EEOC Chair Cari Dominguez to Address Dallas Area Employers on June 12

PRESS RELEASE
6-6-03

DALLAS - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will make a rare visit to the Dallas-Forth Worth area on June 11 and 12 to meet with agency staff and speak to more than 100 area employers about cutting-edge employment issues and advise them on voluntary compliance with the federal anti-discrimination laws. She will deliver a keynote speech to a Technical Assistance Program Seminar sponsored by the EEOC's Dallas District Office on the morning of Thursday, June 12, at 8:30 a.m., at the Radisson Plaza Hotel, 815 Main Street, Fort Worth, Texas. She will also be available for one-on-one interviews by appointment.

The two-day educational and training program for employers, entitled American Business and the EEOC, A Partnership to Achieve a Fair and Inclusive Workplace, will be held on June 12 and 13.

Registration information for the program is available on the Commission's web site at http://www.eeoc.gov/outreach/taps-42.html.

NOTE TO MEDIA: To schedule a one-on-one interview with Chair Dominguez, please contact Janet Elizondo, Acting Director, EEOC Dallas District Office, at (214) 655-3300.

The EEOC enforces Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act; the Equal Pay Act; Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits employment discrimination against people with disabilities in the private sector and state and local governments; prohibitions against disability discrimination in the federal government; and sections of the Civil Rights Act of 1991. Additional information about the Commission is available on the agency's web site at www.eeoc.gov.

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