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EEOC Agrees to Landmark Resolution of Discrimination Case Against Abercrombie & Fitch
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11-18-04
LOS ANGELES The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and private plaintiffs today announced their mutual resolution of the lawsuit entitled EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., Case No. CV-04-4731 SI, which was filed on November 10, 2004, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco. The lawsuit alleged that Abercrombie & Fitch, which operates a
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MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR JURY VERDICT FOR EEOC IN SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE AGAINST CUSTOM COMPANIES
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11-17-06
$2,355,000 Awarded to Three Saleswomen for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation By Northlake, Ill. Trucking Company
CHICAGO - A federal court jury this afternoon returned a $2.355 million verdict in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and three saleswomen who experienced sexual harassment and retaliation while employed by The Custom Companies, a Northlake, Ill. trucking company. The verdicts included punitive damages in the amount
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SPS TEMPORARIES AND TWO CLIENTS TO PAY UP TO $580,000 IN CLASS ACTION LITIGATION SETTLEMENT WITH EEOC
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11-17-05
Employers Charged with Bias Based on Race, Sex, Age, Disability and National Origin
BUFFALO, N.Y. - SPS Temporaries, Inc. and two of its clients Jamestown Container and Whiting Door Manufacturing Corporation will pay up to $580,000 and take substantial steps to prevent future workplace discrimination as part of a class action litigation settlement announced today by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The lawsuit charged
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EEOC OFFERS DETAILS ABOUT FEDERAL SECTOR HEARINGS
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11-17-05
New Web Page Provides Practical Information to Assist Pro Se Complainants
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has posted on its web site new, practical information, in the form of frequently asked questions, about the administrative hearing process for redress of federal sector discrimination complaints.
The recently posted web page, available at www.eeoc.gov/federal/faq_fshp.html, is designed to assist complainants without legal representation. It
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NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION PARTNERS WITH EEOC TO ADDRESS EMPLOYMENT ISSUES AFFECTING TEENS

Pictured (From Left to Right) Are EEOC Vice Chair Naomi C. Earp and NEA President Reg Weaver
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11-17-05
Latest Private Sector Alliance under Federal Agencys Youth@Work Initiative
WASHINGTON The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the National Education Association (NEA), the nations largest professional employee organization, today joined forces to raise awareness about workplace issues affecting teenagers. The new alliance is part of the EEOCsYouth@Work
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ISHIMARU TAKES OATH AS EEOC COMMISSIONER
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11-17-03

Stuart J. Ishimaru is sworn in as an EEOC Commissioner by Chair Cari M. Dominguez, as his wife and children look on.
Commission Has Full Five Members For First Time Since 1996
WASHINGTON - Stuart J. Ishimaru was sworn in today as a Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), bringing the bi-partisan panel to its full five-member status for the first time in
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COMMISSION APPROVES REVISIONS TO EEO-1 REPORT
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11-16-05
New Survey Format for Employers Would Be Effective in 2007 Reporting Cycle
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today voted 3-1 to approve final proposed revisions to the Employer Information Report, also known as the EEO-1 Report, which would be effective for the 2007 reporting cycle. The EEO-1 report is the principal reporting form by which certain employers provide the federal government
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EEOC TO HOLD EXCLUSIVE PRESS CONFERENCE FOR HIGH SCHOOL NEWSPAPERS ON YOUTH@WORK INITIATIVE
*** MEDIA ADVISORY *** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Mark Wong Tuesday, November 16, 2004 (202) 663-4029 David Grinberg (202) 663-4921
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11-16-04
WHO: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal government civil rights agency that enforces the nation's employment anti-discrimination laws. The EEOC, which turns 40 next summer, was created with the enactment of Title VII of the landmark Civil Rights Act on July 2, 1964
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EEOC CHAIR NAMES ANN COLGROVE AS TOP AIDE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
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11-16-01
WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), has announced the appointment of Ann Colgrove as Director of the Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs (OCLA) at agency headquarters.
As OCLA Director, Ms. Colgrove advises the Chair and represents the Commission to members of the U.S. Congress, the news media, external constituency groups, and the general public. She previously served
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MARITIME TRAINING FACILITY & UNION TO PAY $625,000 FOR AGE BIAS IN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
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11-15-05
EEOC Charged Paul Hall Center and SIU with Rejecting Older Job Applicants
BALTIMORE -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a litigation settlement for $625,000 and comprehensive injunctive relief in an employment discrimination case against the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education (Paul Hall Center) and Seafarers International (SIU) due to age bias in an apprenticeship program.
The apprenticeship program, which
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EEOC SETTLES MAJOR AGE BIAS SUIT; FOOT LOCKER TO PAY $3.5 MILLION TO FORMER WOOLWORTH EMPLOYEES
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11-15-02
NEW YORK -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has settled a class age discrimination lawsuit with retail giant Foot Locker Specialty Inc. for $3.5 million on behalf of a class of hundreds of older former employees of the F.W. Woolworth Company whose employment was terminated because of their ages during nationwide layoffs between 1995 and 1997.
"The EEOC commends Foot
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JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS SWEARS IN EEOC CHAIR EARP, VICE CHAIR SILVERMAN, GENERAL COUNSEL COOPER

