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HOMETOWN BUFFET, INC. AGREES TO SETTLE SEXUAL HARASSMENT SUIT WITH EEOC

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-3-09

EEOC Says Women Subjected to Groping and Sexual Advances by Male Managers

SAN DIEGO -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a class litigation settlement against Hometown Buffet, Inc., on behalf of teens and Latinas who were subjected to a sexually hostile workplace, including verbal and physical abuse, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

Specifically, the EEOC alleged that

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AVEVA DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS SUED BY EEOC FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-3-09

Company Unlawfully Fired Employee With End Stage Renal Disease, Federal Agency Says

MIAMI – Aveva Drug Delivery Systems, Inc., a Miramar, Fla.-based transdermal patch manufacturer, violated federal law when it fired an employee because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC's suit, EEOC v. Aveva Drug Delivery System, Inc., Case No

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EEOC AND JOSEPHTHAL & CO., INC. SETTLE HARASSMENT SUIT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-29-00

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Josephthal & Co., Inc. today announced a voluntary settlement of an EEOC lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Civ. Action No. 98-CV-02342), under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The lawsuit alleged that six former employees of the company's now-closed Washington, D.C. office were subjected to a

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EEOC SUES LUIHN FOOD SYSTEMS FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-28-09

Company Failed to Stop Abuse of Female Employees at Raleigh KFC, Agency Charges

RALEIGH, N.C. – The company that owns and operates a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Raleigh, N.C., violated federal law by allowing a male employee to sexually harass female employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit against Luihn Food Systems

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TACO BELL SETTLES EEOC SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWSUIT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-28-09

Two Teens Assaulted at Memphis Store, Federal Agency Charged

MEMPHIS – Taco Bell Corporation will pay a total of $350,000 in monetary damages to two young women to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that two teenaged workers were assaulted at a Memphis Taco Bell.

The EEOC’s suit (Civil Action

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UPS SUED FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-28-09

EEOC Says Class of Disabled Employees Fired After Taking Medical Leaves of Absence

CHICAGO – In a major class lawsuit filed here in federal court, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged that Atlanta-based United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS), the world’s largest package delivery company, violated federal law by rejecting an extension of medical leave as a reasonable accommodation for its employees with disabilities.

The

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EEOC REACHES SETTLEMENT WITH AT&T CORP. and COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL UNION NO. 4998

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-28-00

For Immediate Release, August 28, 2000

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has settled a lawsuit against AT&T Corp. and the Communications Workers of America, Local Union No.4998. The suit, filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division, alleged that AT&T Corp. violated the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

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OREGON FUNERAL CHAPEL SUED FOR DISABILITY BIAS

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-27-09

Secretary in Wheelchair Fired for Projecting Wrong Image, EEOC Charges

PORTLAND, Ore. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a discrimination lawsuit under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) against Newberg, Ore.-based funeral services company S.C.C. Inc. for refusing to provide a reasonable accommodation to a secretary with a prosthetic leg and instead firing her because she needed to use a wheelchair.

According

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REXAM BEVERAGE CAN SETTLES EEOC RACE AND NATIONAL ORIGIN DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-26-09

BIRMINGHAM – Rexam Beverage Can Americas, Inc., the American division of the world’s leading beverage can maker, will pay $30,000 and provide remedial relief to settle a race and national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC had charged that Delaware-based Rexam Beverage Can Company treated Jamie Garza, an electrician in Rexam’s Birmingham, Ala

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MISSISSIPPI SONIC DRIVE-IN FRANCHISEE TO PAY $22,000 TO SETTLE EEOC DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION SUIT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-26-09

Lucedale Sonic Fired Employee Because She’d Had Seizure at Home, Federal Agency Charged

LUCEDALE, Miss. – The franchisee of the Sonic Drive-In Restaurant in Lucedale, Miss., will pay $22,000 in compensatory damages and furnish remedial 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 Ted Riley Corporation unlawfully fired an

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PINNACLE AIRLINES SUED BY EEOC FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-26-09

Airline Fired Arthritic Clerk for Walking Too Slowly, Federal Agency Charged

DETROIT -- A Memphis, Tenn., airline operating out of Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport violated federal law by firing a flight operations clerk on the basis of her disability, left knee arthritis, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC's suit (Case No. 2:09-CV-13300) filed

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GKN DRIVELINE NORTH AMERICA SUED FOR RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-26-09

Auto Parts Company Unlawfully Fired Worker Because His Religion Forbids Saliva Test, Federal Agency Charged

GREENSBORO, N.C. – GKN Driveline North America, Inc., a Sanford, N.C.-based automotive components company, violated federal law by failing to accommodate an employee’s religious beliefs and by firing him because of his religion, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC’s

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COBRA COMPANIES SUED BY EEOC FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-26-09

Female Employees at Delray Beach Construction Companies Subjected to Sexual Advances and Tales of Sexual Exploits, EEOC Charged

MIAMI – Delray Beach-based engineering and construction companies Cobra Construction, Inc. and Cobra Pavers and Engineering, Inc. violated federal law when they sexually harassed female employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed yesterday.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Cobra’s managers told

