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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 Sues Lexington Staffing Agency For Religious Discrimination

A Lexington staffing agency, The Patty Tipton Company, violated federal law by refusing to hire a job applicant because she insisted on wearing a long skirt instead of pants due to her religious beliefs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
August 30, 2011

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Ford Motor Company Sued By EEOC For Disability Discrimination

Ford Motor Company, Inc. has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to a disabled employee at its Dearborn, Mich., facility. Instead of accommodating her, Ford retaliated against her by subjecting her to progressive discipline and ultimately firing her, the EEOC charged in a lawsuit it filed on August 26, 2011.
August 29, 2011

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EEOC Sues Pine View Living For Retaliation

Pine View Living, Inc. of Milwaukee, an assisted living facility, violated federal law by firing an employee for filing a job discrimination complaint against Pine View with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Wisconsin state Equal Rights Division, the EEOC charged in a lawsuit filed today.
August 29, 2011

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Captain's Galley Settles EEOC Male-on-Male Sexual Harassment Suit

Huntersville Seafood, Inc., doing business as Captain's Galley restaurant, will pay $86,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced late yesterday.
August 26, 2011

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EEOC Sues Advance Components For Age Discrimination

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed suit against Advance Components, Inc. for age discrimination, complaining that the company unlawfully subjected a national sales representative to age-based termination.
August 24, 2011

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Forrest City Grocery Company To Pay $125,000 To Settle EEOC Sex Discrimination Suit

Forrest City Grocery Company, a distributor of tobacco and grocery items to retail and convenience stores in six states, has agreed to pay $125,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC alleged that Forrest City Grocery, doing business as Dixie Tobacco & Candy Company in Shaw, Miss., now closed, denied sales positions to an employee because she is a woman.
August 24, 2011

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Briggs Equipment Settles EEOC Race Discrimination Suit

Briggs Equipment, Inc., a Dallas-based company and one of North America's largest industrial and construction equipment distributors, will pay a former employee $112,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
August 24, 2011

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EEOC Sues Kohl's Department Stores For Disability Discrimination

Kohl's Department Stores, a nationwide, Wisconsin-based retailer, violated federal law when it refused to accommodate a diabetic employee's request for a regular schedule and forced her to quit her job at a Westbrook, Maine, Kohl's store, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
August 23, 2011

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Gaucho's Brazilian Steakhouse Sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment

Gaucho's Brazilian Steakhouse, Inc., in Valparaiso, Ind., violated federal law by allowing a female employee to be sexually harassed, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.  The EEOC also alleged that the employee was forced to resign from employment due to the severity of the harassment.
August 22, 2011

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3M to Pay $3 Million to Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Suit

Global technology giant 3M (NYSE: MMM) has agreed to pay $3 million to a class of former employees and implement preventive measures to resolve a nationwide age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 
August 22, 2011

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$6 Million Settlement for NUMMI Workers

New United Motors & Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI), California's last auto plant, has agreed to contribute to a $6 million settlement fund as part of a class settlement resolving complaints that the company violated federal law when it denied severance benefits to employees on medical leave, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. 
August 19, 2011

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EEOC Sues Rexnord For Disability Discrimination

Rexnord Industries, LLC violated federal law by firing an employee because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit filed here today.
August 18, 2011

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ITT To Pay $215,000 To Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment, Retaliation Suit

ITT Corporation, a New York-based high-technology engineering and manufacturing company, will pay $215,000 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 a female firefighter employed at the company's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii, was sexually harassed and that she, along with a male co-worker, were retaliated against for complaining about the harassment.
August 18, 2011

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Starbucks To Pay $75,000 To Settle  EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Starbucks Coffee Company has agreed to pay $75,000 and provide other significant relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged Starbucks Coffee Company with unlawfully denying a reasonable accommodation to a barista with dwarfism at one of its El Paso stores and firing her because of her disability.
August 18, 2011

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Wal-Mart Settles Sexual Harassment Suit With EEOC

Wal-Mart Stores of Texas, LLC will pay $27,500 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
August 18, 2011