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8-15-05

Administrator Decides Morgan Stanley Must Pay Entire Claim Fund Set Up by $54 Million Discrimination Suit Settled Last Year

NEW YORK – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that a $40 million sex discrimination claim fund – which was established pursuant to the $54 million landmark settlement last year with brokerage giant Morgan Stanley – will be distributed to the 67 eligible discrimination

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PRESS RELEASE
8-15-02

WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced the issuance of The Americans with Disabilities Act: A Primer for Small Business - a practical, reader-friendly handbook outlining the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) as they relate to both employees and job applicants. This publication is available on the Commission's web site at

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PRESS RELEASE
8-14-03

Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced a national agreement with Kimble Glass, Inc. to submit all appropriate charges of employment discrimination filed with the EEOC against the company to voluntary mediation-based Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). This marks the tenth National Universal Agreement to Mediate (NUAM) that EEOC has recently

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:             For EEOC Wednesday, August 14, 2002                 Anna Y. Park                                            (213) 894-1080                                            Olophius Perry                                            (213) 894-1112                                        TTY: (213) 894-1118                                             For Technicolor                                            Joel Krischer                                            Latham & Watkins                                            (213) 485-1234 

PRESS RELEASE
8-14-02

Consent Decree Also Provides Injunctive Relief and Outside Monitoring of Entertainment Giant

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced an $875,000 settlement of an employment discrimination lawsuit against Technicolor Videocassette

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Pictured are Charging Party Karon Lambert (left) and EEOC Chicago Trial Attorney Lauren Dreilinger (right). Ms. Lambert's sexual harassment case resulted in EEOC's litigation against Caterpillar's Aurora facility.

Federal Agency Challenges Racial and Sexual Harassment at Joliet and Aurora Plants

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed two employment discrimination lawsuits in federal court in Chicago against Caterpillar

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT:  Miami District Office Thursday, August 13, 1998                    Delner Franklin-Thomas                                              (305) 530-6000                                              Gedety Serralta                                              (305) 530-6009                                              Rachel Shonfield                                                  (305) 530-6003                                         TTY  (305) 536-5721                                               EEOC Headquarters                                              William J. White, Jr.                                              Reginald Welch                                              (202) 663-4900                                         TTY  (202) 663-4494  

PRESS RELEASE
8-13-98

MIAMI -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that a federal judge has ordered Joe's Stone Crab, Inc. (Joe's) to institute mandatory

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT:   Claire Gonzales August 13, 1997                               Reginald Welch                                               (202) 663-4900                                               TDD:   (202) 663-4494 

PRESS RELEASE
8-13-97

The EEOC family was saddened to learn today of the death of Evan J. Kemp, Jr. I have been honored to carry on some of the important work that he initiated during his six-year tenure -- the last three as Chairman -- at the Commission. His legacy is sure

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PRESS RELEASE
8-13-04

EEOC Lawsuit Said Company Maintained Sex-Segregated Job Classifications

INDIANAPOLIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act for $360,000 and comprehensive injunctive relief against Jillian's of Indianapolis IN Inc., Jillian's Entertainment Holdings Inc., and Jillian's Entertainment Corporation, on behalf of a class of male employees.

Jillian's operates a

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PRESS RELEASE
8-13-03

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Charging Party Richard Quick (center) is pictured with Deputy Director Hollis Larkins (right) and Regional Attorney Delner Franklin-Thomas (left), after signing the Settlement Agreement.

Regional Vice President Targeted African American Employees and Applicants

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a voluntary pre-litigation settlement of a race discrimination case against Supercuts, Inc., a nationwide chain of hair salons

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PRESS RELEASE
8-13-02

Five-Year Study Shows High Success Rate for Commission Lawsuits, Trials and Appeals

WASHINGTON - Approximately 91% of federal employment discrimination lawsuits by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) are successfully resolved through Consent Decrees, settlement agreements, and favorable court orders, according to an extensive five-year litigation study released today by the EEOC. The report, covering Fiscal Years 1997 through 2001 (October 1, 1996 - September

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PRESS RELEASE
8-13-01

First Latina Chairwoman Reformed and Revitalized EEOC on Several Key Fronts

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that Ida L. Castro, the agency's first Latina Chairwoman, has resigned as a member of the Commission. During her tenure as EEOC Chairwoman, from October 1998 through early August 2001, Ms. Castro implemented wide-ranging reforms throughout the agency which significantly improved its overall efficiency

