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PRESS RELEASE
4-22-04

Rule Would Permit Employers to Continue Providing Valuable Retiree Health Benefits

WASHINGTON - During a public meeting today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to approve a proposed final rule that would permit employers, under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), to lawfully coordinate retiree health benefit plans with eligibility for Medicare or a comparable state-sponsored health benefit. This common and long-standing employer

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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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PRESS RELEASE
4-30-09

Nursing Home Fired Woman Because of Race and Made Job Assignments Based on Employees’ Race, Federal Agency Charged

INDIANAPOLIS – Heartland Employment Services, LLC, doing business as ManorCare of Indy South, an Indianapolis nursing home, will pay $56,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit

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PRESS RELEASE
5-10-05

Repositioning will Deliver Better, Faster Service to the Public No Jobs will be Lost; New Offices to Open

WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today unveiled a proposal designed to reposition the Commission's field structure to enhance the agency's enforcement presence and delivery of services; improve the efficiency of its operations; and reduce or eliminate costs. Under the

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PRESS RELEASE
5-21-08

Corrections Department Provided Lesser Benefits to Female Corrections Officers Who Gave Birth While on Workers’ Compensation Leave

NEW YORK – The New York State Department of Correctional Services will pay nearly $1 million to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, the two offices announced today. The EEOC

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PRESS RELEASE
5-30-08

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its next open meeting on Monday, June 2, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight 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:

• Announcement of Notation Votes.
• Notice of

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PRESS RELEASE
6-12-00

BIRMINGHAM - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $625,000 settlement with London International Group, LLC (LIG) in a lawsuit charging the Eufaula-based plant, which manufactures condoms, with subjecting a class of employees to a hostile work environment in which they have been subjected to numerous racially and sexually derogatory cartoons and comments since 1995.

"This settlement sends a strong message to employers

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PRESS RELEASE
1-22-09

Trucking Company Refused Class of Women Driver and Dockworker Jobs, Federal Agency Charged

CLEVELAND – An interstate trucking firm has agreed to pay $2.43 million and provide other remedial relief to a class of women to settle a major sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC had charged in the litigation that Pitt Ohio

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PRESS RELEASE
6-21-99

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a comprehensive policy guidance explaining the circumstances under which employers can be held liable for unlawful harassment by supervisors. The guidance, which analyzes the recent Supreme Court decisions in Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth and Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, addresses the steps employers should take to prevent and correct harassment

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PRESS RELEASE
10-02-03

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Seated at the table are Albertsons General Counsel John G. Simms and EEOC Chair Cari M. Dominguez. In the background, from left to right, are: Tana Cory from Congressman Butch Otter's Office Nikki Watts from Congressman Mike Simpson's Office Leslie Goddard, Executive Director, Idaho Human Rights Commission Jeannette Leino, Seattle District Director, EEOC Brenda Maynard from Senator Larry Craig's Office.

Food and Drug Retailer Joins Growing

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PRESS RELEASE
6-30-09

EEOC Settles ADA Suit with Federally Funded Housing Complex in New York

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Starrett City, Inc., a federally funded housing complex in Brooklyn, will pay $70,000 to a former employee to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

Starrett City refused to promote Ryan Burrowes to a permanent position of operating mechanic

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 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

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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

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT:   Claire Gonzales July 10, 1997                                 Reginald Welch                                               (202) 663-4900                                               TDD:   (202) 663-4494 

PRESS RELEASE
7-10-97

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued the Policy Statement on Mandatory Binding Arbitration of Employment Discrimination Disputes as a Condition of Employment, supporting its position that agreements that mandate binding arbitration of discrimination claims as a condition of employment are contrary

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PRESS RELEASE
10-4-02

Thousands of Women to Receive Money and Jobs, New Human Resources Department to be Created

ST. LOUIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Judge David Herndon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois granted final approval to a $47,000,000 landmark agreement reached by attorneys for a class of over 5,000 women, the EEOC, and Rent-A-Center (RAC) to

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PRESS RELEASE
7-20-07

Latest EEOC-Employer Partnership Continues Trend with Corporate America

HOUSTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and CenterPoint Energy today announced the signing of a National Universal Agreement to Mediate (NUAM) to informally resolve workplace disputes through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) before an EEOC investigation or potential litigation occurs.

The mediation partnership marks the 153rd such national or regional agreement between the EEOC and a

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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

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PRESS RELEASE
7-29-09

EEOC Settles Suit Against San Antonio Restaurant on Behalf of Female Victims, Including Teen, Subjected to Sexual Touching, Comments, Gestures, and Requests for Sexual Favors

SAN ANTONIO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit against Luby’s Restaurants Limited Partnership, doing business as Luby’s San Antonio #19 (Luby’s), for $135,000 and significant remedial relief on behalf of

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PRESS RELEASE
7-30-09

EEOC Says Firefighters Over 62 Barred From Receiving Retirement Service Credits

NEW YORK – In two separate lawsuits filed today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged municipalities in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, Long Island, with discriminating against older volunteer firefighters because of their age in violation of federal law.

The lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York are

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PRESS RELEASE
12-06-01

WASHINGTON - The next meeting of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will be Tuesday, December 11, at 1:30 p.m. in the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Conference Room (9^th Floor), 1801 L Street, N.W. The public meeting, the first held under the leadership of EEOC Chair Cari M. Dominguez, will focus on employment discrimination in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

"This

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PRESS RELEASE
8-7-09

Women Subjected to Sexual Comments, Sexual Propositions and Touching by Male Supervisor and Employees, Federal Agency Charged

ORANGEBURG, S.C. – Alternative Staffing, Inc., a Charleston, S.C.-based temporary employment staffing firm, and Clancy & Theys, a construction company headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., violated federal law by subjecting a class of female employees to a sexually hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in