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PRESS RELEASE
1-8-07
Motherhood Maternity Refused to Hire Pregnant Applicants and Fired Assistant Manager for Complaining, Agency Charged
MIAMI A Philadelphia-based maternity clothes retailer will pay $375,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Mothers Work, Inc., doing business as Motherhood Maternity, refused to hire qualified female applicants because
PRESS RELEASE
1-8-04
Vermont Will Become Second State To Pledge Commitment Tied With President Bush's New Freedom Initiative
MONTPELIER, Vt. - During Governor James Douglas's weekly press conference tomorrow at the Vermont State House (Thursday, January 8, 1:00 p.m.), he and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Cari M. Dominguez will sign a resolution aimed at enhancing employment opportunities in
PRESS RELEASE
1-8-04
EEOC Settles Bias Suits with ABC Pizza and Longhorn Steakhouse
MIAMI - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced two settlements of employment discrimination lawsuits under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act against Tampa, Fla.-area restaurants for sexual harassment of teenaged former employees. The settlements against Pizza of Florida, Inc., doing business as ABC Pizza, and Rare Hospitality International, Inc., doing business
PRESS RELEASE
1-8-03
PITTSBURGH -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced it had resolved its lawsuit against a car dealership formerly known as Ford of Greensburg alleging violations of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act at the dealership. The lawsuit, filed on January 23, 2002 [02-cv-0203], alleged that Ford of Greensburg had, upon notice of the problem, failed to take prompt and effective action
PRESS RELEASE
1-7-00
Chicago, IL. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") announced today that Judge David H. Coar of the United States District Court in Chicago has entered a $1.3 million Consent Decree resolving an EEOC racial and sexual harassment lawsuit against Foster Wheeler Constructors, Inc. ("Foster Wheeler"). The lawsuit, which EEOC filed in 1998, arose from complaints EEOC received regarding racial and sexual harassment at a Foster
PRESS RELEASE
1-7-00
PHOENIX -- The U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Arizona Center for Disability Law today announced a settlement of a disability discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Under the terms of a consent decree, approved by Judge William Browning, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. agrees to pay $132,500 to Jeremy Fass and William Darnell
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Adele Rapport January 6, 1997 Regional Attorney or David A. Whitcomb Deborah Barno Trial Attorneys (313) 226-6701 TDD: (313) 226-7599 Claire Gonzales Reginald Welch (202) 663-4900 TDD: (202) 663-4494
PRESS RELEASE
1-6-97
DETROIT -- A Detroit Federal Court Jury awarded an unprecedented $5.5 million in damages in an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) case brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: For EEOC Thursday, January 4, 2001 Cynthia G. Pierre (205) 731-1182 Mildred Byrd (205) 731-1297 Jill Lolley Vincent (205) 731-1279 TTY: (205) 731-0175 For Plaintiffs GORDON, SILBERMAN Dennis G. Pantazis (205) 328-0640 For ACIPCO BURR & FORMAN Carol H. Stewart (205) 251-3000
PRESS RELEASE
1-4-01
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a class of private plaintiffs, and American Cast Iron Pipe
PRESS RELEASE
1-31-07
Fortune 500 Company Subjected African Americans to Nooses, Threats, Nazi and KKK Messages, Agency Charged
PITTSBURGH C AK Steel Corporation will pay $600,000 to settle a racial harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that the Fortune 500 company violated federal law at its Butler, Pa., facility by creating and condoning a racially hostile
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: David Grinberg January 31, 2005 (202) 663-4921 James Ryan (202) 663-4965 TTY: (202) 663-4494 Program Contact: Jay Friedman (202) 419-0577 E-mail: Freedom.Award@eeoc.gov
PRESS RELEASE
1-31-05
WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced the agency is accepting nominations for the first-ever "Freedom to Compete Award," which will be presented to employers, organizations, or other entities that
PRESS RELEASE
1-31-01
Legal Action by EEOC and Plaintiff Interveners Results in $1.8 Million For African-American Workers
SEATTLE -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a major settlement of a lawsuit filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against Larson Automotive Group, a Tacoma-based auto dealership, for subjecting a class of African-American employees to persistent racial harassment.
