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PRESS RELEASE
9-23-09

Aaron Rents Franchisee Fired Jehovah’s Witness for Religious Objection to ‘Red Shirt Fridays,’ Federal Agency Charges

DALLAS – Denton, Texas-based Alliance Rental Center, L.P., which operates an Aaron Rents franchise in Bridgeport, Texas, violated federal law by firing a product technician when he declined to participate in the company’s “Red Shirt Friday” dress code, a store practice intended to show support for the U.S. military, the

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PRESS RELEASE
9-22-99

WASHINGTON - Ida L. Castro, Chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced a dynamic national training program on revised regulations designed to streamline the discrimination complaint system for federal employees. The program is part of EEOC's broader efforts to improve the federal sector EEO process by making it more efficient, expedient, and fairer for employees and agencies alike.

"This comprehensive training presents

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PRESS RELEASE
9-22-99

SEATTLE -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today settled a lawsuit alleging that American Seafoods Company, a Seattle-based operation and a dominant force in the U.S. fishing industry, subjected 18 Vietnamese American at-sea workers to discriminatory conditions because of their national origin. Under terms of the settlement, the workers will be awarded $1,250,000 for the discrimination they suffered.

The class action lawsuit

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PRESS RELEASE
9-21-04

New Web Site, National Outreach and Partnerships to Focus on Emerging Issue

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the implementation of its "Youth@Work" initiative, an unprecedented national outreach and education campaign designed to proactively prevent discrimination against teenage workers. Information about the initiative can be found on EEOC's web site at www.eeoc.gov.

"Our Youth@Work initiative enlists a key ally the

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PRESS RELEASE
9-21-04

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Fred E. Gantzler, Vice President and General Manager E-Government, Pearson Government Solutions, and Cari M. Dominguez, Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, shake hands after signing a contract to launch a National Contact Center.

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) yesterday awarded to Pearson Government Solutions a contract for a pilot National Contact Center to begin operating in spring 2005, following a six-month planning

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PRESS RELEASE
9-20-99

WASHINGTON - In a move to intensify and upgrade analysis of possible age bias ramifications of increasingly popular employer conversions to cash-balance pension plans, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chairwoman Ida L. Castro today announced the creation of a national EEOC team of experts to focus on the legality of the plans to older workers.

"Whether or not cash-balance pension plans discriminate against employees covered

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PRESS RELEASE
9-20-01

PHOENIX - A federal court in Tucson held Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. in contempt and imposed sanctions on the company on June 13, 2001, for failure to comply with a court order resolving claims that Wal-Mart refused to hire Jeremy Fass and William Darnell because they are deaf, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Today, the court approved an amended consent decree resolving the

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT:   Claire Gonzales September 19, 1996                            Reginald Welch                                               (202) 663-4900                                               TDD:   (202) 663-4494 

PRESS RELEASE
9-19-96

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued enforcement guidance on the Supreme Court's decision in the age discrimination case O'Connor v. Consolidated Coin Caterers Corp. The guidance analyzes the impact of the decision on EEOC's enforcement activities.

The Age Discrimination in

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT:   Claire Gonzales September 19, 1996                            Reginald Welch                                               (202) 663-4900                                               TDD:   (202) 663-4494 

PRESS RELEASE
9-19-96

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) have entered into an interagency agreement to mediate private sector charges of employment discrimination as part of EEOC's alternative dispute resolution (ADR) program.

"Constrained by

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PRESS RELEASE
9-19-01

TAMPA, Fla. - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida awarded $2.2 million to Dena Zechella, a former employee of Outback Steakhouse. The jury found that Outback paid Zechella - a female - considerably less than a similarly situated male employee who performed the same job duties. The jury also

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PRESS RELEASE
9-19-00

DALLAS - A speak-English-only policy implemented by Premier Operator Services, Inc., a former long distance operator service, constitutes national origin discrimination, Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney has ruled, awarding 13 Hispanic employees over $700,000 in damages. The decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, represents the largest monetary award ever obtained by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

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PRESS RELEASE
9-18-07

WASHINGTON – Naomi C. Earp, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will present the third annual "Freedom to Compete Award" recognizing employers and organizations for initiatives that promote fair and open competition in the workplace. Five awards will be presented during a ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 10:30 a.m., EEOC Headquarters, 1801 L Street, N.W.

