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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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EEOC Announces Final Bipartisan Regulations for the ADA Amendments Act

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) final regulations to implement the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) are now available for public view on the Federal Register website at www.ofr.gov.  The regulations will be published Friday.  Like the law they implement, the regulations are designed to simplify the determination of who has a "disability" and make it easier for people to establish that they are protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
March 24, 2011

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Myths and Stereotypes About Mental Disabilities Greatest Barrier to Employment

The greatest barrier to employment for people with intellectual and psychiatric disabilities are employers' myths and fears about their condition, not the disabilities themselves, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) learned at a hearing held today.  The hearing focused on a group whose rate of unemployment and underemployment far exceeds the national average.
March 15, 2011

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Major Construction Firm To Pay $110,000 To Settle EEOC Suit For Sexual Harassment, Retaliation

Four related national construction companies -- Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc., Brand Services, LLC, Brand Energy Solutions, LLC, and Brand Scaffold Services, LLC (Brand) -- will pay $110,000 to settle a suit for sexual harassment and retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The court-approved settlement resolves the charge of a former employee, Jauronice Hayes, who worked for Brand at its Conoco Phillips facility in Belle Chasse, La.
February 23, 2011

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Houston Businesses Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Suit

Two Houston-area adult-oriented businesses have settled an age discrimination case brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  According to the EEOC's suit, AHD Houston, Inc. and W.L. York, Inc., doing business as Cover Girls, violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) by harassing and ultimately firing a waitress because of her age.
January 13, 2011

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Seymour ZX Settles Retaliation Lawsuit

Seymour ZX, LLC, the Tennessee subsidiary of a Georgia company and a franchisee of the Zaxby's restaurant chain, will pay $20,000 and provide other relief to settle a retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
January 12, 2011

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Pharmacy Giant Omnicare Will Pay $195,000 Under Consent Decree Ending EEOC Sex Harassment Case

Pharmacy giant Omnicare, Inc. will pay $195,000 to a class of five female sex discrimination victims under a consent decree entered by Magistrate Judge Stephen Crocker on December 21, 2010 in federal court in the Western District of Wisconsin. The damages had been sought in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC had charged that a class of women was subjected to sexual harassment at Omnicare's Pinnacle Pharmacy in La Crosse, Wis.
December 21, 2010

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Tuscarora Yarns to Pay $230,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Suit

Tuscarora Yarns, Inc. will pay $230,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that the yarn manufacturing company subjected a female employee to sexual harassment based on her sex and retaliated against her for complaining about the harassment.
November 15, 2010

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Ann Arbor Days Inn Franchisee to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Sex Harassment Suit

A local franchisee of Days Inn Hotel will pay $50,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC filed its suit against Ann Arbor Nights, a relatively small employer with several Spanish-speaking employees.
November 9, 2010

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EEOC Sues Comprehensive Human Services for Retaliation

Comprehensive Human Services, Inc., also known as True North, Inc, which provides shelter for women who have been victims of domestic violence, violated federal law by terminating one employee and demoting another because the employees complained about sexual harassment by the organization's then director, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a discrimination lawsuit filed today in federal court. 
September 30, 2010

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Cavalier Telephone, LLC Sued By EEOC For Age Discrimination And Retaliation

Richmond-based Cavalier Telephone, LLC violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) by discriminating against employees and a class of job applicants because of their age and retaliating against two employees for complaining about the discrimination, the U.S. Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 20, 2010

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EEOC Sues Comfort Suites For Disability Discrimination

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced it has filed a disability discrimination lawsuit against Tarsadia Hotels, doing business as Comfort Suites, which operates several hotels throughout California.
September 16, 2010

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Two Texas Energy Corporations Sued By The EEOC For Disability Discrimination

Twenty years after the Americans With Disabilities Act ("ADA") was enacted, the Houston District Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed two separate lawsuits to enforce the ADA, demonstrating the on-going relevance of and need for the law in today's workplace. The ADA prohibits discrimination against employees and employment applicants with disabilities, including those who are regarded as disabled by their employers, and those who associate with persons who are disabled.
August 26, 2010

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Elmer W. Davis To Pay $1 Million To Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Lawsuit

Elmer W. Davis, Inc., the largest commercial roofing contractor in New York State and one of the top 40 largest commercial roofing contractors in the United States, will pay $1 million to African-American employees to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. This is the largest EEOC settlement ever in Rochester.
August 10, 2010

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EEOC Chair Berrien Promotes Equal Pay Task Force Recommendations at White House Event

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEOC) Chair Jacqueline Berrien spoke today at an event hosted by Vice President Joseph Biden to release the recommendations of the White House Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force.  The recommendations were issued as a part of a broader effort coordinated by the White House Middle Class Task Force and the White House Council on Women and Girls to develop solutions for families balancing the dual demands of work and caring for family.
July 20, 2010

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PETCO To Pay $145,000 For Failing To Accommodate Deaf Pet Groomer

Pet store giant PETCO Animal Supplies Stores, Inc. will pay $145,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged the company with failing to accommodate a deaf pet groomer formerly employed at one of its stores in Aurora, Colo.
June 29, 2010

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EEOC Sues FAPS, Inc. For Discriminatory Hiring Practices

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a workplace discrimination suit today against FAPS, Inc., an automotive port processor, charging that the company has engaged in an ongoing pattern or practice of race discrimination against African-Americans in recruitment and hiring. The suit also charges that FAPS has made improper pre-employment disability-related inquiries of applicants. Both these alleged practices violate federal law.
June 17, 2010

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Court Issues Key Decision in EEOC'S Lawsuit Against Hibbing Taconite Company

Ruling Clears Way for Trial in Federal Agency's Suit Contending That Deaf Applicant Was Denied Employment in Violation of ADA

MINNEAPOLIS – Judge Richard Kyle of U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota issued an order on June 2 denying in part the motion of Hibbing Taconite Company for summary judgment in a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 

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June 4, 2010

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Federal Court Enters $50,000 Consent Decree Ending EEOC Suit Against Abbotsford Egg Processor

U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen L. Crocker of the federal district court in Madison yesterday entered a consent decree resolving a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Mr. B's of Abbotsford, Inc., formerly known as Abbotsford Egg Products.  The EEOC had charged that the Abbotsford, Wis., former egg processing company unlawfully fired a production employee, Nicki Heberle, because of her epilepsy, despite Heberle's ability to perform the essential functions of her job.
March 18, 2010