1. Home
  2. Newsroom
  3. Newsroom

Newsroom

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.

To contact The Office of Communications, please phone 202-921-3191 or send an e-mail to newsroom@eeoc.gov. Please note, this e-mailbox is intended for reporters, news producers, those writing for news publication and broadcasts, and other people working on news programs or stories.

If you are seeking information about the EEOC, please call 1-800-669-4000 or e-mail info@eeoc.gov.

 

  • Enter a year and month to search within.
    • Optionally add a more recent end date to search a range of months or years.
Displaying 1393 - 1416 of 7033 results

Press release

EEOC Sues Proctor Financial for Retaliation

Proctor Financial, Inc., a company based in Troy, Mich., that provides insurance products for residential and commercial properties, violated federal law when it suspended a black employee for complaining about race discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
June 28, 2019

Press release

EEOC Celebrates The 20th Anniversary of Its Mediation Program

The Cleveland Field Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) invites the public to attend an open house on July 17 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the agency's successful alternative dispute resolution (ADR) program.
June 27, 2019

Press release

EEOC Sues Rogers Behavioral Health for Disability Discrimination

An Oconomowoc, Wis., inpatient residential health facility violated federal law when it rescinded an applicant's job offer because she tested positive for a prescribed medication, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. Rogers Behavioral Health provides treatment for various conditions including addiction, anxiety, depression, mood disorders and general mental health.
June 27, 2019

Press release

EEOC Sues Cassone Leasing for Pregnancy Discrimination

Cassone Leasing, Inc. violated federal law when it summarily dismissed an employee upon learning that she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. Long Island-based Cassone leases, rents and sells new and used office trailers and storage containers.
June 26, 2019

Press release

Skyline Ultd Settles EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Charge

Skyline Ultd, Inc., a professional services provider to federal, state and local agencies, has agreed to pay $2,500 to a discrimination victim to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
June 26, 2019

Press release

EEOC Sues George W. Morosani and Associates, LLC for Retaliation

George W. Morosani and Associates, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company headquartered in Asheville, N.C., violated federal law when it fired an employee because he complained that his supervisor used racial slurs, the U.S. Equal Employ­ment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
June 26, 2019

Press release

EEOC Sues Hunter Auto & Wrecker Service for Sexual Harassment

Hunter Auto & Wrecker Service, Inc., a Charlotte, North Carolina headquartered corporation, violated federal law when it subjected a female employee to a sexually hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
June 26, 2019

Press release

Memorial Healthcare to Pay $74,418 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

Memorial Healthcare, which operates a hospital in Owosso, Mich., will pay $74,418 and furnish other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC alleged that Memorial violated federal law by refusing to hire a medical transcriptionist because of her religious beliefs against receiving flu shots and refusing to accommodate those beliefs.
June 25, 2019

Press release

EEOC Sues Liberty Support Services for Age Discrimination

Liberty Support Services, Inc. (Liberty Support), a North Carolina corporation that maintains rest areas through contracts with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NC DOT), violated federal law when it fired or failed to rehire several older workers based on their age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
June 25, 2019

Press release

EEOC Sues M&M Limousine for Disability Discrimination

Des Plaines, Ill.-based M&M Limousine Service violated federal law when it refused to hire or consider potential accommodations for a qualified deaf job applicant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
June 24, 2019

Press release

Value Village to Pay $45,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

Atlanta-based Georgia Retail Company and Georgia Thrift Stores, Inc., operating as Value Village retail stores, will pay $45,000 and provide other relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that the company violated federal law when it denied an employee's requests for accommodation due to her disabling medical conditions and forced her to quit her job.
June 20, 2019

Press release

EEOC Sues Element Plastics for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

Element Plastics Mfg., LLC, a plastics manufacturer based in Sugar Land, Texas, violated federal law by creating a hostile work environment which resulted in the sexual harassment of a female employee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed on June 20th. According to the EEOC's lawsuit, the employee was subsequently fired in retaliation for complaining about the abuse, also in violation of federal law.
June 20, 2019

Press release

Alliance Ground to Pay $135,000 to Settle EEOC Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

Alliance Ground International, a cargo handling company that performs cargo, mail and ramp handling services for multiple clients at several major U.S. airports, including O'Hare International Airport, will pay $135,000 and provide injunctive relief to settle a sex harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
June 20, 2019

Press release

International Staffing Company to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

Chicago-based Staff Management | SMX (SMX), which provides temporary employees to the light-industrial sector worldwide, has agreed to pay a female former employee $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
June 17, 2019

Press release

Hat World and Genesco Sued By EEOC for Retaliation

Hat World, Inc. d/b/a "Lids" and Genesco, Inc., former owner of Hat World, violated federal law by retaliating against a store manager who reported sexual harassment and filed a discrimination charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency charged in a lawsuit filed today.
June 13, 2019

Press release

Legacy Land Management, Southern Coal and Affiliates Sued by EEOC for Retaliation

Affiliated companies Southern Coal Corporation, Kentucky Coal Transport, LLC, and Tams Management, Inc., together with contracted hauling company Legacy Land Management, Inc., violated federal law against retaliation in discrimination cases, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday.  The EEOC said the companies retaliated against a truck driver who opposed his former employer's unlawful discrim­ination and participated in an EEOC lawsuit against another coal company.
June 5, 2019

Press release

Aaron's to Pay $425,000 to Settle EEOC Race Harassment Suit

Aaron's, Inc., a nationwide chain of rent-to-own furniture stores, will pay $425,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit for racial harassment filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
June 4, 2019

Press release

EEOC Sues Greyhound Lines, Inc. For Religious Discrimination

Dallas-based Greyhound Lines, Inc., the largest provider of intercity bus transportation in the United States, violated federal law when it refused to accommodate the religious beliefs of a bus driver, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
June 4, 2019