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Press release

R.S.V.P. FORM Town Hall Meetings

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The May 4 meeting is full. The May 18 meeting is almost full. Reservations will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.

SPACE IS LIMITED. To ensure a seat, please send this R.S.V.P. form for the Town Hall meeting you plan to attend. This form should be sent by mail or FACSIMILE to the appropriate contact below:

Joel A. Kravetz, EEOC
Office of Federal Operations
1801 L

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Joint Resolution

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Whereas, the United States and the State of Utah are committed to the principle of equal opportunity for all citizens; and

Whereas, more than 54 million Americans have disabilities; and

Whereas, 15 percent of Utahns between the ages of 21 and 64, as well as 40 percent of those age 65 and over, have disabilities; and

Whereas, individuals with disabilities can further benefit from the

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Joint Resolution

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Whereas, the United States and the State of Kansas are committed to the principle of equal opportunity for all citizens; and

Whereas, more than 54 million Americans have disabilities; and

Whereas, 16 percent of Kansans between the ages of 21 and 64, as well as 41 percent of those age 65 and over, have disabilities; and

Whereas, individuals with disabilities can further benefit from the promise

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COIL TUBING SERVICES SETTLES RACE AND NATIONAL ORIGIN DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT WITH EEOC

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-9-09

Texas Oilfield Company Fired Worker for Complaining About Harassment Because He Is Not Hispanic, Federal Agency Charged

DALLAS – An Alice, Texas-based oilfield service company will pay $60,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race, national origin and retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged the company’s Hispanic supervisors discriminated against a

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YATES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SUED BY EEOC FOR RACIAL HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-9-09

Black Employees Subjected to Racial Insults, Federal Agency Charges

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Stokesdale, N.C.-based Yates Construction Company, Inc. violated federal law by subjecting African American employees to a racially hostile environment and by firing one of its African-American employees for complaining about the situation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC’s complaint, in 2007 and

Press release

CHAIR EARP NAMES SYSTEMIC INVESTIGATION PROGRAM MANAGER

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-9-08

EEOC Affirms Commitment to Combat Systemic Discrimination in the Workplace

WASHINGTON – Naomi C. Earp, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced the selection of Dana Hutter as the new Systemic Investigation Program Manager. Hutter, a veteran agency official, will assume the new position on September 15 after serving nearly five years as the Washington Field Office Director.

In his new role

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KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION TO PAY $55,000 TO SETTLE EEOC RETALIATION LAWSUIT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-8-09

Trucking Company Fired Dispatcher for Protesting Racism, Federal Agency Charges

OXFORD, Miss. – A Phoenix, Ariz.-based trucking company will pay $55,000 and furnish other relief to settle a retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC’s suit (Civil Action Number: 2:07-cv-0170-MPM-SAA), filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, charged that Knight

Press release

EEOC SUES SILGAN CONTAINERS FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-8-09

Company Denied Job Accommodation to Disabled Employee And Required Improper Medical Examinations of All New Hires, Federal Agency Says

MILWAUKEE – The largest metal food can supplier in North America, Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation, violated federal law by discriminating against a disabled employee at its plant in Oconomowoc, Wis., the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

The agency's administrative

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EEOC AND FORD SIGN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-7-99

CHICAGO -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has reached a major settlement with the Ford Motor Company providing nearly $8 million in damages to be paid to female employees alleged to have been victimized by sexual harassment, racial harassment, harassment on the basis of sex, and retaliation for complaining to management about the harassment.

Ford has also agreed to train all of

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EEOC SETTLES DISCRIMINATION SUIT AGAINST CARL BUDDIG FOR $2.5 MILLION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-7-04

Federal Court Order Also Mandates Bias-Free Hiring At Leading Chicago-Area Meat Processor

CHICAGO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced this morning that a federal judge in Chicago has entered a $2.5 million Consent Decree ending two and one-half years of litigation by the EEOC against major meat processing company Carl Buddig & Company of South Suburban Homewood, Ill.

The EEOC's lawsuit, which was

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L.A. WEIGHT LOSS TO FACE TRIAL FOR SEX BIAS AND RETALIATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-6-07

EEOC Class Suit Charges Company with Discrimination Against Men

BALTIMORE – A federal court has ruled that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) may proceed to trial with its class sex discrimination lawsuit against L.A. Weight Loss Centers, Inc. (LAWL) on behalf of qualified male applicants nationwide.

In his ruling, U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr., of the U.S. District Court for the District

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NAOMI C. EARP TAKES OFFICE AS EEOC CHAIR

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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PRESS RELEASE
9-6-06

WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush last week designated Naomi Churchill Earp as Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Chair Earp, who officially took office on Sept. 1., succeeds Cari M. Dominguez, who stepped down after serving a full five-year term.

