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Senate Votes to Re-Confirm EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows

WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Chair Charlotte A. Burrows to a third term on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), with the term expiring July 1, 2028.

First nominated in 2014 and unanimously confirmed for a second term in 2019, President Biden designated Burrows as EEOC Chair on Jan. 20, 2021. Her current nomination was sent to the Senate June 21, and her nomination was reported favorably out of the

November 8, 2023

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EEOC Publica Informes Sobre las Mujeres en el Sector Federal

WASHINGTON – La Comisión para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC) de EE. UU. publicó hoy tres informes centrados en diferentes grupos de mujeres en el gobierno federal: Mujeres Indigenas  Americanas y Nativas de Alaska (AIAN), Mujeres Afroamericanas y Mujeres Hispanas y Latinas (en Ingles).

Los informes examinaron los datos del año fiscal (FY) 2020 para comparar la participación, retención, avance y remuneración de cada grupo de mujeres con tres

November 8, 2023

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EEOC Issues Reports on Women in the Federal Sector

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released three reports focusing on different groups of women in the federal government: American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) women, African American women, and Hispanic women and Latinas.

The reports examined fiscal year (FY) 2020 data to compare the participation, retention, advancement, and pay of each group of women to three different groups: the total federal workforce, all women, and men of

November 8, 2023

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Las Compañias Mueller Co. e IH Services Pagarán $150,000 Para Resolver la Demanda de Acoso Sexual y Represalias de la EEOC

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Mueller Co. LLC, un fabricante y vendedor a nivel nacional de productos de distribución de gas y agua, e IH Services, Inc., que brinda servicios de limpieza en las instalaciones de Mueller, acordaron pagar $150,000 y proporcionar otras compensaciones para resolver demandas por abuso sexual, acoso y represalias en una demanda presentada por la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo de los EE. UU. (EEOC), anunció hoy la agencia

November 7, 2023

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Mueller Co. and IH Services to Pay $150,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Suit

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Mueller Co. LLC, a nationwide manufacturer and seller of gas and water distribution products, and IH Services, Inc., which provides cleaning services in Mueller facilities, agreed to pay $150,000 and provide other relief to settle claims of sexual harassment and retaliation in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, IH Services assigned three female janitors to work at Mueller’s

November 7, 2023

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La EEOC Anuncia la Apertura de la Recopilación de Datos del Componente 1 de la EEO-1 De 2022

WASHINGTON – La Comisión para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC) de EE. UU. anunció hoy la apertura de la recopilación de datos del Componente 1 de la EEO-1 de 2022, prevista para el 5 de diciembre de 2023. Para cumplir con esta fecha límite, la EEOC recomienda encarecidamente a los solicitantes elegibles que comiencen el proceso de presentación lo antes posible. como sea posible.

El informe EEO-1 Componente 1 es una recopilación

October 31, 2023

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EEOC Announces Opening of 2022 EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced the opening today of the 2022 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection due Dec. 5, 2023. To meet this deadline, the EEOC strongly encourages eligible filers to begin the filing process as soon as possible.

The EEO-1 Component 1 report is a mandatory EEOC annual data collection requiring all private sector employers with 100 or more employees, and federal contractors with 50 or more employees meeting

October 31, 2023

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PRC Industries Pays $400,000 to Settle EEOC Racial Harassment, Retaliation Lawsuit

RENO, Nev. — PRC Industries, Inc., an E-commerce remanufacturing company, will pay two former employees of its Reno, Nevada, location $400,000 and implement company-wide preventative measures to resolve a racial harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, two Black workers endured months of racial taunts and slurs, including the “n-word,” and hostility from their supervisors at PRC’s Reno, Nevada, facility

October 26, 2023

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EEOC and Tapco Agree to Conciliate Discrimination Charge

ST. LOUIS – Tapco Inc, a manufacturer and molder of farm equipment in Bridgeton, Missouri, agreed to conciliate two federal discrimination charges alleging sexual harassment and constructive discharge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the charges, an employee with Tapco sexually harassed two female employees.

They complained to managers, but believed their complaints were not adequately addressed and eventually resigned. The female employees also alleged that they

October 26, 2023

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EEOC Sues Weis Markets for Sexual Harassment and Unlawful Use of Employee Assistance Program

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Weis Markets, Inc., a chain of grocery stores throughout the Mid-Atlantic and headquartered in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, subjected an employee to sexual harassment and discharged her when she refused to comply with an unlawful directive to participate in the company’s employee assistance program, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a supervisor at Weis Markets’ Mifflintown, Pennsylvania store subjected a female employee to

October 26, 2023

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Karla Gilbride Juramenta como Consejera General de la EEOC

EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows administers the oath of office to the agency’s new General Counsel Karla Gilbride Oct. 23, with Gwendolyn Young Reams attendingLa presidenta de la EEOC, Charlotte A. Burrows, administra el juramento del cargo a la nueva Consejera General de la agencia, Karla Gilbride, el 23 de octubre, con la asistencia de Gwendolyn Young Reams. (Foto de la EEOC/Christopher Butler)

WASHINGTON – Karla Gilbride prestó juramento hoy como Consejera General de la Comisión para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC) de Estados Unidos. Gilbride fue nominada por el presidente Biden el 3 de enero

October 23, 2023

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Karla Gilbride Sworn In as EEOC General Counsel

EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows administers the oath of office to the agency’s new General Counsel Karla Gilbride Oct. 23, with Gwendolyn Young Reams attending
EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows administers the oath of office to the agency’s new General Counsel Karla Gilbride Oct. 23, with Gwendolyn Young Reams attending. (EEOC photo/Christopher Butler)

 

WASHINGTON – Karla Gilbride was sworn in today as General Counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Gilbride was nominated by President Biden on Jan. 3, 2023, and was confirmed by the Senate on Oct. 17, for a four-year term.

