group in California and Nevada, violated federal law by subjecting a class of women to a hostile work environment, sexual harassment, and retaliation for complaining about it, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-30-09a.html 2009-06-30 U.S. District Court Judge Wayne R. Andersen of the Northern District of Illinois has rejected a motion by SkyWest Airlines, Inc. to dismiss a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), thus allowing the case to proceed to trial before a federal court jury, the EEOC announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-26-09.html 2009-06-26 Beverage Solutions, Inc., a Chicago-area beverage distribution company, violated federal law by refusing to reasonably accommodate the needs of one of its employees who needed medical leave, and firing her, because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-25-09.html 2009-06-25 National retail giant Kmart Corporation violated federal law by firing an employee because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) on behalf of a former worker who uses an assistive walking device. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-24-09.html 2009-06-24 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that federal Magistrate Judge Sandra M. Snyder has issued a court order requiring that the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) not interfere with the EEOC’s investigation of the California state agency, which provides services and support to persons with developmental disabilities. DDS allegedly threatened witnesses with criminal prosecution if they cooperated with the EEOC’s investigation. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-24-09a.html 2009-06-24 Koper Furniture violated federal law when it permitted a store manager to harass a dark-complexioned Puerto Rican employee because of his skin color and fired him for complaining, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-22-09b.html 2009-06-22 A popular Hickory Hills, Ill., banquet facility and country club will pay up to $690,000 to settle two lawsuits, charging sex and race discrimination and retaliation, brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-22-09a.html 2009-06-22 The Vail Corporation, which operates ski resorts in Vail and Keystone, Colo., will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a religious and gender discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-22-09.html 2009-06-22 The California State University System (CSUS) has agreed to settle an age discrimination suit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a longtime San Francisco State University Lecturer for $50,000 and other relief, the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-19-09.html 2009-06-19 Catholic Charities, one of the largest non-profit providers of social services in the San Francisco Bay Area, has agreed to pay $30,000 and other relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-18-09b.html 2009-06-18 A Molalla, Ore., nursery violated federal law when it allowed female employees to be severely sexually harassed and retaliated against the women and male co-workers after they reported the harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. This is the agency’s third such case against Oregon agricultural employers. Last October, the EEOC filed lawsuits against Scheimer Farms of Nyassa, Ore., and against Wilcox Farms, Inc., and Wilcox Dairy Farms Group in Aurora, Ore. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-18-09a.html 2009-06-18 United Parcel Service (UPS) will offer monetary damages and religious accommodations to a 19-year employee at UPS's Bartlett, Tenn., facility to resolve a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-18-09.html 2009-06-18 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted today to revise its regulations to conform to changes made by the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) of 2008, which would make it easier for an individual seeking protection under the ADA to establish that he or she has a disability. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-17-09.html 2009-06-17 A Phoenix-based international military contractor will pay $110,000 and furnish other relief to settle lawsuit charging a sex and age discrimination and unlawful retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-17-09a.html 2009-06-17 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a class litigation settlement under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act for one half million dollars and significant remedial relief in a case against Fire Mountain Restaurants LLC, doing business as Ryan's Family Steakhouse (Ryan's). http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-15-09b.html 2009-06-15 A San Antonio maintenance company and a real estate management company will pay $29,500 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-15-09a.html 2009-06-15 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its next public meeting on Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at 10 a.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 131 M St, NE, Washington, DC. In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the meeting is open for public observation of the Commission's deliberations. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-15-09.html 2009-06-15 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that national retail giant Dillard's, Inc. will pay $110,000 and provide significant remedial relief to settle a same-sex harassment lawsuit involving two male victims. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-11-09.html 2009-06-11 Brooks Run Mining Company and staffing firm Neal & Associates will pay $115,000 to settle a sex-based discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-11-09a.html 2009-06-11 An eight person federal jury has returned a unanimous verdict in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a sexual harassment lawsuit against AutoZone, Inc., the Memphis, Tenn.