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Welcome to the EEOC's Virtual Newsroom, which offers a wide range of information and materials on the Commission's history, functions, procedures, programs, actions and staff, on the statutes we enforce, and on related research, data and statistics. We encourage everyone to browse and search through our continually updated Press Kit, which provides extensive background and context for virtually any question.

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EEOC AND DEPARTMENTS OF JUSTICE AND LABOR ISSUE JOINT STATEMENT AGAINST WORKPLACE BIAS IN WAKE OF SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
11-19-01

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Departments of Justice and Labor today issued a joint statement reaffirming the federal government's commitment to upholding the federal anti-discrimination laws in the aftermath of the events of September 11. The statement, posted on the Commission's Web site (www.eeoc.gov), focuses on preventing and redressing incidents of harassment, discrimination, and violence in the workplace, including

Press release

Joint Statement Against Employment Discrimination in the Aftermath of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission


U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2001
http://www.eeoc.gov/
(202) 663-4900
TTY (202) 663-4494

PRESS RELEASE
11-19-01

Since the September 11 terrorist attacks, we have seen compassion and respect for people of all faiths, races, and national and ethnic origins in workplaces throughout our country. One month after the attacks, President Bush noted with gratitude this "outpouring of compassion

Press release

NEXT COMMISSION MEETING THURSDAY, NOV. 20

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
11-18-08

Panelists to Discuss Job Bias Against Individuals with Arrest and Conviction Records

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its next public meeting on Thursday, Nov. 20, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.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.

Following the announcement

Press release

EEOC Agrees to Landmark Resolution of Discrimination Case Against Abercrombie & Fitch

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
11-18-04

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and private plaintiffs today announced their mutual resolution of the lawsuit entitled EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., Case No. CV-04-4731 SI, which was filed on November 10, 2004, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco. The lawsuit alleged that Abercrombie & Fitch, which operates a

Press release

MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR JURY VERDICT FOR EEOC IN SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE AGAINST CUSTOM COMPANIES

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
11-17-06

$2,355,000 Awarded to Three Saleswomen for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation By Northlake, Ill. Trucking Company

CHICAGO - A federal court jury this afternoon returned a $2.355 million verdict in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and three saleswomen who experienced sexual harassment and retaliation while employed by The Custom Companies, a Northlake, Ill. trucking company. The verdicts included punitive damages in the amount

Press release

SPS TEMPORARIES AND TWO CLIENTS TO PAY UP TO $580,000 IN CLASS ACTION LITIGATION SETTLEMENT WITH EEOC

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
11-17-05

Employers Charged with Bias Based on Race, Sex, Age, Disability and National Origin

BUFFALO, N.Y. - SPS Temporaries, Inc. and two of its clients Jamestown Container and Whiting Door Manufacturing Corporation will pay up to $580,000 and take substantial steps to prevent future workplace discrimination as part of a class action litigation settlement announced today by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The lawsuit charged

Press release

EEOC OFFERS DETAILS ABOUT FEDERAL SECTOR HEARINGS

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
11-17-05

New Web Page Provides Practical Information to Assist Pro Se Complainants

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has posted on its web site new, practical information, in the form of frequently asked questions, about the administrative hearing process for redress of federal sector discrimination complaints.

The recently posted web page, available at www.eeoc.gov/federal/faq_fshp.html, is designed to assist complainants without legal representation. It

Press release

NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION PARTNERS WITH EEOC TO ADDRESS EMPLOYMENT ISSUES AFFECTING TEENS

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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Pictured (From Left to Right) Are EEOC Vice Chair Naomi C. Earp and NEA President Reg Weaver

PRESS RELEASE
11-17-05

Latest Private Sector Alliance under Federal Agency’s Youth@Work Initiative

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the National Education Association (NEA), the nation’s largest professional employee organization, today joined forces to raise awareness about workplace issues affecting teenagers. The new alliance is part of the EEOC’sYouth@Work

Press release

ISHIMARU TAKES OATH AS EEOC COMMISSIONER

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
11-17-03

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Stuart J. Ishimaru is sworn in as an EEOC Commissioner by Chair Cari M. Dominguez, as his wife and children look on.

Commission Has Full Five Members For First Time Since 1996

WASHINGTON - Stuart J. Ishimaru was sworn in today as a Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), bringing the bi-partisan panel to its full five-member status for the first time in

Press release

COMMISSION APPROVES REVISIONS TO EEO-1 REPORT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
11-16-05

New Survey Format for Employers Would Be Effective in 2007 Reporting Cycle

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today voted 3-1 to approve final proposed revisions to the Employer Information Report, also known as the EEO-1 Report, which would be effective for the 2007 reporting cycle. The EEO-1 report is the principal reporting form by which certain employers provide the federal government

Press release

EEOC TO HOLD EXCLUSIVE PRESS CONFERENCE FOR HIGH SCHOOL NEWSPAPERS ON YOUTH@WORK INITIATIVE

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
                          *** MEDIA ADVISORY ***                      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                       CONTACT:  Mark Wong Tuesday, November 16, 2004                            (202) 663-4029                                                         David Grinberg                                                       (202) 663-4921 

PRESS RELEASE
11-16-04

WHO: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal government civil rights agency that enforces the nation's employment anti-discrimination laws. The EEOC, which turns 40 next summer, was created with the enactment of Title VII of the landmark Civil Rights Act on July 2, 1964

Press release

EEOC CHAIR NAMES ANN COLGROVE AS TOP AIDE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
11-16-01

WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), has announced the appointment of Ann Colgrove as Director of the Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs (OCLA) at agency headquarters.

