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Welcome to the EEOC's Virtual Newsroom, which offers a wide range of information and materials on the Commission's history, functions, procedures, programs, actions and staff, on the statutes we enforce, and on related research, data and statistics. We encourage everyone to browse and search through our continually updated Press Kit, which provides extensive background and context for virtually any question.

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Triple T Foods to Pay $30,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Lawsuit

Triple T Foods, an Arkansas pet food processor, will pay $30,000 to a former employee and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
July 28, 2014

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Sheet Metal Union Resolves Race-Based Discharge from Apprenticeship Program with EEOC

The apprenticeship school affiliated with a New Jersey construction trade union will pay $34,500 and provide substantial remedial relief to settle a discrimination claim by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC) of Sheet Metal Workers Local 25 discharged a black apprentice because of his race just two weeks before he was to graduate from the four-year apprenticeship program.
July 14, 2014

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Kevin & J Company Settles EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit for $15,000

Kevin & J Company, Inc., an Atlanta-based company that sells retail clothing and apparel, will pay $15,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
July 9, 2014

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EEOC Sues Baldwin Supply of Minneapolis for Disability Discrimination

A Minneapolis-based distributor violated federal civil rights law by not allowing an employee to return to work after he had a heart attack, and instead firing him because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed here today.
June 24, 2014

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Bobby Dodd Institute to Pay $40,000 to Settle  EEOC Age Discrimination Suit 

Bobby Dodd Institute, Inc. of Atlanta, an organization that provides employment opportunities to disabled individuals, will pay $40,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
June 17, 2014

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Winebrenner Transfer Will Pay $42,000 to Settle EEOC Retaliation Lawsuit

Winebrenner Transfer, Inc., a Hagerstown, Md.-based commercial trucking company, will pay $42,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to resolve a lawsuit for retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
June 6, 2014

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Lifecare Medical Services to Pay $72,500 to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit

Lifecare Medical Services, Inc., an Ohio medical transportation services company, will pay $72,500 and provide other relief in order to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
May 29, 2014

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Retailer Fred Meyer Settles Second EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

National grocery chain Fred Meyer will pay $487,500 to seven workers employed at its Oak Grove, Ore., store and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.   This is the company's second such settlement in just over five years; in late 2008, the company also settled an EEOC sexual harassment lawsuit on behalf of three Oregon City store employees for $485,000.
May 5, 2014

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PJP Health to Pay $300,000 to Settle EEOC Age Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit

PJP Heath, Inc. will pay a total of $300,000 to three former employees to settle a lawsuit for age-based harassment, discrimination and retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  This Long Island sales insurance company is currently located in Melville, Long Island and also had a former location in Lake Success.
May 1, 2014

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Kenan Transport to Pay $27,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination and Retaliation Suit

Kenan Transport, LLC, a Delaware trucking company that operates a terminal in Spartanburg, S.C., will pay $27,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged in its lawsuit that Kenan Transport violated federal law by discriminating against a female employee because she was pregnant and by retaliating against her because she made complaints about pregnancy discrimination.
April 17, 2014

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EEOC Sues Wal-Mart Stores East for Disability Discrimination

Wal-Mart Stores East, LP violated federal law when it refused to employ an individual with end-stage renal disease as a store associate because she needed a reasonable accommodation during the hiring process, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a federal lawsuit it announced today. 
March 21, 2014

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AA Foundries Agrees to Drop Appeal of  EEOC Racial Harassment Lawsuit

AA Foundries, a San Antonio manufacturer of ferrous castings and producer of foundry mold machines, has agreed to drop its appeal of a racial harassment judgment for $140,000 and resolve the case with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.  The settlement comes 2 ½ years after the EEOC's San Antonio Field Office first filed suit.
March 19, 2014

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Baptist Health South Florida to Pay $215,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit 

Baptist Health South Florida, Inc., one of the largest health care organizations in South Florida employing approximately 14,000 individuals at eight facilities, will pay $215,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
February 21, 2014

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Jiudicy to Pay $150,000 to Settle EEOC Retaliation Suit

Jiudicy, Inc., doing business as Labor Finders, one of the country's largest industrial labor staffing companies, will pay $150,000 to settle a retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
February 5, 2014

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EEOC Sues Food Rite Community Supermarket  For Sex Discrimination

Lee's Food Corp., doing business as Food Rite Community Supermarket (Food Rite), violated federal law when it failed to hire a qualified female applicant because of her sex, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
December 19, 2013

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Foodworks Will Pay $25,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

The Food Farmacy, Ltd. and J&T Enterprises, LLC, doing business as Foodworks, a chain of grocery stores in Connecticut, will pay $25,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
December 4, 2013