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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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Happy Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Sued by EEOC For Sexual Harassment  And Retaliation

Happy Valley LLC d/b/a Happy Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation in Malvern, Ark., violated federal law when it failed to address sexual harassment complaints made by female employees and then terminated those employees for complaining of the harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 14, 2018

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Cargill Meat Resolves  EEOC Discrimination Class Finding

Cargill Meat Solutions, headquartered in Wichita, Kan., has agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve charges of discrimination investigated by the Denver Field Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
September 14, 2018

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Safeway Sued by EEOC For Disability Discrimination

Grocery store giant Safeway, Inc. violated federal law by refusing to accommodate and hire a qualified deaf applicant for various store jobs in Seattle, Wash., the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 12, 2018

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EEOC Sues Foodtown for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

Foodtown Corp., a supermarket in Elmhurst, N.Y., violated federal law by maintaining a hostile work environment where two female workers were sexually harassed by their supervisor and then fired for opposing this misconduct, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 10, 2018

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Jacksons Foods Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

An Idaho-based convenience store chain, Jacksons Food Stores, Inc., will pay $88,000 and hire a deaf worker as well as provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
September 7, 2018

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Hagemeyer North America, Inc. Sued by EEOC For Disability Discrimination

Vallen Distribution, Inc. d/b/a Hagemeyer North America, Inc., a national leading provider of indirect industrial supplies violated federal law when it fired an employee after he requested leave due to a medical condition, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it recently filed.
September 7, 2018

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EEOC Sues Universal Diversified for Disability Discrimination

Universal Diversified Enterprises, Inc. and Universal Diversified Solutions LLC, Miami-based sheet metal fabrication and installation companies, violated federal law when they fired an employee and refused to let him to return to work after he recovered from losing an eye in an out-of-work injury, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charges.
September 6, 2018

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Golden Corral Sued by EEOC For  Disability Discrimination

A Golden Corral restaurant franchisee located in Augusta, Ga., violated federal law when it unlawfully fired a server with epilepsy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
September 6, 2018

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EEOC Sues Fastenal Company for Pay Discrimination

Fastenal Company, an international industrial and construction supply distributor, violated federal law when it paid female sales support employees lower wages than men, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
September 5, 2018

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Kessinger Hunter Management to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

Kessinger Hunter Management, Inc. (KHMI), a national commercial property management company with its primary corporate offices in Kansas City, Mo., will pay $50,000 to a former employee, change its policies, and provide training to employees to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
August 31, 2018

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EEOC Sues Burgers & Beer for Sex Discrimination

Burgers & Beer, a chain of Southern California restaurants, violated federal law when it denied males with the same employment opportunities as their female counterparts, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced in lawsuit filed today.
August 30, 2018

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EEOC Sues Adecco USA For Disability Discrimination

Adecco USA, Inc. (Adecco), a staffing agency, violated federal law by refusing to offer a candidate employment at a production facility based on his actual and perceived disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
August 29, 2018

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EEOC Sues Charter Communications For Disability Discrimination

Charter Communications, LLC, which bought Time Warner Cable, violated federal law when it refused to provide an ongoing accommodation for an employee with a disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
August 29, 2018

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EEOC Sues Master Marine for Retaliation

Master Marine, Inc., a Gulf Coast shipbuilder, violated federal anti-discrimination law by terminating Elskin Nye, a First Class Painter/Blaster at its Bayou La Batre, Ala., facility, in retaliation for previously filing an EEOC Charge of Discrimination against it, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
August 27, 2018

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EEOC Sues Appalachian Power Company for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

Charleston, W.V.-based Appalachian Power Company, an electric utility company, violated federal law when it subjected a contract administrative assistant to sexual harassment and then fired her for complaining about it, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
August 27, 2018

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EEOC and Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc. Enter into Agreement to Improve Disability Leave Practices

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) and Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc., have entered into a settlement agreement to strengthen and improve the company's policies and practices for accommodation of employees with disa­bilities, the federal agency announced today. The settlement resolves nine charges of discrim­ination alleging that the company failed to properly accommodate employees with disabilities.
August 23, 2018

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Otto Candies to Pay $165,000 to Resolve EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Otto Candies, LLC has agreed to pay a former employee $165,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. Otto Candies, which is based in Des Allemands, La., provides marine transportation services in the Gulf of Mexico.
August 23, 2018

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Autonation-Owned Dealerships to Pay $150,000 To Settle EEOC Gender Discrimination Lawsuit

AutoNation-owned dealership, Abraham Chevrolet-Miami, Inc., which does business in Coral Gables, Fla. under the name "AutoNation Chevrolet Coral Gables," will pay $150,000.00 to its former assistant parts manager to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
August 22, 2018