As OCLA Director, Ms. Colgrove advises the Chair and represents the Commission to members of the U.S. Congress, the news media, external constituency groups, and the general public. She previously served

Press release

MARITIME TRAINING FACILITY & UNION TO PAY $625,000 FOR AGE BIAS IN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
11-15-05

EEOC Charged Paul Hall Center and SIU with Rejecting Older Job Applicants

BALTIMORE -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a litigation settlement for $625,000 and comprehensive injunctive relief in an employment discrimination case against the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education (Paul Hall Center) and Seafarers International (SIU) due to age bias in an apprenticeship program.

The apprenticeship program, which

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EEOC SETTLES MAJOR AGE BIAS SUIT; FOOT LOCKER TO PAY $3.5 MILLION TO FORMER WOOLWORTH EMPLOYEES

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
11-15-02

NEW YORK -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has settled a class age discrimination lawsuit with retail giant Foot Locker Specialty Inc. for $3.5 million on behalf of a class of hundreds of older former employees of the F.W. Woolworth Company whose employment was terminated because of their ages during nationwide layoffs between 1995 and 1997.

"The EEOC commends Foot

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JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS SWEARS IN EEOC CHAIR EARP, VICE CHAIR SILVERMAN, GENERAL COUNSEL COOPER

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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Pictured from left to right are Ronald S. Cooper, EEOC General Counsel;
Leslie E. Silverman, EEOC Vice Chair; Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court
Associate Justice, and Naomi C. Earp, EEOC Chair

PRESS RELEASE
11-14-06

WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, a former Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), on Monday formally swore in EEOC Chair Naomi C. Earp, Vice Chair Leslie E. Silverman, and General

Press release

EEOC TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING ON NOVEMBER 16

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
11-14-05

Commission to Address Operations in Wake of Hurricane Katrina, Revisions to EEO-1 Report

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, November 16, at 10:00 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

Press release

EEOC TO REOPEN ITS NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
11-14-02

Office Previously Destroyed in September 11 Terrorist Attacks

NEW YORK - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it will hold the grand reopening and dedication of its New York District Office, which was destroyed in the September 11 terror attacks, this Friday, November 15, 2002, at 10:00 a.m., at its new headquarters at 33 Whitehall Street in Lower Manhattan.

"This event is

Press release

EEOC AND NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL PRACTICE REACH $35,000 SETTLEMENT IN POST-9/11 BACKLASH DISCRIMINATION CLAIM

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
11-13-02

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a voluntary pre-litigation settlement under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 of an employment discrimination claim related to the tragic events of September 11. The settlement was reached between the EEOC and a Wilmington, N.C.-based medical practice that treats patients with kidney disease and provides dialysis treatments.

According to the EEOC

Press release

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ATTORNEYS GENERAL AND EEOC STRENGTHEN TIES IN FIGHT AGAINST EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT:   Ellen Vargyas, November 12, 1997                             EEOC Legal Counsel                                               (202) 663-4900                                               TTY: (202) 663-4494                                                Jim Haney, NAAG                                               (608) 266-1221 

PRESS RELEASE
11-12-97

WASHINGTON -- The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance federal-state communication, cooperation, and coordination in the enforcement

Press release

GOLD’N PLUMP AND THE WORK CONNECTION SETTLE SUITS BY EEOC FOR RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
11-12-08

Prayer Breaks Sought by Muslim Employees to be Instituted; Total of $365,000 to be Paid in Two Cases

MINNEAPOLIS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that a federal district court in St. Paul, Minn., recently approved consent decrees that settle two religious discrimination lawsuits against a leading St. Cloud, Minn.-based chicken processor, Gold’n Plump Poultry, Inc., and an employment agency, The Work

Press release

LAKE RIDGE ACADEMY TO PAY NEARLY $1 MILLION FOR RETALIATORY DISCHARGE, JURY RULE IN EEOC SUIT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
11-10-08

Federal Agency Says Prep School Fired Employee for Protesting Unequal Pay for Women

CLEVELAND – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that a jury here has returned a unanimous verdict against Lake Ridge Academy finding that an employee who voiced concern about unequal pay for women was unlawfully fired in retaliation.

The jury reached its unanimous verdict in the EEOC lawsuit after hearing

Press release

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX TO PAY $1,875,000 FOR RELIGIOUS BIAS AGAINST NON-MORMONS

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
11-10-08

EEOC Settles Suit on Behalf of Class of Enrollment Counselors in Online Division

PHOENIX – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Federal District Court Judge Mary H. Murguia has entered a consent decree for nearly $2 million and significant remedial relief to resolve a class religious discrimination lawsuit against the University of Phoenix, Inc., and its parent corporation, Apollo Group, Inc.

Apollo

Press release

TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR SELECTED BY EEOC AS FIRST LABOR ECONOMIST FELLOW

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
11-10-04

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EEOC Chair Dominguez and Prof. Dr. Jingyo Suh

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

WASHINGTON - Dr. Jingyo Suh, Professor in the Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business and Information Science, at Tuskegee University in Alabama, has been selected by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for its first-ever Labor Economist Fellowship Program, part of the

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EEOC RECEIVES TOP RATING FOR SMALL BUSINESS OUTREACH IN SBA NATIONAL OMBUDSMAN'S REPORT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
11-10-04

Commission Recognized for Exemplary Customer Service and Compliance Assistance

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is one of four federal regulatory agencies, out of nearly 50 reviewed, to receive an "A" rating by the Small Business Administration (SBA) in its latest National Ombudsman's Report to Congress. The report evaluates the relationship of regulatory agencies with small employers based on six specific criteria.

"The