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CITY OF GREENSBORO SUED FOR AGE DISCRIMINATION
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7-31-09
EEOC Says City Rejected Qualified 58-Year-Old Applicant Due to Ageism
GREENSBORO, N.C. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a discrimination lawsuit filed today that the City of Greensboro violated federal law by refusing to hire a qualified 58-year-old applicant because of his age, and instead hiring younger, less qualified applicants.
According to the EEOCs complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for
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EVANS SOLUTIONS SUED BY EEOC FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
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7-31-09
Charter School Provider Fired Woman Because of Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Federal Agency Charges
DETROIT A Detroit provider of charter school education and related education services violated federal law by firing an employee because of her breast cancer, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
According to the EEOCs suit (EEOC v. Evans Solutions, Inc., Case No. 2:09CV13016)
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AT&T PAYS $1.3 MILLION TO SATISFY JUDGMENT IN RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT
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7-31-09
EEOC Prevails in Jury Verdict and Subsequent Appeal for Two Customer Service Technicians Fired for Attending Jehovahs Witness Convention
JONESBORO, Ark. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that a Satisfaction of Judgment was entered in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Jonesboro Division, in a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the federal agency against communications giant AT&T, Inc. on
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EEOC Obtains a $4.5 Million Settlement With Local 580 Ornamental Iron Workers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 31, 2003 |
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7-31-03
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of $4.5 million with Local 580, Ornamental Iron Workers, regarding an alleged violation of a court order concerning the ratio of apprentices to journeypersons on job sites.
Local 580 is the ornamental iron worker construction trade union located in New York City that has jurisdiction of all ornamental iron
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Women of Color Make Gains in Employment and Job Status
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 31, 2003 |
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7-31-03
Stubborn Patterns Still Persist Among African American, Hispanic, Asian, Native American Women
A new U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) study, "Women of Color: Their Employment in the Private Sector," reveals that women of color now comprise 14.5 percent of America's private sector workforce, a major increase from a decade earlier. The employment of each group of women examined -
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EEOC MAKES RESOURCE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON CD-ROM
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7-31-02
Electronic Version Has Full Search Capabilities and is Available Through Direct Order
WASHINGTON - Chair Cari M. Dominguez today announced that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has made its seven-volume set of Technical Assistance Resource Manuals available for purchase on CD-ROM. For the first time, computer users can search this comprehensive resource on workplace discrimination issues by using one user-friendly compact disc and entering
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SAHARA SUED BY EEOC FOR NATIONAL ORIGIN HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION
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7-30-09
Egyptian Worker Subjected to Repeated Abuse, Federal Agency Charges
LAS VEGAS The Sahara Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip violated federal law by creating a hostile work environment for an Egyptian kitchen employee through a daily barrage of derogatory comments due to his national origin and retaliating against him when he reported it, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a
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CORPORATE EXPRESS OFFICE PRODUCTS SUED BY EEOC FOR RACE DISCRIMINATION
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7-30-09
Louisiana Office Products Supplier Denied Black Account Manager Fair Wages Due to Race, Federal Agency Charges
NEW ORLEANS The Gulf Coast Division of a nationwide office products supplier violated federal law by denying an African American account manager fair wages due to his race, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
According to the EEOCs lawsuit, Corporate Express
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WEIGHT LOSS CENTERS SUED BY EEOC FOR WAGE DISCRIMINATION
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7-30-09
Federal Agency Says Company Denied Equal Pay to Working Women
CLEVELAND The Health Management Group, Inc., the parent company for franchises Physicians Weight Loss Centers of America, Inc., and Diet Center Worldwide, Inc., violated federal law when it paid two female employees less than a male employee who performed the same duties, according to a lawsuit filed today by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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TWO LONG ISLAND MUNICIPALITIES SUED FOR AGE BIAS
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7-30-09
EEOC Says Firefighters Over 62 Barred From Receiving Retirement Service Credits
NEW YORK In two separate lawsuits filed today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged municipalities in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, Long Island, with discriminating against older volunteer firefighters because of their age in violation of federal law.
The lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York are
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ECONOMY FINANCE CO. SUED FOR DISABILITY BIAS
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7-30-09
EEOC Says Loan Clerk Fired After Objecting to Medical Exam Demanded by Employer Because of Husbands Condition, Federal Agency Charges
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a disability discrimination lawsuit against an Aransas Pass, Texas-based personal loan company for terminating an employee because of her relationship with her husband, who had a medical condition, and because the employer regarded
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EEOC VICE CHAIRMAN TO GET INPUT ON WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION FROM SEATTLE COMMUNITY, GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS LEADERS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jeanette Leino Wednesday, July 3, 1996 (206) 220-6870 TDD (206) 220-6882 John Montoya (206) 220-6872 A. Luis Lucero, Jr. (206) 220-6878
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7-3-96
SEATTLE -- The effects of the "glass ceiling" on job advancement opportunities for women and minorities will be among the issues that Paul M. Igasaki, Vice Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will discuss next week
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EEOC FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST EMERY WORLDWIDE AIRLINES FOR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST AFRICAN-AMERICAN EMPLOYEES
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7-3-01
Alleges Persistent, Facility-wide Racial Harassment, Biased Treatment and Retaliation
NEWARK, N.J. - Following an investigation and attempts at conciliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a lawsuit against Emery Worldwide Airlines, at its Priority Mail Processing Center in Kearny, N.J., for violating Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act by discriminating against African-American employees in a wide range of employment matters, including
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JOHNSON AND HIGGINS TO PAY $28 MILLION IN SETTLEMENT OF AGE DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT
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7-29-99
Largest EEOC Monetary Settlement for Age Discrimination in New York State
New York -- In a consent judgment obtained by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Johnson and Higgins, Inc. agreed to pay $28 million to conclude a lawsuit which alleged that it violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) through its policy of forcing employees who were members of
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LUBYS TO PAY $135,000 FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT
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7-29-09
EEOC Settles Suit Against San Antonio Restaurant on Behalf of Female Victims, Including Teen, Subjected to Sexual Touching, Comments, Gestures, and Requests for Sexual Favors
SAN ANTONIO The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit against Lubys Restaurants Limited Partnership, doing business as Lubys San Antonio #19 (Lubys), for $135,000 and significant remedial relief on behalf of
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AVI FOODSYSTEMS TO PAY MORE THAN $90,000 AND OFFER JOBS TO SETTLE DISABILITY BIAS LAWSUIT
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7-29-09
EEOC Charged Food Service Giant Discriminated Against Disabled Workers
INDIANAPOLIS Food service giant AVI Foodsystems, Inc. (AVI) will pay more than $90,000 and offer jobs to discrimination victims to settle a class disability discrimination suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced today.
The EEOC charged in its suit (Case no. 2:09-cv-00656-JDH-MRA), filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District
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CALLAROS PRIME STEAK & SEAFOOD SUED BY EEOC FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
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7-28-09
Restaurant Fired Server for Perceived Disability, Association with Disabled Son
MIAMI The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit in federal court announced today that a steak and seafood restaurant in Manalapan, Fla., violated federal law by discriminating against a female food server it regarded as being disabled and because of her relationship to a person with a disability.
According to the
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LARGEST GARMENT MANUFACTURERS IN SAIPAN TO PAY $1.7 MILLION IN LANDMARK DISCRIMINATION SETTLEMENT WITH EEOC
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7-28-09
L&T Group of Companies Charged with Numerous Types of Employment Discrimination
SAIPAN, CNMI L&T Group of Companies, Ltd., the largest employer and conglomerate of garment manufacturers in Saipan, has agreed to pay $1.7 million and to provide far reaching and significant injunctive relief to settle a series of lawsuits filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that charged the company with retaliation and
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NEW FACT SHEET ADDRESSES WORKPLACE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY UNDER DISABILITIES ACT
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7-28-04
Even as ADA Reaches 14th Anniversary, Questions Still Persist
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a new fact sheet available at www.eeoc.gov addressing the workplace rights of people with epilepsy under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Title I of the ADA, which is enforced by the EEOC, protects qualified individuals with disabilities from discrimination by private and state and local
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EEOC CHAIRWOMAN TO PARTICIPATE IN ADA TORCH RELAY AND MEET WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN DETROIT
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7-28-00
WASHINGTON - Ida L. Castro, Chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will be in Detroit on Monday, July 31, and Tuesday, August 1, to participate in the national "Spirit of the ADA Torch Relay" ceremonies commemorating the tenth anniversary of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Ms. Castro will also hold meetings with local stakeholders representing employers, employees, the private bar, civil
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EEOC CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY OF LANDMARK DISABILITIES ACT
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7-27-99
WASHINGTON -- Ida L. Castro, Chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today reiterated the agency's commitment to vigorously enforcing the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The Commission is observing the ninth anniversary of the groundbreaking civil rights law.
"Since passage of the ADA by Congress in 1990, the Commission has worked diligently to
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SUBWAY FRANCHISE TO PAY $166,500 FOR DISABILITY BIAS, JURY RULES IN EEOC LAWSUIT
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7-27-07
Former Area Supervisor with Hearing Impairment Wins Harassment Case
DALLAS â The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has received a favorable jury verdict of $166,500 in a disability harassment lawsuit brought against a Subway restaurant franchise, BobRich Enterprises, Inc., on behalf of a female manager who was discriminated against and forced to resign because of her hearing impairment.
The Dallas jury of five women and
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TUSKEGEE PROFESSOR KUFORIJI SELECTED AS EEOC'S SECOND LABOR ECONOMIST FELLOW
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: For EEOC July 27, 2005 James Ryan, (202) 663-4965 For Tuskegee University Denise Berkhalter (334) 724-4553

Dr. Oluseyi Kuforiji, EEOC's Research Fellow from Tuskegee University, meets with Chair Cari M. Dominguez
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7-27-05
Program Part of White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has selected a Tuskegee University economics professor as its second
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COMMISSIONER PAUL MILLER BIDS FAREWELL TO EEOC
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7-27-04
Disability Rights Champion and Legal Expert to Join Academia in Seattle
WASHINGTON - Paul Steven Miller, the second-longest serving Commissioner in the 40-year history of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will end his decade-long tenure effective August 15, 2004, and join academia as a faculty member at the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle, the EEOC announced today.
"Our Nation has been