-based national auto parts retail giant, the EEOC announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-11-09b.html 2009-06-11 B&E Industries, doing business as Spirit Stop, will pay $67,500 to two former employees to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. B&E Industries, headquartered in Arlington, Texas, manufactures and then markets customized spirit items for high schools. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-10-09a.html 2009-06-10 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a major settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit for $1,450,000 and significant equitable relief against Schott North America, a multinational developer and manufacturer of special glass and specialty materials, components and systems, based in Elmsford, N.Y. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-10-09.html 2009-06-10 The University of Phoenix, Inc. will pay $32,500 and furnish other relief to settle a retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-9-09.html 2009-06-09 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Aaron Brothers, Inc. (Aaron Brothers) must provide nationwide statistical pay data, according to a ruling by U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz. The EEOC issued a subpoena during the course of a nationwide investigation into the company to determine if the retailer discriminated against female managers by paying them less than their male counterparts. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-8-09.html 2009-06-08 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today sued Chicago-based global air carrier United Airlines for discriminating against a class of employees with disabilities by failing to provide job transfers to vacant positions, despite their qualifications, as a reasonable accommodation. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-4-09.html 2009-06-04 A construction contractor operating at Texas refineries will pay $175,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-3-09b.html 2009-06-03 Providence Alaska Medical Center has agreed to pay $220,000 and other relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit on behalf of five workers laid off and denied rehire because of their age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-3-09a.html 2009-06-03 The Crom Corporation and Crom Equip­ment Rentals violated federal law when they allowed the racial harassment of black employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today. The EEOC also says the Florida-based construction companies unlawfully suspended an African American employee for complaining about severe racial insults, threats and physical abuse. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-3-09.html 2009-06-03 Muskegon Family Care, a family medical center, has agreed to pay $85,280 and provide substantial injunctive relief to settle a race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-2-09.html 2009-06-02 Area Erectors, Inc., a construction company headquartered in Rockford, Ill., will pay $630,000 and provide significant remedial relief to settle a race discrimination class lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-29-09.html 2009-05-29 Oil Company ConocoPhillips has agreed to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-28-09a.html 2009-05-28 Town & Country Grocers of Fredericktown, Missouri, Inc., doing business as Country Mart Grocery (Country Mart), will pay $27,000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a female African American worker, the federal agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-28-09b.html 2009-05-28 A Gaithersburg, Md.-based storage facility will pay $95,000 and furnish other substantial relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-28-09.html 2009-05-28 Duane Reade Inc., a well-known New York drugstore chain that operates more than 200 stores in metropolitan New York, will pay $240,000 and furnish other substantial relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-27-09.html 2009-05-27 A North Carolina lumber and hardware retailer will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Talbert subjected a black worker to a racially hostile work environment. Talbert Building Supply operates two locations, including one in Durham, N.C., where the racial harassment occurred. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-26-09.html 2009-05-26 The New Hanover Regional Medical Center has violated federal disability discrimination law by its drug policies, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. The EEOC charged that the center unlawfully prohibited applicants and employees from working there if they were taking a legally prescribed narcotic medication. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-22-09b.html 2009-05-22 A restaurant, lounge, night club and liquor store in Pembroke Pines, Fla., violated federal law when it discriminated against older employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed yesterday. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-22-09a.html 2009-05-22 Ceisel Masonry will pay half a million dollars to settle a race and national origin discrimina­tion lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commis­sion (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC’s suit charged that the north suburban construction company violated federal anti-discrimination laws by subjecting its Hispanic workers to harassment based upon their race and national origin. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-22-09.html 2009-05-22 A federal district court today awarded the maximum damages of $50,000 and significant injunctive relief in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a discrimination lawsuit against a Dallas-based commercial janitorial company, the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-21-09a.html 2009-05-21 A government contractor that provides technology services to the U.S. Army at its Aberdeen, Md., location will pay $60,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-21-09.html 2009-05-21 Delphi Corporation, one of the world's largest suppliers of automotive parts, will pay $80,000 and agree to injunctive relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that the company violated federal law by subjecting employees to unlawful inquiries into their medical conditions and retaliating against those who objected to the inquiries. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-20-09.html 2009-05-20 Stuart J. Ishimaru, Acting Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), has appointed expert mediator and manager Victor Voloshin as the EEOC's Chief Mediation Officer and Director of RESOLVE, the agency's internal mediation program, the EEOC announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-20-09.html 2009-05-20 West Front Street Foods, LLC, doing business as Compare Foods, will pay $30,000 and provide other relief to settle a national origin and race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that West Front Street Foods fired Robert Bruce, a white, non-Hispanic meat cutter, from a Compare Foods supermarket it operated in Statesville, N.C., based on his race and national origin. The lawsuit also charged that Bruce was replaced by a Hispanic worker as a racially motivated maneuver. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-19-09.html 2009-05-19 Jack in the Box will pay $20,000 compensatory damages and provide other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-18-09.html 2009-05-18 Conroe, Texas-based Maverick Tube Corporation will pay $175,000 to settle a retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-14-09a.html 2009-05-15 A Fredericksburg, Texas restaurant will pay $50,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-14-09.html 2009-05-14 A Tullytown, Pa., distributor of home heating oil has agreed to pay $80,000 and provide significant equitable relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. The EEOC charged in its lawsuit that Meenan Oil Company unlawfully fired sales representative Louis Ceccoli of Langhorne, Pa., because of his age, 71. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-13-09.html 2009-05-13 A Northern Indiana plastics product manufacturer unlawfully refused to promote a class of women workers to certain production jobs because of their sex, according to a lawsuit filed on May 13, 2009 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-13-09a.html 2009-05-13 A Pittsburgh hospital has agreed to pay $100,000 and furnish other equitable relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged the hospital with firing an employee because she had cancer. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-12-09.html 2009-05-12 Dawes County, located in northwestern Nebraska, will pay $50,000 to an elderly former employee to settle an age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-8-09.html 2009-05-08 Sam's Club, the wholesale chain store owned and operated by Wal-Mart, violated federal law by compelling Latino employees to endure a hostile work environment based upon their Mexican national origin, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-7-09.html 2009-05-07 Sacramento restaurant group Paramoor, Inc., will pay $60,000 and provide remedial relief to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Paramoor allowed the sexual harassment of two line cooks at the former Paragary's Gold River Bar & Oven (which has since been sold, operating under new ownership and a new name). http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-4-09.html 2009-05-04 In a race discrimination lawsuit filed today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged that a GM Pontiac-Buick car dealership committed racial discrimin­ation at its Augusta, Ga., location. The EEOC charged that a white male management consultant subjected an African American sales manager to a racially hostile work environment over a four-month period. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-30-09b.html 2009-04-30 John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods, Inc., an Atlanta-based home builder, unlawfully engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination against black sales agents, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-30-09a.html 2009-04-30 Heartland Employment Services, LLC, doing business as ManorCare of Indy South, an Indianapolis nursing home, will pay $56,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-30-09.html 2009-04-30 A Southfield, Mich.-based chain of weight loss clinics will pay $68,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Medical Weight Loss Clinic, Inc. unlawfully fired an employee with bipolar disorder because it regarded her as disabled, even though she had a superior work record with the company. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-29-09.html 2009-04-29 Southern Hills Medical Center will pay $70,000 and provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-28-09.html 2009-04-28 A Garner, N.C.-based engineering and design company will pay $10,250 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Tyndall Engineering and Design, P.A. disciplined workers in a discriminatory fashion based on gender when it fired a female employee at its Raleigh facility after she returned from a leave of absence, while not firing men in similar situations. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-24-09.html 2009-04-24 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a document on best practices to avoid discrimination against workers with caregiving responsibilities, and held a public meeting to discuss the importance of policies that protect caregivers in an economic downturn. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-22-09.html 2009-04-22 A North Little Rock, Ark.-based third-party receivables management company for health clubs will pay $20,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-17-09.html 2009-04-17 The Florida Institute for Neurologic Rehabilitation, Inc. (FINR) violated federal law when it denied a job to a hearing-impaired person because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed yesterday. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-16-09b.html 2009-04-16 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a public meeting at 10 a.m. (Eastern Time), Wednesday, April 22, to address best practices to avoid discrimination against workers with caregiving responsibilities.The meeting, at agency headquarters, 131 M Street, N.E., is open for public observation of the Commission's deliberations, in accordance with the Sunshine Act. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-16-09.html 2009-04-16 National department store Nordstrom, Inc. will pay $292,500 to 10 former employees and furnish other remedial measures to settle a harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. EEOC had charged that the department store manager harassed Hispanic and black employees based on their national origin, race, and color, and retaliated against those who complained about the harassment. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-16-09a.html 2009-04-16 United States Steel Corporation, a Pittsburgh-headquartered steel manufacturing company, violated federal law by denying a job to an applicant because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-15-09a.html 2009-04-15 A Harrisburg, Pa.-based trucking dealership has agreed to pay $60,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Transteck, Inc., doing business as Freightliner of Philadelphia, violated federal civil rights laws when it failed to give salary increases to a black diesel technician because of his race. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-15-09.html 2009-04-15 Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc., Skilled Healthcare, LLC, and other affiliated companies, will pay up to $450,000 and provide significant remedial relief to a class of Hispanic employees at its nursing homes and assisted living facilities who were subject to harassment, different terms and conditions of employment, promotion, compensation, and treatment through the implementation of an English-only rule that was only enforced against Hispanics, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-14-09.html 2009-04-14 A federal district court today entered a Federal Court Judgment for over $267,000 and significant injunctive relief in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a discrimination lawsuit against Sunfire Glass, Inc. The EEOC's suit charged that the company's owner subjected a class of female employees to severe physical and verbal sexual harassment in violation of federal law. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-13-09a.html 2009-04-13 A New Iberia, La.-based Sonic restaurant franchisee violated federal law by discriminating against an applicant because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-13-09.html 2009-04-13 A Radnor, Pa.-based liquid carbon dioxide and dry ice manufacturer will pay $40,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Airgas Carbonic, Inc. refused to promote a black employee at its Hopewell, Va., plant because of his race. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-9-09a.html 2009-04-09 Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores, Inc. will pay $255,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-9-09.html 2009-04-09 99 Cents, Inc., Yun's Inc., and Townhouse Inc., which own and operate various grocery markets in Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), will pay $80,000 and provide substantial remedial relief to settle a sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination and retaliation case filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-8-09e.html 2009-04-08 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a race discrimination lawsuit against ConMed Corp on behalf of Paul Hickman, an African American former employee who was terminated from his position as sales representative for the ConMed Midwest Office division because of his race. ConMed is an international medical device corporation specializing in orthopedics and general surgery. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-8-09a.html 2009-04-08 The Memphis unit of a Houston-based concrete supplier violated federal law by refusing to place a worker into a sales job because of his national origin, Asian, and age, subjecting him to harassment and retaliating against him for opposing that unlawful conduct, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-8-09b.html 2009-04-08 Benedict College discriminated against three white faculty members because of their race in 2005, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. The lawsuit was filed along with a consent decree resolving the case. Benedict College is a private historically black college located in Columbia, S.C. According to its web site, Benedict College has over 2,500 under­graduate students. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-8-09c.html 2009-04-08 A Germantown, Tenn.-based telemarketing company violated federal law by subjecting a class of women employees to sexual harassment and unlawful retalia­tion, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-8-09d.html 2009-04-08 Marjam Supply Company, Inc., a building materials supplier, will pay $495,000 to five former employees to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-8-09.html 2009-04-08 A Clearfield, Utah-based Japanese restaurant violated federal law by firing a server because of her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-2-09.html 2009-04-02 Delaware County Pain Management will pay $95,000 and provide equitable relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-1-09.html 2009-04-01 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has settled its pregnancy discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against two international corporations for $64,500 in monetary relief and remedial relief and that Federal District Court Judge G. Murray Snow signed the consent decrees resolving this case. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-1-09a.html 2009-04-01 According to the EEOC's suit (Civil Action No. 1:09-cv-00803-WDQ), filed in U.S District Court for the District of Maryland, Medical Health Group, Inc., violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) when it discriminated against Barbara Metzger by firing her when she had attempted to return to work. Metzger had been employed as a referral clerk for the practice for nearly 25 years; the practice was acquired by Medical Health Group, Inc. in 2002. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2007 and fired on May 31, 2007, about one week before her approved medical leave ended. At the time of her termination, Metzger had informed the defendant that she planned to work while undergoing her remaining chemotherapy sessions and radiation therapy. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-1-09b.html 2009-04-01 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed a workplace discrimination lawsuit against Accurate Insulation, LLC, on behalf of a female and class of African American workers who were employed at its Upper Marlboro, Md. location. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-1-09c.html 2009-04-01 Fisher Sand & Gravel Co., which engages in business activities related to road construction, violated federal law by subjecting a class of women to sexual harassment and firing one woman for complaining about it, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-1-09d.html 2009-04-01 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that Magistrate Judge Jeanne J. Graham of the U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minn., has ordered final approval of consent decrees settling two religious discrimination lawsuits brought by the EEOC against a leading St. Cloud, Minn.-based chicken processor, Gold’n Plump Poultry, Inc., and an employment agency, The Work Connection. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-31-09.html 2009-03-31 Britthaven, Inc., a Kinston, N.C.-based nursing home and assisted living chain, will pay $300,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-31-09a.html 2009-03-31 A Hibbing, Minn., taconite mining company violated federal law by denying an applicant a reasonable accommodation for his hearing impairment and then rejecting him from employment because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-30-09b.html 2009-03-31 A North Carolina yarn manufacturing company violated federal law by subjecting an employee to sexual harassment and then retaliating against her for com­plaining about it, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-30-09.html 2009-03-30 Franke, Inc., doing business as Franke Foodservice Systems, will offer permanent employment to an African American applicant and furnish other relief to resolve a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-26-09c.html 2009-03-26 Three commonly owned North Carolina placement agencies violated federal law by terminating an employee for opposing sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-26-09b.html 2009-03-26 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) practice of giving time off to employees who worked extra hours was insufficient for certain investigators and mediators, an arbitrator ruled. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-26-09a.html 2009-03-26 The United States District Court for the District of Minnesota has approved as final a proposed settlement of a sexual harassment lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against The Star Tribune Company for more than $300,000 and significant remedial relief, the EEOC announced today. The suit was filed on behalf of female employees at the plant which produces The Star Tribune newspaper, one of the nation's largest papers. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-26-09.html 2009-03-26 Framingham, Mass.-based TJX Companies, Inc., doing business as Marshalls, a discount retail store chain, will pay $110,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-25-09.html 2009-03-25 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that it has sued Mike Hooks, Inc. for racial discrimination, harassment and retaliatory discharge. Mike Hooks is a civil engineering, construction and dredging company headquartered in Westlake, La., with a work force of about 275 employees. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-25-09a.html 2009-03-25 Judge Harold Baer of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York gave final approval to a sweeping consent decree between the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and B & H Foto and Electronics Corp. (B & H), the federal agency announced today. The decree resolves a national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the EEOC on behalf of 149 Hispanic warehouse workers at one of the largest retail sellers of photographic, computer and electronic equipment in the New York metropolitan area. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-24-09.html 2009-03-24 Qualex, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Eastman Kodak, will pay $272,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The lawsuit, filed in May 2008 in federal court in Connecticut, alleged that Qualex, a photo processing company, and its parent company, Eastman Kodak, violated federal law by targeting older workers for termination through a reduction in force (RIF). http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-24-09a.html 2009-03-24 Adelphi University of Garden City, N.Y., one of the largest universities on Long Island, has agreed to settle a pay discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for more than $300,000 and significant remedial relief, the federal agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Adelphi paid a group of women professors less than male professors performing the same work. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-24-09b.html 2009-03-24 An Albuquerque-based McDonald's restaurant franchise will pay $115,000 and provide significant remedial relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of two young female employees, including a teenager, the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-24-09c.html 2009-03-24 The Alpha Group of Delaware, Inc., a non-profit Ohio corporation located in Delaware, Ohio, will pay $160,000 to settle a sex-based harassment and retaliation lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), announced today. The EEOC had charged that Alpha Group of Delaware, which provides employment, rehabilitation and adult day support services, subjected female workers to a hostile work environment and then retaliated against a high-ranking female executive who had complained about the harassment against women. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-23-09.html 2009-03-23 MayfieldGentry Realty Advisors, L.L.C., a Detroit securities investment firm, has agreed to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that MayfieldGentry violated Title VII of the Civil Rights of 1964 when it fired an employee because of her pregnancy. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-20-09a.html 2009-03-20 A Houston-area surgical center will pay $290,000 and provide significant remedial relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the federal agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that First Street Surgical Center, L.P. and First Surgical Partners, LLC subjected several female workers at their Bellaire, Texas, facility to a sexually hostile work environment and that First Street retaliated against women who complained about the unlawful conduct. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-20-09.html 2009-03-20 The operators of an assisted living facility in Mayfield Village will pay $75,000 and provide remedial relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-17-09.html 2009-03-17 A national denture provider, Affordable Care, Inc., violated federal law when its affiliated dentist, Nelson Wood, racially and sexually harassed two female employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-17-09a.html 2009-03-17 United Airlines has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit alleging that the Chicago-based company's overtime policy violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. According to the EEOC's suit and settlement (CV 09 0784 EMC) filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Northern California, United will pay $850,000 to a class of employees with disabilities and has agreed not to enforce such a policy in the future. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-16-09.html 2009-03-12 A Nashville Waffle House restaurant has been ordered to allow unsecured claims in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy action totaling $45,000 for several women who the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) claims the company subjected to a sexually hostile work environment. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-16-09a.html 2009-03-12 Verizon Pennsylvania Inc. has agreed to pay $37,000 and furnish other relief to settle a retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC charged in its lawsuit that Verizon fired Senior Field Clerk Lissa Hannan about 10 days after she complained about perceived sexual harassment by a male contractor. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-16-09b.html 2009-03-12 A Los Angeles-based insurance company that services policyholders in 12 states violated federal law by demoting an employee for opposing sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-16-09c.html 2009-03-12 Elks Lodge No. 954 in Jerseyville, Ill., violated federal law by sexually harassing three female bartenders and then taking reprisals against them when they com­plained, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-12-09a.html 2009-03-12 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed a workplace discrimination lawsuit against Austin Foam Plastics, Inc., a pro­ducer and distributor of corrugated box and cushion packaging. The EEOC charged the company with racial harassment, sexual harassment and unlawful retaliation. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-12-09.html 2009-03-12 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that workplace discrimination charge filings with the federal agency nationwide soared to an unprecedented level of 95,402 during Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, which ended Sept. 30. This level is a 15 percent increase from the previous fiscal year. The FY 2008 enforcement and litigation statistics, which include trend data, are available online at http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/enforcement.html. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-11-09.html 2009-03-11 The corporate owner of several restaurants in three states will pay $457,500 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that N-W Ventures, LLC in Las Vegas subjected a class of African American employees to discrimination, including racial harassment and retaliation. N-W Ventures owns several bars, steakhouses and lounges in Las Vegas, Chicago and Dallas. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-11-09b.html 2009-03-11 The Gillette location of the HD Supply wholesale distributor chain violated federal law by subjecting a female employee to a hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. According to company information, HD Supply is a leading nationwide wholesale supplier of building materials and has over 2,800 employees nationwide. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-11-09a.html 2009-03-11 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Wheeler Construction, Inc., a Phoenix-based construction company, has agreed to settle a national origin harassment lawsuit for $325,000 and other relief on behalf of Mexican workers. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-10-09.html 2009-03-09 A Lordstown, Ohio-based automotive parts company will pay $27,500 and furnish remedial relief to settle a retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-10-09a.html 2009-03-10 Basic Energy Services, L.P. has agreed to pay $250,000 and consented to substantial injunctive relief to settle a sex discrimination and retaliation suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC charged in its suit that the Midland, Texas-based company, a major oil well servicing contractor, had discriminated against a former field attendant because of her sex and then fired her because she complained about a discriminatory promotion denial and sexual harassment. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-9-09b.html 2009-03-9 Burger King Corporation will pay $85,000 and furnish significant non-monetary relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that a female employee of the Clemmons, N.C., Burger King was subjected to a sexually hostile work environment when she was 18-years-old. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-9-09a.html 2009-03-09 Advance Stores Company, Inc., doing business as Advance Auto Parts, will pay $50,000 and provide other affirmative relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-9-09.html 2009-03-09 YRC Inc. ("YRC"), and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") today announced an agreement providing for an expanded recruitment program that both the federal agency and America's largest over-the-road trucking company expect will increase the diversity of YRC's truck driving and dock employees' workforce. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-5-09.html 2009-03-05 Shopper's Vineyard, a wine and liquor store in Clifton, N.J., agreed to pay $60,000 and provide substantial injunctive relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-4-09a.html 2009-03-04 A Phoenix, Md., horse farm will pay $180,000 and furnish substantial remedial relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-4-09.html 2009-03-04 A Maryland athletic club will pay $161,000 and furnish other substantial relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/2-26-09.html 2009-02-26 Ashland, Inc., an international chemical giant, and its subsidiary Valvoline, violated federal law when it fired a 52-year-old manager because of his age, according to a lawsuit filed today by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). http://www.eeoc.gov/press/2-25-09a.html 2009-02-25 Embarking on an historic new area of jurisdiction, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today presented a Notice of Proposed Rule Making implementing employment provisions of the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), and urged public comment. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/2-25-09.html 2009-02-25 A federal court in Peoria, Ill., decided today that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) could not be blocked from continuing its pursuit of relief on behalf of a disabled sales manager employee of Autozone, Inc. because the employee had applied for and obtained Social Security disability benefits. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/2-23-09a.html 2009-02-23 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a public meeting on the subject of genetic discrimination at 10 a.m. (Eastern Time) Wednesday, Feb. 25, at the agency's new headquarters, 131 M Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the meeting is open for public observation of the Commission's deliberations. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/2-23-09.html 2009-02-23 Spartan Aeronautics College will pay $32,500 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/2-19-09.html 2009-02-19 Glacier Northwest Inc. has agreed to pay $20,000 in back wages to two women to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. According to company information, Glacier Northwest is the largest supplier of ready mixed concrete, sand, gravel, rock, cement and building materials in the Pacific Northwest. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/2-18-09.html 2009-02-18 Robertson Sanitation, a Phoenix-based trash hauling, recycling and disposal company that operates in Georgia, will pay $475,000 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/2-17-09.html 2009-02-17 Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC will pay more than $75,000 to settle sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuits brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and former GP-Gypsum employee Tina Hammer, the EEOC announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/2-12-09b.html 2009-02-12 J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc. will pay $50,000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/2-12-09.html 2009-02-12 Crick Pictures, L.L.C., and Mandate Pictures, L.L.C., will pay $75,000 to settle a federal pregnancy discrimination suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC's suit had charged that movie production companies Crick and Mandate refused to hire a pregnant job applicant, Cynthia Castillo-Hill, for a position as an extras casting assistant after they learned that she was expecting a baby. Castillo-Hill sought work on the film Stranger Than Fiction, which stars Will Ferrell. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/2-12-09a.html 2009-02-12 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Division on Civil Rights, today launched a new partnership to educate young people and employers about their respective rights and responsibilities under federal and state laws preventing discrimination in the workplace. A key aspect of the public education campaign is the placement of Youth@Work posters on New Jersey area transit buses. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/2-11-09.html 2009-02-11 Murphy Ford Inc., doing business as Murphy Ford Lincoln Mercury Murphy Ford Inc., a car dealership located in Chester, Pa., will pay $244,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), announced today. The EEOC had charged that Murphy Ford sexually harassed three female employees and fired one woman for complaining about the unlawful harassment. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/2-11-09a.html 2009-02-11 Valley Isle Motors, Ltd., a car dealership in Maui, unlawfully discriminated against an employee by failing to hire him for a salesperson position because of a perceived mental disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/2-10-09.html 2009-02-10 Union Pacific Railroad will pay $75,000 and furnish significant relief measures to settle a sex discrimination suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/2-3-09.html 2009-02-03 Ronald S. Cooper, General Counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will return to private law practice after two-and-one-half years leading the agency's litigation program. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/2-2-09.html 2009-02-02 Hailing a victory for working women and all victims of pay discrimination, Stuart J. Ishimaru, the newly designated Acting Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today congratulates Congress and President Obama on the final passage and enactment of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. The Act reinstates the EEOC's longstanding position on the timeliness of filing pay discrimination charges, a position that had been overturned by the Supreme Court's decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/1-29-09.html 2009-01-29 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in a decision by Chief Judge Frank H. Easterbrook, Friday ordered a District Court to enforce a subpoena issued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The court ruled that the EEOC had the authority to refuse to allow an individual to withdraw a charge of discrimination, and, therefore, to enforce a subpoena against an employer and to pursue an investigation of discrimination by that employer, Watkins Motor Lines, Inc. Watkins had entered into a private settlement agreement with a rejected job applicant who had filed the charge of discrimination which gave rise to the EEOC investigation. EEOC v. Watkins Motor Lines, Inc, (7th Cir. No. 08-2483, C.J. Easterbrook, 1/23/2009). http://www.eeoc.gov/press/1-26-09.html 2009-01-26 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that President Barack Obama has appointed Stuart J. Ishimaru as Acting Chairman of the EEOC and Christine M. Griffin as Acting Vice Chair. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/1-23-09.html 2009-01-23 An interstate trucking firm has agreed to pay $2.43 million and provide other remedial relief to a class of women to settle a major sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/1-22-09.html 2001-01-22 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released a comprehensive report to Chair Naomi C. Earp from the Federal Hispanic Work Group. The report contains an extensive number of practical recommendations that address a broad array of contemporary federal sector employment issues, including hiring, leadership development and retention. The full report, entitled Report on the Hispanic Employment Challenge in the Federal Government, is available on the agency's web site at www.eeoc.gov http://www.eeoc.gov/press/1-14-09.html 2001-01-14 A Chicago dental practice will pay $462,500 to settle a class sexual and religious harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/1-13-09.html 2001-01-13 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a comprehensive report prepared by the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Work Group containing findings and a series of practical recommendations for EEOC Chair Naomi C. Earp's consideration. These recommendations address AAPI issues related to federal sector employment, special emphasis programs and the complaints process. The full report, entitled Report to the Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, is available on the agency's web site at www.eeoc.gov http://www.eeoc.gov/press/1-9-09.html 2001-01-09 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Merrill Lynch, the international financial services firm, has agreed to pay $1,550,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act on behalf of an Iranian Muslim former worker who was fired due to his religion and national origin. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/12-31-08a.html 2008-12-31 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that a federal appeals court has declined to review a jury verdict in an EEOC religious discrimination case against telecommunications giant AT&T. The decision by the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds the jury finding that AT&T unlawfully discriminated against two customer service technicians who were fired after attending a Jehovah's Witnesses convention. The lower court's award of $756,000 in damages to the discrimination victims has thus been upheld also. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/12-31-08.html 2008-12-31 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (Cracker Barrel) today announced the signing of a Universal Agreement to Mediate (UAM) to informally resolve workplace disputes through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) prior to an EEOC investigation or potential litigation. The UAM applies to 56 Cracker Barrel establishments throughout Florida. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/12-18-08.html 2008-12-18 Fred Meyer Stores, Inc. (Fred Meyer) will pay $485,000 to three female victims of sexual harassment and retaliation to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the EEOC announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/12-11-08a.html 2008-12-11 The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)today co-hosted a meeting of the Chief Human Capital Officers (CHCO) Council Training Academy focusing on how agencies can provide assistance to Americans with disabilities who want to join the Federal Government. Presentations were made from four agencies, including OPM, EEOC, the Department of Treasury and the Department of Veterans Affairs. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/12-11-08.html 2008-12-11 Kovacevich 5 Farms, a Tulare County grower of table grapes, has agreed to pay $1,680,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging that the company refused to hire women, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/12-3-08.html 2008-12-03 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has resolved its pattern or practice sex discrimination lawsuit against LA Weight Loss Centers, Inc., (renamed Pure Weight Loss, Inc., in early 2007), for $20 million and other significant relief. http://www.eeoc.gov/press/12-2-08.html 2008-12-02