Under the terms of the
PRESS RELEASE
1-30-03
SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a major litigation settlement compensating more than 1,700 retired state and local public safety officers who were subjected to age discrimination by the California Public
FOR RELEASE AS APPROPRIATE CONTACT: Claire Gonzales January 3, 1997 Reginald Welch (202) 663-4900 TDD: (202) 663-4494 James Lee Elizabeth Grossman (212) 748-8512 (212) 748-8509 TDD: (212) 748-8399
PRESS RELEASE
1-3-97
The proposed settlement agreement filed today by EEOC and Texaco, Inc. resolves the Commission's concerns that the public interest is fully addressed and that mechanisms are in place to ensure Texaco's future compliance with Title VII
PRESS RELEASE
1-3-06
Bipartisan Five-Member Commission Again at Full Complement
WASHINGTON -- Christine M. Griffin was sworn in today as a Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), bringing the bipartisan panel to its full five-member complement for the first time in more than a year. Ms. Griffin was nominated
PRESS RELEASE
1-27-99
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received recommendations yesterday on how to proceed with priority initiatives to improve communications and enhance outreach to minorities, women, and the disability community. The recommendations were presented by a panel of representatives from various civil rights groups at the second Commission Meeting conducted by Chairwoman Ida L. Castro.
"As we move ahead to meet our
PRESS RELEASE
1-27-98
WASHINGTON -- The report of a recent special Task Force examination of noteworthy equal employment opportunity policies, programs, and practices in the private sector will be discussed at the next meeting of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The meeting will be held Thursday, January 29, 1998, at 2 p.m. in the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Conference Room (9th floor), 1801 L Street
PRESS RELEASE
1-27-06
First Major Change to Employer Survey in 40 Years
WASHINGTON The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the implementation of final revisions to the Employer Information Report, also known as the EEO-1 Report, as recently voted on and approved by the Commission. The implementation of the final revisions marks the first major change to the employer survey in four decades.
Many employers are
PRESS RELEASE
1-26-09
Seventh Circuit Says Attempted Withdrawal of Charge of Discrimination Does Not Diminish Agencys Authority to Investigate
CHICAGO â The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in a decision by Chief Judge Frank H. Easterbrook, Friday ordered a District Court to enforce a subpoena issued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity CommisÂsion (EEOC). The court ruled that the EEOC had the authority to refuse to
PRESS RELEASE
1-25-01
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that it is increasing online access to key federal sector information by posting federal sector appeals decisions and a comprehensive EEO Resource Directory on its web site at http://www.eeoc.gov.
"This newly available federal sector information is part of EEOC's continuing effort to enhance the use of information technology to better meet the needs of those
PRESS RELEASE
1-23-09
WASHINGTON â The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that President Barack Obama has appointed Stuart J. Ishimaru as Acting Chairman of the EEOC and Christine M. Griffin as Acting Vice Chair.
Ishimaru, whose term expires on July 1, 2012, has been a Commissioner since November 2003. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate for a second term at the EEOC in December 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Claire Gonzales January 22, 1996 Reginald Welch (202) 663-4900 TDD: (202) 663-4494
PRESS RELEASE
1-22-96
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it will convene its first Commission meeting of 1996 on
January 25 to examine the effects of the recent three-week federal government shutdown on civil rights enforcement and the agency's workload.
EEOC officials responsible for
PRESS RELEASE
1-22-09
Trucking Company Refused Class of Women Driver and Dockworker Jobs, Federal Agency Charged
CLEVELAND An interstate trucking firm has agreed to pay $2.43 million and provide other remedial relief to a class of women to settle a major sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
The EEOC had charged in the litigation that Pitt Ohio
PRESS RELEASE
1-21-98
CHICAGO -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) scored a major legal victory yesterday in its class action sexual harassment lawsuit against Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America, Inc. Ruling in EEOC's favor, Federal District Court Judge Joe Billy McDade held that the agency could pursue its sexual harassment lawsuit as a class action "pattern or practice" suit. Mitsubishi had argued that a
PRESS RELEASE
1-21-05
EEOC and Plaintiff's Counsel Score Victory for Latina Farmworker Sexually Assaulted By Her Supervisor
Fresno, Calif. - In a trial ending today, a jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in Fresno returned a $994,000 verdict in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Olivia Tamayo and her private counsel, W.J. Smith & Associates, in their sexual harassment lawsuit against