Between April 2003 and Sept. 1, 2006, Ms. Earp served as Vice Chair of EEOC. During that time, she created and launched

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MONITORS SAY MITSUBISHI IN COMPLIANCE WITH EEOC CONSENT DECREE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT 'FIRMLY UNDER CONTROL' AT U.S. PLANT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-6-00

CHICAGO -- Monitors watching over efforts of Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America, Inc. to combat sexual harassment and to obey the Consent Decree which resolved the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) landmark lawsuit against the company reported today to the Federal District Court in Peoria, Illinois, that: "Mitsubishi is in compliance with the Decree, has sexual harassment in the plant firmly under control, and has

Press release

EEOC TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING ON SEPT. 7

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-5-06

Commission to Review Process of Investigating Federal EEO Complaints

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its next meeting on Thursday, Sept. 7, at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 1801 L Street, N.W. In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the meeting is open for public observation of the Commission's deliberations. During the meeting, the following matters are scheduled for consideration

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EEOC ISSUES GUIDANCE CLARIFYING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAWS AND DISABILITY STATUTE

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT:   Claire Gonzales September 4, 1996                             Reginald Welch                                               (202) 663-4900                                               TDD:   (202) 663-4494 

PRESS RELEASE
9-4-96

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today set forth its position on the interaction between Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and state workers' compensation laws by issuing Enforcement Guidance: Workers' Compensation and the ADA.

EEOC

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EEOC SUES SUPERVALU/JEWEL-OSCO FOR DISABILITY BIAS AGAINST PHARMACY WORKER WITH PULMONARY DISEASE

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-4-09

CHICAGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a disability discrimination lawsuit in federal court here charging that Jewel-Osco, an operating unit of national grocery giant Supevalu, Inc., refused to accommodate a pharmacy worker with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, known as COPD, and severe allergic reactions to cosmetic fragrances.

The suit, filed under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), alleges that Jewel-Osco denied

Press release

SENATE CONFIRMS NEW LEADERSHIP AT EEOC

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE           CONTACT:        Claire E. Gonzales Fri., Sept. 30, 1994                            Reginald A. Welch                                                 (202) 663-4900                                                 (202) 663-4494 (TDD) 

PRESS RELEASE
9-30-94

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate late yesterday unanimously confirmed the nominations of Gilbert F. Casellas, Paul M. Igasaki, and Paul Steven Miller to serve as Commissioners of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The new members are expected to be formally appointed by President Clinton

Press release

FOREST LAKE AND STANCIU MANAGEMENT SUED BY EEOC FOR NATIONAL ORIGIN HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09

Property Management Companies Harassed a Class of Hispanic Workers, Federal Agency Charges

BALTIMORE – Three interrelated companies which provide property management services to apartment complexes in Maryland and Virginia violated federal law when they subjected a class of Hispanic workers to harassment and suspended or fired employees who opposed the illegal practices, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

The

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NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY SUED BY EEOC FOR SEX DISCRIMINATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09

Railway Failed to Promote Woman to Yardmaster Position, Federal Agency Charges

BALTIMORE – One of the nation's premier transportation companies engaged in unlawful sex discrimination when it refused to provide a female employee with training necessary to obtain a pro­motion to a yardmaster position, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

The railroad removed Kathryn Class from yardmaster training and

Press release

RUBY TUESDAY, INC. SUED BY EEOC FOR AGE BIAS AGAINST CLASS OF OLDER APPLICANTS IN PA. AND OHIO

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09

PITTSBURGH -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the filing of a class lawsuit against Ruby Tuesday, Inc. under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) on behalf of older job applicants who were denied hire due to ageism.

The EEOC alleges that since at least January 2005, Ruby Tuesday, Inc. has refused to hire individuals who were in the ADEA's protected class

Press release

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY SUED BY EEOC FOR SEX DISCRIMINATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09

Railway Failed to Promote Woman to Yardmaster Position, Federal Agency Charges

BALTIMORE – One of the nation's premier transportation companies engaged in unlawful sex discrimination when it refused to provide a female employee with training necessary to obtain a pro­motion to a yardmaster position, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

The railroad removed Kathryn Class from yardmaster training and

Press release

EEOC SUES CTI GLOBAL SOLUTIONS FOR PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09

Staffing Company Terminated Women Because of Pregnancy, Federal Agency Says

BALTIMORE – CTI Global Solutions Inc., a staffing agency headquartered in Largo, Md., violated federal law when it terminated a group of employees because of their pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

"More than 30 years after the passage of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the EEOC has seen

Press release

AXIOM STAFFING SUED FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09

Staffing Companies Refused to Hire Applicant with Back Impairment, EEOC Says

BALTIMORE – Two staffing agencies with headquarters in Georgia, Axiom Staffing Group, Inc., and Axiom Staffing Group of Virginia, Inc., engaged in disability discrimination at their Hagerstown, Md., facility when they refused to hire an applicant because of her back impairment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced in a lawsuit today.

The EEOC

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FINCH AIR CONDITIONING SUED BY EEOC FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF FEMALE EMPLOYEES

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09

Owner Regularly Engaged in Sexually Inappropriate and Unwelcome Conduct Toward Female Employees, Federal Agency Charges

HOUSTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a class lawsuit today against Finch Air Conditioning of La Porte, Texas, in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. In the suit (Civil Action No. 4:09-cv-03156), the EEOC alleged that certain female employees at this family-owned