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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 FAPS, Inc. For Discriminatory Hiring Practices

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a workplace discrimination suit today against FAPS, Inc., an automotive port processor, charging that the company has engaged in an ongoing pattern or practice of race discrimination against African-Americans in recruitment and hiring. The suit also charges that FAPS has made improper pre-employment disability-related inquiries of applicants. Both these alleged practices violate federal law.
June 17, 2010

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Scrap Metal Company Agrees To Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Lawsuit

A Charlotte-area scrap metal processing company has agreed to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Southern Metals Company unlawfully refused to hire a 76-year-old man for a position because of his age.
June 17, 2010

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Two Sonic Franchises Sued By EEOC For Sexual Harassment To Pay $55,000

Two Sonic Drive-In franchises in the Kingwood-Humble area with common ownership and management will pay $55,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that S.D.I. of Kingwood, doing business as the Kingwood Sonic Drive-In, and S.D.I. of Lee Rd., doing business as the Lee Road Sonic Drive-In, violated federal law by routinely subjecting teenaged female employees to abuse by a manager and others, including threatening one young worker with a knife.
June 15, 2010

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Federal Court Enters Consent Decree Resolving EEOC Sex Harassment Suit Against Biewer Sawmill

Judge William M. Conley of the federal district court in Madison has entered a consent decree resolving a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Biewer Wisconsin Sawmill, Inc. (BWS) of Prentice, Wis. The EEOC had charged that BWS, a major Midwestern lumber supplier, violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it did not take immediate and appropriate action to stop a supervisor's sexual harassment after learning that he had repeatedly exposed his genitals to female employees over several years.
June 15, 2010

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Four Points By Sheraton Sued By EEOC For National Origin Discrimination

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission today announced that it has filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing hotel company TOG, which owns the Four Points by Sheraton in Phoenix, of discriminating against an employee by subjecting him to a hostile work environment because of his Iraqi national origin. The EEOC also charged that by allowing the continued and escalating workplace harassment, the defendants forced the employee to resign.
June 14, 2010

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Hilton Grand Vacations Settles EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

Hilton Grand Vacations Company, LLC, an Orlando, Fla.-based resort corporation, has agreed to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Hilton Grand Vacations violated federal law when it persuaded an employee to resign her position because of her pregnancy by falsely promising to rehire her after the birth of her child.
June 14, 2010

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Aveva Drug Delivery Systems To Pay $58,000 To Settle EEOC Disability Bias Lawsuit

Aveva Drug Delivery Systems, Inc., a Miramar, Fla.-based transdermal patch manufacturer, will pay $58,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Aveva violated federal law when it fired an employee because of her disability.
June 14, 2010

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Tin, Inc. To Pay $250,000 For Age Discrimination

TIN, Inc., a leader in corrugated packaging that does business as Temple-Inland, will pay $250,000 and furnish substantial remedial relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employ­ment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
June 14, 2010

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Denver Cabinet and Appliance Retailer Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed earlier this week that Discount Cabinets and Appliances, a Denver-based retail company, violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) when it denied a hearing-impaired warehouse assistant's request that the company provide a telephone with volume control, and shortly thereafter fired him because of his disability.
June 14, 2010

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Spencer Reed Group Pays $125,000 to Settle EEOC Race and Age Discrimination Lawsuit

Spencer Reed Group, LLC, a Kansas-based staffing company that provides staffing and administrative services to employers, will pay $125,000 to settle a race and age discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that Spencer Reed Group violated federal law by discriminating against 55-year-old Caucasian employee at its Atlanta office because of her race and age and firing her as retaliation for her complaining about it.
June 9, 2010

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ManorCare Health Services Settles Religious Discrimination Suit

Heartland Employment Services, which operates ManorCare Health Services - Citrus Heights, will pay $30,000 and provide training to all its employees to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
June 8, 2010

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Ann Arbor Days Inn Sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against Ann Arbor Nights, Inc., doing business as Days Inn Hotel of Ann Arbor, in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division (Case No. 2:10CV12197).
June 7, 2010

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Court Issues Key Decision in EEOC'S Lawsuit Against Hibbing Taconite Company

Ruling Clears Way for Trial in Federal Agency's Suit Contending That Deaf Applicant Was Denied Employment in Violation of ADA

MINNEAPOLIS – Judge Richard Kyle of U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota issued an order on June 2 denying in part the motion of Hibbing Taconite Company for summary judgment in a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 

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June 4, 2010

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Temp Agency ADECCO USA Settles EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

Adecco USA, a Global Fortune 500 staffing company, will pay $12,000 and provide equitable relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  In addition to this settlement, recently the EEOC won $79,500 from the plastics company where the discrimination victims were sent by Adecco to work, for a total of $91,500 in damages for the victims in this case.
June 3, 2010