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Press release

STATUS REPORTS ON REFORMS TO BE DISCUSSED AT EEOC COMMISSION MEETING

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT:   Claire Gonzales October 18, 1996                              Reginald Welch                                               (202) 663-4900                                               TDD:   (202) 663-4494 

PRESS RELEASE
10-18-96

WASHINGTON -- The next meeting of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will be Tuesday, October 22, at 2 p.m. in the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Conference Room (9th floor), 1801 L Street, N.W.

The public is urged to attend the open session of the meeting in which the

Press release

JUDGE UPHOLDS JURY VERDICT AGAINST DUPONT FOR $591,000 IN DISABILITY BIAS SUIT BY EEOC

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
6-9-05

‘Malice' and ‘Reckless Indifference' by Company Cited in Court Ruling

NEW ORLEANS – A federal court here has rejected the efforts of E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. (DuPont) to overturn an October 2004 jury verdict that found the company liable for maliciously and intentionally discriminating against an employee with a disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. The judgment entered by the

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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 SETTLES SUIT AGAINST SALOMON SMITH BARNEY FOR RACE AND NATIONAL ORIGIN BIAS

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
7-16-01

African-American, Haitian, Nigerian, and West Indian Workers To Receive $635,000

NEW YORK -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $635,000 settlement of an employment discrimination lawsuit against Salomon Smith Barney (Salomon), a subsidiary of Citigroup and the nation's second largest retail brokerage firm. The suit, filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, was brought by EEOC on behalf

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

EEOC AND GEORGE JUNIOR REPUBLIC SETTLE SEX-BASED WAGE DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
7-26-00

Court Orders $280,000 for Victims and Injunctive Relief

PITTSBURGH - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and George Junior Republic (GJR) have settled a lawsuit filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 alleging that at least six female employees were paid lower wages than their male counterparts and then were retaliated against and subjected to a hostile work environment because they

Press release

EEOC AND U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS RESOLVE CASE THROUGH MEDIATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
 U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity      U S WEST Communications  Commission                            1801 California Street, Suite 5100 310 West Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 800   Denver, CO 80202 Milwaukee, WI 53203-3146  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                  EEOC Contact:  Chester Bailey November 24, 1997                                     Director                                                       (414) 297-1265                                                 FAX:  (414) 297-3146                                                 TTY:  (414) 297-1115                                         U S WEST Contact:  Jerry Brown                                                           (303) 965-2689                                                     FAX:  (303) 896-1818 

PRESS RELEASE
11-24-97

MILWAUKEE -- Highlighting the success of the U.S. Equal Employment

Press release

EEOC AMENDS AGE BIAS REGULATIONS TO CONFORM WITH SUPREME COURT RULING

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
7-6-07

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued revised regulations on age discrimination in the workplace in accordance with a 2004 Supreme Court decision, General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. v. Cline. The updated regulations, published in today's Federal Register, are available on www.eeoc.gov.

The revised regulations clarify that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) does not prohibit employers from favoring an

Press release

REED RUSSELL SWORN IN AS EEOC LEGAL COUNSEL

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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PRESS RELEASE
12-14-07

WASHINGTON – Reed L. Russell has been sworn in as Legal Counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), overseeing internal and external policy guidance for the nation’s premier civil rights agency. Russell, most recently counsel with the Washington office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, was appointed last month by President Bush.

“We are delighted to welcome Reed Russell as EEOC's Legal Counsel,”

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MATERIAL RESOURCES TO PAY $57,500 TO SETTLE EEOC RACE DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION LAWSUIT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-12-09

Black Worker Fired for Protesting Unequal Treatment, Federal Agency Alleged

ST. LOUIS – A Washington Park, Ill., packaging and warehousing company will pay $57,500 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The suit alleged that Material Resources, LLC, which does business as Gateway Co-Packing Company, failed to provide

