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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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Press release

EEOC REPORT HIGHLIGHTS STATES' EFFORTS TO EMPLOY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
10-29-04

Best Practices in Recruitment, Hiring, Training, and Reasonable Accommodation Emerge from Federal-State Partnership Project

WASHINGTON The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a report detailing efforts to employ more people with disabilities in state government jobs. The Interim Report on Best Practices for the Employment of People with Disabilities in State Government, available at www.eeoc.gov, contains findings from the States' Best Practices Project

Press release

EEOC and Southern Company Partner to Resolve Employment Disputes Through Mediation

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
 JOINT PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT:  For EEOC October 29, 2004                             David Grinberg                                              (202) 663-4921 or david.grinberg@eeoc.gov                                                                                       For Southern Company                                               Terri McCullough                                              (404) 506-5333 or media@southerncompany.com                                              1-866-506-5333  

PRESS RELEASE
10-29-04

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Debra Leo, ADR Coordinator, Birmingham District Office; Bernice Williams-Kimbrough, Director, Atlanta District Office/Acting Director, Birmingham District Office; and Christopher S. Miller, Vice President of Employee Relations and General Counsel, Southern Company

73rd National Mediation Pact Between Commission and

Press release

EEOC FACT SHEET ON DIABETES AND THE WORKPLACE ADDRESSES FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
10-29-03

Higher Incidence of Diabetes and More Charges of Discrimination Spur Need for Information About Application of Americans with Disabilities Act

WASHINGTON - In the spirit of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a fact sheet on how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to diabetes in the workplace. This publication, available at www.eeoc.gov, is designed to

Press release

EEOC RACIAL HARASSMENT SUIT AGAINST TEXAS DRILLING COMPANY SETTLES FOR $859,000

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
10-29-02

Employees Allegedly Subjected to Hangman's Nooses and Nazi Symbols at Drilling Site

EL PASO, Texas - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $859,000 settlement of a racial harassment lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against TMBR/Sharp Drilling, Inc.(TMBR), a Midland, Texas-based oil drilling corporation, on behalf of one African-American former employee and four of his former co-workers

Press release

EEOC PROVIDES RESTAURANTEURS AND OTHER FOOD SERVICE EMPLOYERS INFORMATION ON DISABILITIES ACT COMPLIANCE

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
10-28-04

EEOC and FDA Team Up to Address Health, Safety, and Discrimination Concerns

WASHINGTON - Under the umbrella of President Bush's New Freedom Initiative for people with disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announces the availability of "How to Comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act: A Guide for Restaurants and Other Food Service Employers." The guide is designed to assist restaurants and other

Press release

TEXAS CAR DEALERSHIP TO PAY $140,000 TO SETTLE SAME-SEX HARASSMENT SUIT BY EEOC

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
10-28-02

Male Employees Subjected to Groping and Lewd Sex-Based Remarks by Male Managers

DALLAS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Ron Clark Ford, Inc. has agreed to pay six former male employees $140,000 to settle a same-sex harassment lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In addition to the monetary relief for former employees William Blount, Joe Charles

Press release

EVERDRY WATERPROOFING TO PAY $585,000 FOR TEEN HARASSMENT; JURY RETURNS VERDICT IN EEOC SEX BIAS SUIT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
10-27-06

Federal Agency said Class of Young Women Subjected to Verbal and Physical Sexual Abuse

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A jury in federal district court here has returned a $585,000 verdict in a major sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against a national residential basement waterproofing company on behalf of a class of 13 young women, mostly teenage girls still in high

Press release

EEOC ISSUES GUIDANCE ON REMEDIES FOR UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS UNDER LAWS PROHIBITING EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
10-26-99

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued an enforcement guidance modifying its position on remedies available to unauthorized workers under federal employment discrimination laws. The guidance addresses recent legal developments and explains the basic remedies available to this class of workers under EEOC- enforced laws.

"This guidance makes clear that the anti-discrimination laws under the Commission's jurisdiction protect all employees across the

Press release

EEOC CHAIRMAN TO RECEIVE COVETED CLARENCE FARMER SERVICE AWARD

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                   CONTACT:    Claire Gonzales Thursday, October 26, 1995                          Reginald Welch                                                     (202) 663-4902                                                     TDD:  (202) 663-4494 

PRESS RELEASE
10-26-95

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chairman Gilbert F. Casellas will be honored tomorrow by the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations for his work in eliminating barriers to equal opportunity and opening doors to minorities in the legal profession.

Casellas will be presented the Clarence Farmer Service

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GLOBAL DRILLING COMPANY TO PAY $290,000 FOR RACIAL HARASSMENT, INCLUDING NOOSES

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
10-25-07

EEOC Says Helmerich & Payne Subjected Black Workers to Racist Behavior on Oil Rig

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a discrimination lawsuit for $290,000 and significant injunctive relief against Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. (H & P) on behalf of African American men who were subjected to a racially hostile work environment on an oil

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EEOC EXPLAINS EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
10-25-05

New Document Answers Frequently-Asked Questions, Challenges Stereotypes

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a question-and-answer document on the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to people in the workplace who are blind or who have vision impairments. The new publication, is available on EEOC's web site at http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/blindness.html.