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PRESS RELEASE
8-12-98

* * * Enforcement Statistics to be Posted on Web Site * * *

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that the agency's pending inventory of discrimination charges has been sliced nearly in half, down from approximately 111,000 charges in fiscal year (FY) 1995 to 57,871 at the close of the third quarter (June 30) of FY 1998. The

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PRESS RELEASE
8-12-04

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From left to right: Joyce Pullman, Senior Investigator, Bernice Williams-Kimbrough, Atlanta District Director; Michael Davis, Vice President, Lucor, Inc.; and Brenda B. Webb, Enforcement Supervisor

Forty-Ninth Major Mediation Pact Between Federal Agency and Corporate America

ATLANTA - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Lucor, Inc., doing business as Jiffy Lube, today announced the signing of a Regional Universal Agreement to Mediate (RUAM)to informally resolve

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                        CONTACT:  EEOC Wednesday, August 11, 1999                             Reuben Daniels Jr.                                                        (414) 297-1860                                                   TTY  (414) 297-1115                                                                                                               Lloyd Zimmerman                                                                                           (612) 335-4046                                                   TTY  (612) 335-4045                                                                                                 LPP                                                        Gary Hornseth                                                        (612) 337-0354 

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8-11-99

*** VOLUNTARY SETTLEMENT TOTALS $1.9 MILLION ***

MINNEAPOLIS -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Long Prairie Packing Company, Inc. (LPP) announced today that they have reached a voluntary $1.9 million

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PRESS RELEASE
8-11-05

Seventh Circuit Again Reverses District Court Judgment In Favor Of Sears In Long-Running Federal Employment Discrimination Case

CHICAGO -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, sitting in Chicago, has reversed a lower court decision which granted a judgment without trial in favor of Sears Roebuck in a case brought against the retailer by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under the Americans

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8-11-05

Rare EEOC Case for Segregated Job Facilities In Deep South

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – After complaining to Tyson Foods, Inc. about the posting of a "Whites Only" sign on one of Tyson's restrooms at its Ashland, Alabama, facility, two black employees were subjected to adverse personnel actions by Tyson management, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleges in a discrimination lawsuit announced today.

The EEOC's suit,

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8-11-04

Federal Agency Lawsuit Based Upon Charges Filed by 10 Employees Against 'Family' Restaurants in Matteson, Mattoon and Bloomington, Illinois

CHICAGO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a sexual and racial harassment class lawsuit in federal court here against Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., CBRL Group, Inc., and CBOCS West, Inc. (collectively, "Cracker Barrel").

The EEOC's lawsuit is based upon charges of

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PRESS RELEASE
8-11-03

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Eric Dreiband was sworn in today as General Counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for a term of four years. Dreiband, most recently Deputy Administrator for Policy in the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, was nominated by President Bush on February 4 and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 31.

"We are

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PRESS RELEASE
8-11-00

BOSTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of an age discrimination lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, its Public Employees Retirement Administration Commission, and the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement Board, on behalf of all state, local, and municipal employees who have been discriminated against in applying for accidental disability retirements under the Massachusetts public retirement system.

Noting that the Supreme Court

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PRESS RELEASE
8-07-03

LOS ANGELES The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Cheap Tickets, a leading retailer of discounted leisure travel products, today announced a $1.1 million settlement of the EEOC class action sexual harassment lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against Cheap Tickets, Inc.

The suit (EEOC v. Cheap Tickets, et al., Case Number CV-02-7117-WJR (VBKx), filed in the United States District

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PRESS RELEASE
8-07-03

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Charging Party Dwight Burch (right) is pictured in front of Applebee's with EEOC Atlanta Regional Attorney Robert Royal

Rare Bias Case Involves Dark Skin Color of African American Employee

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a rare color harassment and retaliation lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against Applebee's

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PRESS RELEASE
8-06-03

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Charging Party Jennifer James (center) is pictured with her baby. Standing next to her are EEOC Trial Attorney Kam Wong (right) and private counsel James A. Brown (left)

Expecting Mother Forced to Choose Between Parenthood and Livelihood, Suit Says

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit in federal district court against John Harvard's Brew

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PRESS RELEASE
8-01-03

TIGAAR to Enhance Outreach, Education and Communication to Asian Community

Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), has announced the implementation of a new and innovative program designed to promote voluntary compliance with employment laws by Asian American employers and to educate Asian American employees about their rights in the workplace. The initiative, The Information