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Suit Cites Sexual Advances, Touching, Explicit Comments Followed by Threats

EAST ST.  LOUIS, Ill.  – Elks Lodge No. 954 in Jerseyville,  Ill., violated federal law by  sexually harassing three female bartenders and then taking reprisals against  them when they com­plained, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission  (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

In its lawsuit (Case No. 3:09-cv-00200), filed in U.S.  District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois

AUSTIN, Texas – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission  (EEOC) announced today that it has filed a workplace discrimination lawsuit against  Austin Foam Plastics, Inc., a pro­ducer and distributor of corrugated box and cushion packaging. The EEOC charged the company with  racial harassment, sexual harassment and unlawful retaliation.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Civil  Action Number A-09-CA-180-LY, filed in U.S. District Court for the Western  District of Texas, Austin

LAS VEGAS – The corporate owner of several restaurants in three states will pay $457,500 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that N-W Ventures, LLC in Las Vegas subjected a class of African American employees to discrimination, including racial harassment and retaliation.  N-W Ventures owns several bars, steakhouses and lounges in Las Vegas, Chicago and

Female Secretary at Gillette Facility Suffered Repeated Harassment and Retaliation, Federal Agency Charges

GILLETTE, Wyo. – The Gillette location of the HD Supply wholesale distributor chain violated federal law by subjecting a female employee to a hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.  According to company information, HD Supply is a leading nationwide wholesale supplier of building materials and has over 2,800

Commission Obtains $376 Million for Victims of Discrimination

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that workplace discrimination charge filings with the federal agency nationwide soared to an unprecedented level of 95,402 during Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, which ended Sept. 30.  This level is a 15 percent increase from the previous fiscal year.  The FY 2008 enforcement and litigation statistics, which include trend data, are available online at http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/enforcement.html.

"The

Federal Agency Charged Company Fired Welder After Disability Bias Complaint

CLEVELAND –A Lordstown, Ohio-based automotive parts company will pay $27,500 and furnish remedial relief to settle a retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC, welder Eugene Vallozzi had an excellent work record at Faurecia Exhaust Systems for two years prior to March 2006, when the company learned

PHOENIX -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Wheeler Construction, Inc., a Phoenix-based construction company, has agreed to settle a national origin harassment lawsuit for $325,000 and other relief on behalf of Mexican workers.

The EEOC's complaint in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona charged that employees Leonard Lopez and Juan Campos were subjected to harassment based on their national origin (Mexican) and

Oil Contractor Fired Woman for Complaining About Sexual Harassment and Unequal Treatment, Federal Agency Charged

NEW ORLEANS – Basic Energy Services, L.P. has agreed to pay $250,000 and consented to substantial injunctive relief to settle a sex discrimination and retaliation suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC charged in its suit that the Midland, Texas-based company, a major oil well servicing contractor, had

EEOC Said 18-Year-Old Employee Sexually Harassed by General Manager

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Burger King Corporation will pay $85,000 and furnish significant non-monetary relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that a female employee of the Clemmons, N.C., Burger King was subjected to a sexually hostile work environment when she was 18-years-old. 

The EEOC charged in

Company Refused to Hire Man with Cerebral Palsy for Sales Job, Federal Agency Charged

BIG  STONE GAP, Va. —Advance Stores Company, Inc., doing business as Advance Auto  Parts, will pay $50,000 and provide other affirmative relief to settle a  disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According  to the EEOC’s suit, Advance Auto Parts refused to hire Jeffrey Scott Sanders

Clifton Store Unlawfully Fired Only High-Level African American Manager, EEOC Charged

NEWARK, N.J. – Shopper’s Vineyard, a wine and liquor store  in Clifton, N.J., agreed to pay $60,000 and provide  substantial injunctive relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought  by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency  announced today.

  The EEOC said in its  lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey (Civil Action No.  08-cv-1234 [DMC]), that Bertram

Company Subjected Class of Women to Sexual Harassment and Then Fired Them After They Complained, Agency Charged

BALTIMORE – A Maryland athletic club will pay $161,000 and  furnish other substantial relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by  the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced  today.