The latest Q&A document is the fifth in a series

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EEOC OBTAINS $1.29 MILLION JURY VERDICT AGAINST DUPONT FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
10-25-04

NEW ORLEANS - In a major legal victory for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has awarded a former veteran employee of E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. (DuPont) $1.29 million in an employment discrimination case filed by the EEOC under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). DuPont, based in Wilmington

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EEOC SUES KRAFT FOODS NORTH AMERICA, INC. FOR SAME-SEX HARASSMENT OF MEN

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
10-25-02

Suit Says Male Workers Were Groped, Propositioned, and Sexually Assaulted by Male Supervisor

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed suit against global food giant Kraft Foods North America, Inc. and its subsidiary Nabisco, Inc. under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on behalf of a class of male employees who were subjected to egregious same-sex harassment and

Press release

EEOC AND CBS SETTLE SEX BIAS SUIT FOR $8 MILLION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
10-25-00

Class of 200 Women At TV Stations From New York to Los Angeles to Receive Monetary Relief

NEW YORK - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a major sex discrimination lawsuit against CBS Broadcasting, Inc., for $8 million in financial compensation for approximately 200 female workers, along with wide- ranging injunctive relief to be monitored by EEOC over the duration

Press release

EEOC AND NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN & FAMILIES TO COMMEMORATE PREGNANCY ACT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
10-24-08

WASHINGTON – Naomi C. Earp, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced the federal agency will hold a symposium with the National Partnership for Women and Families to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 9 a.m. The event will be held at the headquarters of the National Education Association (NEA) at 1201 16th

Press release

FEDEX FREIGHT TO PAY $500,000 FOR RACIAL BIAS

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
10-24-05

EEOC Settles Suit for Qualified Black Workers Denied Promotions at Trucking Company

ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a half million dollar settlement of a class employment discrimination lawsuit against FedEx Freight East, a nationwide trucking company, on behalf of 20 qualified African American employees who were denied promotions and assignments based on their race.

The EEOC alleged in the

Press release

IDA L. CASTRO TAKES OATH AS EEOC CHAIRWOMAN

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
10-23-98

WASHINGTON -- Ida L. Castro was sworn-in today as the Chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the first Hispanic female to serve in this capacity. Ms. Castro was nominated by President Clinton on April 2 and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 21. She fills the vacancy left by Gilbert F. Casellas, who resigned as Chairman at the end

Press release

WYNDHAM HOTEL CHAIN TO PAY $370,000 FOR SAME-SEX TEEN HARASSMENT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
10-23-08

EEOC Settles Suit for Young Men Who Were Sexually Abused

SEATTLE - Hotel giant WorldMark by Wyndham will pay $370,000 and furnish significant remedial relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that the company failed to stop the manager of its Birch Bay Resort in Blaine, Wash., from sexually

Press release

NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPT. TO PAY $450,000 FOR AGE BIAS

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
10-23-08

EEOC Says County Attempted to Force Out Senior Marine Bureau Police Officers

NEW YORK - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Nassau County on Long Island will pay $450,000 and agree to significant injunctive relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit on behalf of several police officers in the Marine Bureau.

In its lawsuit, the EEOC asserted that Nassau County discriminated against

Press release

AT&T TO PAY $756,000 FOR RELIGIOUS BIAS AGAINST JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
10-23-07

EEOC Wins Jury Verdict for Two Fired Customer Service Technicians

JONESBORO, Ark. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a favorable jury verdict of $756,000 in a religious discrimination lawsuit brought against AT&T Inc. on behalf of two male customer service technicians who were suspended and fired for attending a Jehovah's Witnesses Convention.

The jury of nine women and three men awarded the

Press release

WAL-MART TV AD TELLS THE STORY OF TWO DEAF MEN'S EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION CLAIM AGAINST THE RETAIL GIANT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

For Immediate Release
October 23, 2001

Contact Persons:
Arizona Center for Disability Law
Rose Daly-Rooney , Staff Attorney
Leslie Cohen, Exec. Director
(520) 327-9547 (voice)
(520) 327-7754 (TTY)
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Katherine Kruse, Trial Attorney (602) 640-5029
Mary Jo O'Neill, Sup. Trial Attorney (602) 640-5044
C. Emanuel Smith, Acting Regional Attorney
(602) 640-5029
TTY: (602) 640-5072

PRESS RELEASE
10-23-01

TUCSON and PHOENIX - Beginning this week, and

Press release

EEOC and FDA to Roll-Out Guide for Restauranteurs Addressing Overlap of Disabilities Act and Food Code Rules

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              Contact:  Jennifer Kaplan October 20, 2004                             EEOC                                              (202) 663-7084                                              Jennifer.Kaplan@eeoc.gov                                              (202) 663-4494 (TTY)                                               Michael Herndon                                              FDA                                              (301) 827-9182                                              MHerndon@oc.fda.gov  

ATTENTION: Press Teleconference and Document Release Rescheduled for Thursday, October 28

Press Teleconference Advisory

PRESS RELEASE
10-22-04

WASHINGTON – Leslie E. Silverman, Commissioner, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and Janice F. Oliver, Deputy Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food & Drug Administration

Press release

LAW FIRMS EMBRACE DIVERSITY, BUT HURDLES REMAIN

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
10-22-03

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EEOC Chair Cari M. Dominguez addresses the issue of diversity in the legal profession at an American Bar Association national conference in Washington, D.C.

EEOC Study Shows Progress of Women and People of Color Among Legal Professionals

WASHINGTON - A new study by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) entitled "Diversity in Law Firms" reveals that women now comprise 40% of legal professionals (resembling associates)

Press release

EEOC TO FOCUS ON NATIONAL ORIGIN DISCRIMINATION AT COMMISSION MEETING IN CHICAGO

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE         CONTACT:  John Rowe Thursday, October 21, 1999              Julianne Bowman                                                                       Chicago District Office                                         (312) 353-8550                                    TTY  (312) 353-2421                                                                                            Reginald Welch                                         Michael Widomski                                         EEOC Headquarters                                         (202) 663-4900                                    TTY  (202) 663-4494 

PRESS RELEASE
10-21-99

WASHINGTON -- As part of its continuing effort to reach out to agency stakeholders at the grassroots level, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a meeting in Chicago next week to examine