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PRESS RELEASE
4-6-04

EEOC and Barber Auto Settle Bias Lawsuit

Sacramento - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $550,000 settlement with Barber Dodge and Fairfield Toyota, part of the Barber Dealer Group, a network of thirteen auto dealerships in Fairfield and Vallejo of Solano County, California. This resolves a federal lawsuit that alleged constant harassment of seven employees between June and December 2000, with

PRESS RELEASE
4-4-05

Suit Says Vegas Hotel's Kitchen Workers Severely Harassed Over Years

LOS ANGELES - A class of kitchen workers was severely sexually harassed by supervisors for years at famed Las Vegas hotel/casino Caesars Palace, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in an employment discrimination lawsuit. The EEOC also said Caesars management illegally retaliated against employees for complaining about the abuse.

The EEOC's suit, EEOC v

PRESS RELEASE
4-4-01

WASHINGTON -- Three federal government agencies today released a new guide explaining rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) that apply to individuals with disabilities who are receiving Social Security disability benefits but who want to become employed. The document, entitled A Guide for People with Disabilities Seeking Employment, was the result of a joint effort involving the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Equal Employment

PRESS RELEASE
4-4-01

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a new computer-based training initiative for federal agencies and stakeholders as part of its broader efforts to improve the federal sector complaint process. The training is being conducted through the use of a state-of-the-art CD-ROM that provides comprehensive information and interactive instruction to federal employees, managers, and others involved in the federal EEO process. The

PRESS RELEASE
4-30-03

Labor Force Composition Altered by Increased Immigration and Shifting Demographics

WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced the issuance of an updated agency-wide action plan to improve access, outreach and enforcement services to the limited English proficient (LEP) employer and employee communities. The LEP Plan, required by Executive Order, is part of the EEOC's broader efforts to

PRESS RELEASE
4-3-01

Class of African-American Workers Subjected to Racial Slurs, Jokes, Graffiti

RALEIGH, N.C. - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $200,000 settlement of a racial harassment lawsuit against Georgia-Pacific Corporation, a leading global manufacturer and distributor of paper and building products, on behalf of four African-American employees. The workers were subjected to a racially hostile work environment by a white supervisor at the

PRESS RELEASE
4-29-09

Weight Loss Chain Fired Employee Over Bipolar Disorder, Federal Agency Charged

DETROIT – A Southfield, Mich.-based chain of weight loss clinics will pay $68,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Medical Weight Loss Clinic, Inc. unlawfully fired an employee with bipolar disorder because it regarded her as disabled, even

PRESS RELEASE
4-29-03

Federal Agency and Dial Announce Settlement

CHICAGO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and The Dial Corporation (Dial) announce that they have agreed to resolve the claims brought by the EEOC alleging sexual harassment at Dial's Montgomery, Illinois, facility. The parties have reached a settlement that involves payment by Dial of $10 million pursuant to a Consent Decree entered today by the Court to

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PRESS RELEASE
4-28-95

WASHINGTON -- On April 25, 1995, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) adopted the recommendations of the agency's Task Force on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR Task Force), laying the groundwork for the use of mediation-based ADR to enhance EEOC's charge processing system. The

PRESS RELEASE
4-28-00

BALTIMORE - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $45,000 settlement of a lawsuit against the Baltimore Cable Access Corporation (BCAC), an operator of public access cable television, for firing a female manager after she complained about sex-based wage discrimination.

A Consent Decree between the EEOC and BCAC, which resolved the suit, was approved on April 25 by U.S. District Court Judge Catherine

PRESS RELEASE
4-27-00

DETROIT -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Eastern Michigan University (EMU) today announced the settlement of a lawsuit in which the EEOC alleged that EMU engaged in unlawful sex discrimination when it paid its only female professor in its Industrial Technology Department less than her male colleagues for doing essentially the same work.

From 1991, when she was first hired by the university

PRESS RELEASE
4-26-06

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released a report showing women, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians and American Indians /Alaskan Natives are still lagging behind as managers in a large share of finance industry firms.