According to EEOC’s suit,  (1:08:00518-CCB, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland,  Northern Division), BVP, LLC

Commission Embarks on Historic New Area of Jurisdiction

WASHINGTON – Embarking on an historic new area of jurisdiction, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today presented a Notice of Proposed Rule Making implementing employment provisions of the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), and urged public comment.

"The addition of genetic information discrimination to the EEOC's mandate is historic, and represents the first legislative expansion of the EEOC's jurisdiction since the Americans with

Agency Says Manager Harassed and Fired Because of His Age

CLEVELAND – Ashland, Inc., an international chemical giant, and its subsidiary Valvoline, violated federal law when it fired a 52-year-old manager because of his age, according to a lawsuit filed today by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). 

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, Michael Roach began working for Ashland in 1989, and most recently held the position of service

Defendant Autozone Denied Leave to Contend That EEOC 'Estopped' by Individual Proceedings Before SSA

CHICAGO – A federal court in Peoria, Ill., decided today that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) could not be blocked from continuing its pursuit of relief on behalf of a disabled sales manager employee of Autozone, Inc. because the employee had applied for and obtained Social Security disability benefits.

Autozone, one of the nation's largest retailers of auto parts

Agency to Invite Comment on Draft Rule Implementing Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a public meeting on the subject of genetic discrimination at 10 a.m. (Eastern Time) Wednesday, Feb. 25, at the agency's new headquarters, 131 M Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.  In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the meeting is open for public observation of the Commission's deliberations. 

Flight School Fired Female Instructor for Complaining About Gender Bias, Federal Agency Charged

TULSA, Okla. – Spartan Aeronautics College will pay $32,500 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

In its lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma (Case No. 707-cv-00544 ), the EEOC charged that the college's management treated

EEOC Says Building Materials Supplier Underpaid Women Due to Gender

SEATTLE – Glacier Northwest Inc. has agreed to pay $20,000 in back wages to two women to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  According to company information, Glacier Northwest is the largest supplier of ready mixed concrete, sand, gravel, rock, cement and building materials in the Pacific Northwest. 

Trash Removal Company Hired Less Qualified Males, EEOC Charged

ATLANTA – Robertson Sanitation, a Phoenix-based trash hauling, recycling and disposal company that operates in Georgia, will pay $475,000 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC's suit, Jeanine Moore applied for a truck driver position with Robertson at its Winder, Ga., facility in August 2005. 

'Stranger Than Fiction' Production Companies to Pay $75,000 to Pregnant Job Applicant

CHICAGO – Crick Pictures, L.L.C., and Mandate Pictures, L.L.C., will pay $75,000 to settle a federal pregnancy discrimination suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC's suit had charged that movie production companies Crick and Mandate refused to hire a pregnant job applicant, Cynthia Castillo-Hill, for a position as an extras casting assistant

African American Greeter Targeted With Racial Slurs and Fired Due to Race, Federal Agency Charged

NEW YORK -- J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc. will pay $50,000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC had charged that J.C. Penney discriminated against Reinell Singh, an African American who worked as a greeter welcoming customers into

Company Will Pay Additional Amount to Settle Retaliation Claim

MILWAUKEE – Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC will pay more than $75,000 to settle sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuits brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and former GP-Gypsum employee Tina Hammer, the EEOC announced today. 

The EEOC had alleged that GP-Gypsum violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by permitting

EEOC Said Car Dealership Fired Service Advisor for Complaining

PHILADELPHIA - Murphy Ford Inc., doing business as Murphy Ford Lincoln Mercury Murphy Ford Inc., a car dealership located in Chester, Pa., will pay $244,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), announced today.  The EEOC had charged that Murphy Ford sexually harassed three female employees and fired one woman for complaining about the unlawful harassment.

Federal-State Partnership Part of Nationwide Initiative to Educate Teens, Employers

NEWARK, N.J. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Division on Civil Rights, today launched a new partnership to educate young people and employers about their respective rights and responsibilities under federal and state laws preventing discrimination in the workplace.  A key aspect of the public education campaign is the placement of Youth@Work