Gilbride joins the EEOC

October 23, 2023

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Dollar General to Pay $1 Million to Settle EEOC Disability and GINA Lawsuit

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. –Variety store retailer Dolgencorp, LLC, doing business as Dollar General, has agreed to pay $1 million and provide other relief to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleging that its hiring process violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA) , the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, after making job offers to work at its Bessemer, Alabama Distribution

October 19, 2023

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Title Loan Companies to Pay $60,000 to Settle EEOC Racial Harassment and Disability Discrimination Suit

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Georgia-based Community Loans of America, Inc. and its subsidiary, Carolina Title Loans, Inc., have agreed to pay $60,000 and provide statewide equitable and injunctive relief to settle a racial harassment and disability discharge lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s complaint, from approximately August 2019 through September 2019, a branch manager at the defendants’ Greenville location subjected an African American employee

October 17, 2023

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La EEOC Demanda a Wheeler Trucking por Discriminación Racial y Religiosa y Represalias

CLEVELAND – Wheeler Trucking violó las leyes federales de derechos civiles cuando la compañía sometió a un empleado en su ubicación del condado de Lorain, Ohio, a acoso por motivos de raza y religión, le negó una adaptación religiosa, tomó represalias contra él por quejarse y lo separó del empleo, informó U.S. Equal. La Comisión de Oportunidades de Empleo (EEOC) acusó en una demanda que anunció hoy.

Según la demanda de la EEOC, Wheeler Trucking

October 13, 2023

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EEOC Sues Wheeler Trucking for Race and Religious Discrimination, Retaliation

CLEVELAND – Wheeler Trucking violated federal civil rights laws when the company subjected an employee at its Lorain County, Ohio location to harassment because of race and religion, denied him a religious accommodation, retaliated against him for complaining and separated him from employ­ment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Wheeler Trucking subjected the former employee to frequent, severe harassment because of race

October 13, 2023

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Landry’s Restaurant Chain Subsidiary Pays $25,000 to Resolve Religious Discrimination Suit

ATLANTA – Del Frisco’s Grille of Atlanta, LLC—which was part of a national restaurant group operated by Landry’s LLC but ceased operations last month—will pay a former employee $25,000 and provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.  

The EEOC alleged in its suit that Del Frisco’s violated federal law by failing to accommodate an employee’s religious practices and then

October 12, 2023

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Dollar General to Pay $42,500 to Settle Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

ATLANTA – Nationwide retailer Dolgencorp, LLC, which does business as Dollar General, will pay $42,500 and provide other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, the sales associate was fired immediately after informing Dollar General’s store manager of her pregnancy. When the sales associate talked to the store manager about returning to her job, the store

October 11, 2023

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Lilly to Pay $2.4 Million to Settle Nationwide EEOC Age Discrimination Lawsuit

INDIANAPOLIS – Lilly USA, LLC, a pharmaceutical corporation based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and its parent company, Eli Lilly and Company, will pay $2.4 million and provide other equitable relief to settle a nationwide class age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s lawsuit sought relief for pharmaceutical sales representative applicants who were denied positions due to Lilly’s “Early Career” hiring initiative. The Early Career

October 11, 2023

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PNM Reaches $750,000 Settlement with EEOC in ADA Disability and Retaliation Case

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Public Service Company of New Mexico and PNMR Services Co. will pay $750,000 to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employ­ment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The lawsuit charged PNM implemented policies and practices which failed to accommodate qualified employees with disabilities and fired them because of their disabilities or in retaliation for opposing unlawful disability discrimination, including  not allowing employees who were returning from

October 4, 2023

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EEOC Sues Ohio Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility for Age, Sex Discrimination

CLEVELAND – The Laurels of Athens, a nursing and rehabilitation facility in Athens, Ohio, violated federal civil rights laws by discriminating against a physical therapy assistant because of his age and sex and then retaliating against him for complaining about discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit it announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, when he was fired in 2020, the former physical therapy assistant was 59 years old

October 4, 2023

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Community Hospital to Pay $158,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

INDIANAPOLIS – Munster Medical Research Foundation, Inc., doing business as Community Hospital, agreed to pay $158,000, rehire a former registered nurse and adopt policy changes to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Community Hospital refused to return the nurse to work after a workplace injury resulted in lifting restrictions. To maintain her employment, the employee pursued several jobs at

October 4, 2023

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EEOC Sues Union Pacific Railroad for Disability Discrimination

MINNEAPOLIS – Union Pacific Railroad, a freight-hauling railroad headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska that operates rail lines in 23 states, covering most of the western two-thirds of the United States, violated federal law when it terminated conductors and locomotive engineers on the basis of perceived disability, used unlawful qualification standards to screen out individuals with disabilities, and subjected the employees to unlawful medical examinations and inquiries, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a

October 2, 2023

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Mexico Restaurant Settles EEOC Sexual and Racial Harassment Lawsuit

HONOLULU – Mexico Restaurant, a Honolulu-based restaurant specializing in Mexican cuisine, has agreed to pay $227,500 and provide other relief to settle a sexual and racial harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, female servers were subjected to repeated sexual touching and comments by a co-worker. After complaining to management about the sexual conduct and comments, at least one

October 2, 2023