EEOC Chair Cari M. Dominguez unveiled the report, "Diversity in the Finance Industry," in San Francisco Tuesday during a presentation to the Financial Women's Association, which

PRESS RELEASE
4-25-08

Ninth Circuit Court Affirms Latina Farm Worker’s Jury Award of Over $1 Million

SAN FRANCISCO – The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed the judgment on a jury verdict in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and farm worker Olivia Tamayo in a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against Coalinga, Calif.-based Harris Farms, one of the largest integrated

PRESS RELEASE
4-25-05

Federal Agency Alleged National Origin Bias

SAIPAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was granted a judgment on April 19, 2005 for $1,087,337 against Sako Corporation, a Saipan-based garment factory that sewed clothing for various U.S. retailers as well as sub-contracted work for other Saipan garment manufacturers. This judgment came out

PRESS RELEASE
4-25-01

MINNEAPOLIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the filing of a nationwide class lawsuit against Northwest Airlines, Inc. (NWA), based in Eagan, Minnesota, under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The suit charges NWA with disability discrimination through its adoption of a company-wide policy barring the hiring of persons for certain laborer positions if they have seizure disorders

PRESS RELEASE
4-25-00

CHARLOTTE, NC - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced today that it filed a racial harassment lawsuit against Sara Lee Knit Products, Inc. The suit alleges that Sara Lee Knit Products subjected a former employee, Jeffery C. Hemphill, to a racially hostile work environment.

According to the complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Shelby Division, Sara

PRESS RELEASE
4-25-00

COLUMBIA, SC -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit today against Augusta Fiberglass and Coating, Inc., alleging that a class of African American employees was subjected to race discrimination and a racially hostile working environment from 1979 until present at the company's Blackville, South Carolina, plant.

According to the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina in

PRESS RELEASE
4-24-03

Nine Fair Employment Practices Agencies to Mediate Private Sector Charges for EEOC

WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced the launch of a new mediation pilot program with nine state and local Fair Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs). Under the new pilot initiative, part of the EEOC's continuing expansion of voluntary mediation, FEPAs will mediate private sector charge

PRESS RELEASE
4-24-03

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) tomorrow will post two new fact sheets - "Employee Rights when Working for Multinational Employers" and "The Equal Employment Opportunity Responsibilities of Multinational Employers" - on the agency's web site. Both publications may be accessed at www.eeoc.gov.

The globalization of business continues to increase the presence of United States companies in foreign countries, as well as the

PRESS RELEASE
4-24-03

Trial Begins Monday; Jury To Determine Punitive Damages On Class Basis As Sought By EEOC

CHICAGO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has received an Order from Senior District Judge Warren K. Urbom denying The Dial Corporation's request that the Court reconsider and reverse a February 14, 2003, Order providing for the jury in the EEOC's sexual harassment case against Dial to determine punitive

PRESS RELEASE
4-24-02

Testimony to Focus on Women, Minorities and People with Disabilities in the Workforce

WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will testify before the Canadian House of Commons's Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities on Thursday, April 25, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. She will be the

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EEOC CHAIRWOMAN TO MEET WITH COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS LEADERS IN CAROLINAS

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Ida L. Castro, Chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will be in Charlotte April 27-28 to meet with community and business leaders to discuss strategies for creating discrimination-free workplaces and to encourage voluntary compliance with the laws enforced by the EEOC.

On April 28, she will address

PRESS RELEASE
4-22-99

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it is requesting public comment on a proposed rule which would support the vigorous enforcement of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act's (ADEA) provisions on the use of waivers in layoffs and reductions in force (RIFs). The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), scheduled for publication this

PRESS RELEASE
4-22-05

First in a Series of Events Nationwide to Observe Work, History of Agency Since 1965

OKLAHOMA CITY - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will visit the Oklahoma City area on May 2 to participate in a special event at Langston University commemorating the landmark 40th anniversary of the nation's chief civil rights enforcement agency.

The program will kick off