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PITTSBURGH PLASTICS SUED BY EEOC FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-26-09

Company Fired Woman Who Complained About Sexual Assaults, Federal Agency Charges

PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh Plastics Manufacturing, Inc. unlawfully subjected a class of women to egregious sexual harassment and fired an employee who opposed the harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Veronica Jalpa and a class of female workers were subjected to severe and

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NEW EEOC PUBLICATION AIMED AT INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission


PRESS RELEASE
8-26-08

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a new question-and-answer guide aimed at promoting the hiring and advancement of individuals with disabilities in federal government employment. The new publication is available on the EEOC's web site at https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/questions-answers-promoting-employment-individuals-disabilities-federal-workforce.

Announcing the resource publication for federal agencies, Commission Chair Naomi C. Earp said, "The EEOC is doing everything it can to provide agencies

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EEOC SETTLES SEX AND RACE SUIT AGAINST S & Z TOOL & DIE

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-25-06

$940,000 Settlement To Be Shared Among Class of African Americans and Women Denied Hire

CLEVELAND – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced Friday that it had resolved its lawsuit charging that S & Z Tool & Die Co. discriminated against African American and female applicants in hiring due to their race and sex.

The lawsuit (Case No. 1:03CV2023) was filed in September 2003 under

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HOME DEPOT TO PAY $5.5 MILLION TO RESOLVE CLASS DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT IN COLORADO

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-25-04

EEOC Suit Alleged Retaliation and Harassment Based on Race, Sex, and National Origin

DENVER - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the simultaneous filing and resolution of a class-wide discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against Atlanta-based Home Depot, U.S.A., Inc., on behalf of employees in the company's Colorado stores (Civil Action No. 04 D 1776; U.S. District of Colorado).

If the settlement is approved

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EEOC CHAIRWOMAN TO COMMEMORATE AGENCY'S 35TH ANNIVERSARY AT NATIONAL FEDERAL SECTOR PROGRAM IN BOSTON

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-25-00

BOSTON - Ida L. Castro, Chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will deliver the keynote address at the agency's annual Federal Sector Technical Assistance Program on Wednesday, August 30, at 9:30 a.m., at the Westin Copley Place Hotel, 10 Huntington Avenue.

Chairwoman Castro's speech is the centerpiece of the week-long training program on the federal sector discrimination complaint process for EEOC officials from

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TARGET STORES SUED FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-24-09

EEOC Says Retail Giant Failed to Reasonably Accommodate Employee With Intellectual Disability and Cerebral Palsy

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a discrimination lawsuit against national retailer Target Stores, Inc. for unlawfully denying a reasonable accommodation to an employee with multiple disability-based impairments and substantially reducing his work hours due to the medical conditions. The disabled worker could not effectively

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COURT OF APPEALS RULES TARGET MUST FACE TRIAL ON RACE DISCRIMINATION CHARGES

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-24-06

EEOC Presented Evidence That Retail Giant Failed to Hire Four African Americans in Milwaukee Stores Because of Race

CHICAGO – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago has reversed a lower federal court in Milwaukee and ruled that an U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) race discrimination suit against the giant retailer Target Corporation should go to trial. The appeals court found

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COURT BARS IMMIGRATION QUERIES IN JOB DISCRIMINATION CASE; JUDGE CITES ‘CHILLING EFFECT’

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-22-06

EEOC Secures Ruling in Minnesota Sexual Harassment Case Against Perkins Restaurant & Bakery

CHICAGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that it has secured another federal court ruling sharply limiting the ability of employers sued for harassment and other forms of employment discrimination to make an issue of the victims’ immigration status.

Judge John R. Tunheim of the U.S. District Court for

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WALLY-MO TRAILERS SUED FOR SEX DISCRIMINATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-21-09

Tennessee Trailer Builder Refuses to Hire Female Welders, EEOC Charges

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A Parsons, Tenn., manufacturer of car hauler trailers violated federal law by refusing to hire women as welders, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Civil Action No. 1:09-cv-01179, filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Jackson

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RAMPANT SEX HARASSMENT COSTS LOWE’S $1.7 MILLION IN SETTLEMENT OF EEOC LAWSUIT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-21-09

Home Improvement Giant Subjected Young Workers to Physical and Verbal Abuse, Retaliation

SEATTLE – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a major settlement of a discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act against Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Inc. for $1.72 million and significant remedial relief on behalf of three employees in their twenties who were subjected to a pervasive sexually

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STILLWATER SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PAY $1.12 MILLION FOR AGE BIAS AGAINST CLASS OF RETIRED EMPLOYEES

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-21-06

Latest EEOC Settlement on Issue of Discriminatory Early-Retirement Plans

MINNEAPOLIS – Independent School District No. 834 of Stillwater, Minnesota (Stillwater School District), will pay more than $1 million to former school district employees under a consent judgment resolving an age bias lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

EEOC has brought a total of 12 age discrimination lawsuits