The awards presentation is part of the

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PRESS RELEASE
9-17-09

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.– National clothing retail giant Abercrombie & Fitch, doing business as Abercrombie Kids, allegedly discriminated against a 17-year-old Muslim by refusing to hire her because she wore a hijab, or head scarf, in observance of her sincerely held religious beliefs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in discrimination lawsuit filed today in federal court.

According to the EEOC’s suit, filed in the

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PRESS RELEASE
9-17-09

Discrimination Complaint Filings and Agency Processing Times Rise Slightly

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released the Annual Report on the Federal Work Force for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, which shows small increases in discrimination complaint filings against federal agencies and in average complaint processing time government-wide.

The annual report informs and advises the President and the Congress on the state

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PRESS RELEASE
9-17-04

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today voted 3-1 to authorize funds for a contract award that will establish a two-year pilot National Contact Center to handle unsolicited calls for general information.

"A National Contact Center is urgently needed to give the public what we do not and cannot now provide as we labor under inherent limitations of our technology and staffing structure

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PRESS RELEASE
9-16-05

Suit Says Red Robin Fired Employee for Religious Tattoos, Saying It Wanted 'All-American Kid'

SEATTLE – Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc., a casual dining chain with restaurants throughout the country, will pay $150,000 and make substantial policy and procedural changes to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged the company with

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PRESS RELEASE
9-16-04

Agreement to Use Alternative Dispute Resolution for Employment Disputes

TACOMA, Wash. - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the City of Tacoma today announced a Universal Agreement to Mediate (UAM) to submit all appropriate charges of employment discrimination filed with the EEOC to the federal agency's voluntary, mediation-based Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) program.

The City of Tacoma agreement is the sixth UAM entered into

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 JOINT PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT:  For EEOC Headquarters September 15, 2004                           David Grinberg, Communications Team                                              (202) 663-4921 or david.grinberg@eeoc.gov                                         TTY: (202) 663-4494                                                                                       For Tyson Foods, Inc.                                               Gary Mickelson, Media Relations                                              (479) 290-6111 or gary.mickelson@tyson.com                                              (206) 220-6871  

WASHINGTON – Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and John Tyson, Chairman and

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PRESS RELEASE
9-15-04

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will vote this Friday, September 17, in a public meeting on the authorization of funds for a contract award that would establish a pilot National Contact Center to handle unsolicited calls for general information. The meeting will take place at EEOC Headquarters, 1801 L Street, NW, Washington, D.C., at 10:00 a.m. EEOC staff who have worked on

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PRESS RELEASE
9-14-99

WASHINGTON -- Ida L. Castro, Chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), met today with a delegation of Congress led by Representative Bernard Sanders of Vermont to discuss concerns that employer conversions to cash-balance pensions plans may violate the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA).

"EEOC will continue to assess the difficult questions that surround this issue and how they are affected

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PRESS RELEASE
9-14-09

Federal Agency Charged Hotel Fired Employee for Refusing to Work on Her Sabbath

MEMPHIS – Generation Properties II, LLC, doing business as Staybridge Suites, a Research Triangle Park, N.C., based hotel chain, will pay $27,500 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. 2:08-cv-02420, filed in U.S. District Court

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PRESS RELEASE
9-14-09

EEOC Sued Software Company for Retaliation Against Muslim Worker

PHOENIX -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld a 2006 unanimous federal court jury verdict finding Go Daddy Software, Inc. had retaliated against Youssef Bouamama when it fired him for complaining about discriminatory comments against him. The EEOC sued Go Daddy on

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PRESS RELEASE
9-14-04

57th National Universal Agreement to Mediate Between Commission and Major Employer

MIAMI - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Education America/Remington College today announced the signing of a National Universal Agreement to Mediate (NUAM) to informally resolve workplace disputes through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) prior to an EEOC investigation or potential litigation.

Today's agreement marks the 57TH NUAM that EEOC has signed with a

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PRESS RELEASE
9-14-01

WASHINGTON - In the wake of this week's tragic events, Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), called on all employers and employees across the country to promote tolerance and guard against unlawful workplace discrimination based on national origin or religion.

"We should not allow our anger at the terrorists responsible for this week's heinous attacks to be misdirected against innocent