Pictured from left to right are Ronald S. Cooper, EEOC General Counsel;
Leslie E. Silverman, EEOC Vice Chair; Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court
Associate Justice, and Naomi C. Earp, EEOC Chair
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11-14-06
WASHINGTON â Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, a former Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), on Monday formally swore in EEOC Chair Naomi C. Earp, Vice Chair Leslie E. Silverman, and General
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EEOC TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING ON NOVEMBER 16
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11-14-05
Commission to Address Operations in Wake of Hurricane Katrina, Revisions to EEO-1 Report
WASHINGTON The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, November 16, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time), at agency headquarters, 1801 L Street, N.W. In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the meeting is open for public observation of the Commissions deliberations. During the meeting, the following matters
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EEOC TO REOPEN ITS NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS
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11-14-02
Office Previously Destroyed in September 11 Terrorist Attacks
NEW YORK - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it will hold the grand reopening and dedication of its New York District Office, which was destroyed in the September 11 terror attacks, this Friday, November 15, 2002, at 10:00 a.m., at its new headquarters at 33 Whitehall Street in Lower Manhattan.
"This event is
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EEOC AND NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL PRACTICE REACH $35,000 SETTLEMENT IN POST-9/11 BACKLASH DISCRIMINATION CLAIM
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11-13-02
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a voluntary pre-litigation settlement under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 of an employment discrimination claim related to the tragic events of September 11. The settlement was reached between the EEOC and a Wilmington, N.C.-based medical practice that treats patients with kidney disease and provides dialysis treatments.
According to the EEOC
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ATTORNEYS GENERAL AND EEOC STRENGTHEN TIES IN FIGHT AGAINST EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Ellen Vargyas, November 12, 1997 EEOC Legal Counsel (202) 663-4900 TTY: (202) 663-4494 Jim Haney, NAAG (608) 266-1221
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11-12-97
WASHINGTON -- The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance federal-state communication, cooperation, and coordination in the enforcement
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GOLDN PLUMP AND THE WORK CONNECTION SETTLE SUITS BY EEOC FOR RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION
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11-12-08
Prayer Breaks Sought by Muslim Employees to be Instituted; Total of $365,000 to be Paid in Two Cases
MINNEAPOLIS The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that a federal district court in St. Paul, Minn., recently approved consent decrees that settle two religious discrimination lawsuits against a leading St. Cloud, Minn.-based chicken processor, Goldn Plump Poultry, Inc., and an employment agency, The Work
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LAKE RIDGE ACADEMY TO PAY NEARLY $1 MILLION FOR RETALIATORY DISCHARGE, JURY RULE IN EEOC SUIT
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11-10-08
Federal Agency Says Prep School Fired Employee for Protesting Unequal Pay for Women
CLEVELAND â The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that a jury here has returned a unanimous verdict against Lake Ridge Academy finding that an employee who voiced concern about unequal pay for women was unlawfully fired in retaliation.
The jury reached its unanimous verdict in the EEOC lawsuit after hearing
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UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX TO PAY $1,875,000 FOR RELIGIOUS BIAS AGAINST NON-MORMONS
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11-10-08
EEOC Settles Suit on Behalf of Class of Enrollment Counselors in Online Division
PHOENIX â The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Federal District Court Judge Mary H. Murguia has entered a consent decree for nearly $2 million and significant remedial relief to resolve a class religious discrimination lawsuit against the University of Phoenix, Inc., and its parent corporation, Apollo Group, Inc.
Apollo
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TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR SELECTED BY EEOC AS FIRST LABOR ECONOMIST FELLOW
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11-10-04

EEOC Chair Dominguez and Prof. Dr. Jingyo Suh
New Program Part of White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
WASHINGTON - Dr. Jingyo Suh, Professor in the Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business and Information Science, at Tuskegee University in Alabama, has been selected by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for its first-ever Labor Economist Fellowship Program, part of the
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EEOC RECEIVES TOP RATING FOR SMALL BUSINESS OUTREACH IN SBA NATIONAL OMBUDSMAN'S REPORT
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11-10-04
Commission Recognized for Exemplary Customer Service and Compliance Assistance
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is one of four federal regulatory agencies, out of nearly 50 reviewed, to receive an "A" rating by the Small Business Administration (SBA) in its latest National Ombudsman's Report to Congress. The report evaluates the relationship of regulatory agencies with small employers based on six specific criteria.
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EEOC WINS NATIONAL DISABILITY AWARD
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11-03-05
DOD Honor Highlights Commission Efforts to be Model Workplace
WASHINGTON The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has received a prestigious national award from the Department of Defense for its leadership in increasing employment and accessibility for people with disabilities, highlighting successful efforts of EEOC Chair Cari M. Dominguez to make the agency a model workplace.
The Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP) of the U.S. Department
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EEOC RESOLVES SEX DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT AGAINST NBA's PHOENIX SUNS AND SPORTS MAGIC FOR $104,500
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10-9-03

Kathryn Tomlinson Charging Party
Sex Segregated 'Zoo Crew' Entertainment Troupe at Issue in Litigation by Federal Agency
PHOENIX -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the resolution of a sex bias lawsuit against the Phoenix Suns Limited Partnership and Sports Magic Team, Inc. (SMT), an Orlando, Florida.-based sports entertainment firm, for over $100,000 and other relief on behalf of a former female employee
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EEOC LAUNCHES NATIONAL FORUM SERIES ON 'REALITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY WORKPLACE'
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10-9-03
First Program to Examine Hispanic Perspective on Labor Force and Marketplace Trends
WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced the launch of a national forum series entitled Realities and Opportunities in the 21st Century Workplace. To coincide with National Hispanic Heritage Month, the first forum will focus on the Hispanic perspective of labor force and marketplace