Press release

MERRILL LYNCH TO PAY $1.55 MILLION FOR JOB BIAS AGAINST IRANIAN MUSLIM FORMER EMPLOYEE

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
12-31-08

EEOC Settles Suit for Discrimination Based on Religion and National Origin

NEW YORK – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Merrill Lynch, the international financial services firm, has agreed to pay $1,550,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act on behalf of an Iranian Muslim former worker who was fired due to his religion and national

Press release

AUTO PARTS MANUFACTURER SETTLES EEOC AGE DISCRIMINATION SUIT FOR $80,000

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
8-19-09

Federal Agency Charged Freudenberg-NOK Refused to Hire Older Worker at N.H. Facility

BOSTON – Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership, an auto parts manufacturer based in Michigan with substantial operations in New Hampshire, will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged Freudenberg refused to hire a man

Press release

Deaf Job Applicant to Receive $75,000 for Disability Bias in EEOC Settlement with Holiday Inn - Northglenn

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
2-18-03

Company to Also Conduct Comprehensive Training as Part of Consent Decree

DENVER The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of an employment discrimination lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act of1990 (ADA) against John Q. Hammons Hotels which operates as Holiday Inn - Northglenn. Under the terms of the Consent Decree approved by Federal District Court Judge Wiley Y. Daniel, Holiday Inn

Press release

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

Press release

VANGUARD GROUP TO PAY $500,000 FOR RETALIATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
2-29-08

EEOC Settles Suit Against Mutual Fund Giant for Firing Black Employee Who Complained About Race Discrimination

PHILADELPHIA — Valley Forge, Pa.-based The Vanguard Group, Inc., one of the world’s largest investment management companies, will pay $500,000 and provide other relief to settle a retaliation lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that following an African

Press release

DIGITAL CABLE AND COMMUNICATIONS SOUTH SUED BY EEOC FOR SEX DISCRIMINATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-1-09

Parma Company Refused to Hire Women as Cable Techs, Federal Agency Charged

CLEVELAND – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today that Digital Cable and Communications South, Inc., a Parma, Ohio-based cable TV installation company, violated federal law by denying hire to female applicants for cable technician jobs.

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, Northern District

Press release

NEXT COMMISSION MEETING THURSDAY, MARCH 15

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

This Equal Employment Opportunity Commission meeting to discuss the FY 2007 Budget Allocations for the State and Local Program has been canceled. The meeting will be re-scheduled in the near future.


PRESS RELEASE
3-13-07

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its next public meeting on Thursday, March 15, at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 1801 L Street, N.W. In accordance with the

Press release

SIERRA RESTROOM SOLUTIONS SUED BY EEOC FOR RACIAL HARASSMENT, RETALIATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-16-09

Federal Agency Charges Black Driver Fired for Objecting to Racist Comments

RENO, Nev. — Sierra Restroom Solutions, a supplier of on-site portable toilets in Northern Nevada, violated federal law by permitting racial harassment in its workplace and by firing an African American driver for reporting it, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

The EEOC’s suit asserts that Michael Scales

Press release

EEOC CHAIRWOMAN TO SPEAK AT AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION MIDWINTER MEETING

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE         CONTACT:   Reginald Welch, EEOC Tuesday, March 23, 1999                  Michael Widomski, EEOC                                          (202) 663-4900                                      TTY (202) 663-4494                                           Barbara Berish Brown, ABA                                          (202) 508-9551      

***** MEDIA ADVISORY *****

PRESS RELEASE
3-23-99

BOCA RATON, FL -- Ida L. Castro, Chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will address the American Bar Association (ABA) EEO Committee Midwinter Meeting on Friday, March 26, 9:00 a.m

Press release

BOH BROS. CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SUED FOR MALE-ON-MALE SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT FEDERAL POST-KATRINA PROJECT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-23-09

Supervisor Harassed and Retaliated Against Ironworker, EEOC Alleges

NEW ORLEANS - Boh Bros. Construction Co., L.L.C., subjected a former employee to a sexually hostile work environment on a federal post-Katrina bridge repair project and then retaliated against him for complaining, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today.

The suit (Civil Action No. 09-6460) filed in the U.S. District Court for