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PRESS RELEASE
8-19-08

Federal Complaints and Processing Times Down; Government Diversity Improves

WASHINGTON – Naomi C. Earp, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today released the Annual Report on the Federal Work Force for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007, covering October 2006 through September 2007. The comprehensive report, which informs and advises the President and the Congress on the state of equal employment opportunity (EEO) government-wide

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Federal Agency Charged Staffing Company Fired Older White Woman for Complaining About Race, Age Bias

ATLANTA – Spencer Reed Group, LLC, a Kansas-based staffing company, unlawfully discriminated against a 55-year-old Caucasian employee because of her race and age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today. Spencer Reed provides staffing and administrative services to the federal General Services Administration (GSA).

According to the EEOC

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PRESS RELEASE
8-15-05

Administrator Decides Morgan Stanley Must Pay Entire Claim Fund Set Up by $54 Million Discrimination Suit Settled Last Year

NEW YORK – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that a $40 million sex discrimination claim fund – which was established pursuant to the $54 million landmark settlement last year with brokerage giant Morgan Stanley – will be distributed to the 67 eligible discrimination

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Pictured are Charging Party Karon Lambert (left) and EEOC Chicago Trial Attorney Lauren Dreilinger (right). Ms. Lambert's sexual harassment case resulted in EEOC's litigation against Caterpillar's Aurora facility.

Federal Agency Challenges Racial and Sexual Harassment at Joliet and Aurora Plants

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed two employment discrimination lawsuits in federal court in Chicago against Caterpillar

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PRESS RELEASE
8-13-09

Professional Building Systems Subjected Black Employees to Racist Slurs, Graffiti and Nooses

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today that Professional Building Systems of North Carolina, LLC, violated federal law by subjecting African American employees to a racially hostile work environment. Professional Building Systems builds custom modular homes in two locations including at its facilities in

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PRESS RELEASE
8-13-09

Company Refused to Hire Female Production Workers, Federal Agency Charged

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – R-Anell Housing Group, LLC, a manufacturer of pre-fabricated commercial structures and custom modular homes, will pay $200,000 and provide significant injunctive relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC had charged that R-Anell Housing refused to hire Amy Hall

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PRESS RELEASE
8-13-04

EEOC Lawsuit Said Company Maintained Sex-Segregated Job Classifications

INDIANAPOLIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act for $360,000 and comprehensive injunctive relief against Jillian's of Indianapolis IN Inc., Jillian's Entertainment Holdings Inc., and Jillian's Entertainment Corporation, on behalf of a class of male employees.

Jillian's operates a

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PRESS RELEASE
8-12-09

Black Worker Fired for Protesting Unequal Treatment, Federal Agency Alleged

ST. LOUIS – A Washington Park, Ill., packaging and warehousing company will pay $57,500 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The suit alleged that Material Resources, LLC, which does business as Gateway Co-Packing Company, failed to provide

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PRESS RELEASE
8-12-09

Federal Agency Charges Propak Logistics Refused to Hire Non-Hispanics

SHELBY, N.C. – A nationwide freight management company violated federal law by refusing to hire non-Hispanics, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, from around October 1, 2002, through June 30, 2004, Fort Smith, Ark.-based Propak Logistics, Inc. engaged in unlawful employment practices by refusing

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PRESS RELEASE
8-11-09

Latinos Bullied Black and White Workers, Held Spanish-Only Safety Meetings, Agency Charged

SAN ANTONIO – E&D Services, Inc., a Mississippi-based drilling company accused of engaging in racial harassment and retaliation against white and black employees at a South Texas work site, has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a Title VII lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According

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PRESS RELEASE
8-11-05

Seventh Circuit Again Reverses District Court Judgment In Favor Of Sears In Long-Running Federal Employment Discrimination Case

CHICAGO -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, sitting in Chicago, has reversed a lower court decision which granted a judgment without trial in favor of Sears Roebuck in a case brought against the retailer by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under the Americans

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PRESS RELEASE
8-11-04

Federal Agency Lawsuit Based Upon Charges Filed by 10 Employees Against 'Family' Restaurants in Matteson, Mattoon and Bloomington, Illinois

CHICAGO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a sexual and racial harassment class lawsuit in federal court here against Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., CBRL Group, Inc., and CBOCS West, Inc. (collectively, "Cracker Barrel").

The EEOC's lawsuit is based upon charges of

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PRESS RELEASE
8-7-09

Women Subjected to Sexual Comments, Sexual Propositions and Touching by Male Supervisor and Employees, Federal Agency Charged

ORANGEBURG, S.C. – Alternative Staffing, Inc., a Charleston, S.C.-based temporary employment staffing firm, and Clancy & Theys, a construction company headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., violated federal law by subjecting a class of female employees to a sexually hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in

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*** New Home Page More User-Friendly ***

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has redesigned its home page on the World Wide Web to make information more accessible to the public in a user-friendly format. The action is part of EEOC's continuing effort to enhance outreach and education in order to better meet the needs of those it serves.

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PRESS RELEASE
7-9-09

Man's Complaints of Abuse Were Ignored, Federal Agency Charges

DETROIT – Nationwide optician chain LensCrafters violated federal law by failing to address sexual harassment complaints from a male employee at its Saginaw store about a female co–worker and perpetuating a sexually hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

The EEOC's suit charged that LensCrafters subjected a

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PRESS RELEASE
7-7-09

Supervisors at Downtown Chicago Hotel Harassed, Then Fired Worker, Federal Agency Charged

CHICAGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that Swissotel will pay $90,000 under a consent decree entered by the federal district court here to resolve a harassment and wrongful termination lawsuit brought by the EEOC on behalf of a developmentally disabled adult.

The EEOC charged in its suit that Swissotel

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PRESS RELEASE
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 EEOC’s complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for

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PRESS RELEASE
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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PRESS RELEASE
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 Luby’s Restaurants Limited Partnership, doing business as Luby’s San Antonio #19 (Luby’s), for $135,000 and significant remedial relief on behalf of

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PRESS RELEASE
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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PRESS RELEASE
7-26-00

Court Orders $280,000 for Victims and Injunctive Relief

PITTSBURGH - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and George Junior Republic (GJR) have settled a lawsuit filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 alleging that at least six female employees were paid lower wages than their male counterparts and then were retaliated against and subjected to a hostile work environment because they

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PRESS RELEASE
7-24-09

Women Were Abused by T&D Electric's Co-Owner/President, Agency Charged

GREENSBORO, N.C. - The U.S. District Court in the Middle District of North Carolina has ordered electrical contractor T&D Electric Company of Burlington, N.C., to pay $175,674 to two female employees who were subjected to sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

The EEOC had charged in its lawsuit (EEOC v. T&D

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PRESS RELEASE
7-22-05

EEOC SUIT SAID CABINET MAKER SUBJECTED CLASS OF LATINOS TO PHYSICAL AND VERBAL ABUSE

LAS VEGAS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $600,000 settlement of a national origin harassment lawsuit against Western Casework Corporation, a Las Vegas-area cabinetmaker that supplies cabinetry to businesses and commercial construction projects.

The lawsuit, filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, alleged

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PRESS RELEASE
7-20-09

Settlement With White Hall Nursing Includes Monetary and Other Relief

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – White Hall Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, an elder-care facility in White Hall, Ark., will pay $24,000 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC's lawsuit (Civil Action No. 5:08-cv-00185, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of