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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 Examines Rights, Challenges of People with Disabilities on Rehab Act Anniversary

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) observed the 40th anniversary of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act yesterday, a breakthrough federal law for people with disabilities by hearing a variety of experts – including U.S. Senator Tom Harkin – discuss the state of rights and protections for disabled Americans.
September 27, 2013

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Maita Chevrolet Settles EEOC Religious Discrimination Suit

Elk Grove car dealership Maita Chevrolet has agreed to pay $158,000 and to implement preventive measures to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
September 27, 2013

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EEOC's New York, Philadelphia Offices and Consulate of Ecuador Sign Historic Partnership Agreement

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) New York and Philadelphia District Offices signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Consulate of Ecuador at a joint press conference in Newark today.  The agreement, signed by EEOC District Directors Kevin Berry and Spencer H. Lewis Jr., with Ecuadorian Minister Consul General Jessica B. Escala Macafferi, officially establishes a two-year collaboration between these government entities to solidify their efforts to enforce, protect and educate all Ecuadorian nationals in the United States about their employment rights of in the workplace, regardless of immigration status.
September 27, 2013

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Angelo's Pizza & Grill Settles EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit for $35,000

Angelo's Pizza and Grill, Inc. and Kefalas Enterprises, Inc., the former and current owners of Angelo's Pizza and Grill, a full-service family restaurant located in upstate New York, will pay seven women $35,000.00 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. 
September 27, 2013

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Tahoe Ski Resort Settles EEOC Suit for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

Destination Tahoe Hotel, a nationwide hotel/condominium property management corporation which operates The Resort at Squaw Creek near Lake Tahoe,  has agreed to pay $30,000 and implement preventive measures to resolve a suit charging sexual harassment and retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
September 27, 2013

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Las Oficinas de La EEOC en Nueva York y Filadelfia, Consulado de Ecuador Firman Acuerdo de Asociación

Las Oficinas de la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en Empleo EE.UU. (EEOC) de Nueva York y de Filadelfia firmaron un Memorando de Entendimiento (MOU) con el Consulado de Ecuador en una conferencia de prensa conjunta en Newark. El acuerdo, firmado por los representantes de la EEOC Kevin Berry y Spencer H. Lewis Jr., con el Ministro Cónsul General Jessica B. Escala Macafferi, establece oficialmente una colaboración de dos años entre las entidades gubernamentales para consolidar sus esfuerzos para hacer cumplir, proteger y educar a todos los ecuatorianos en los Estados Unidos acerca de sus derechos de empleo en el lugar de trabajo, independientemente de su estatus migratorio.
September 27, 2013

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EEOC Sues Upper Chesapeake Health System for Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

Upper Chesapeake Health System, a leading health care provider in northeastern Maryland, committed unlawful disability discrimination and retaliation against an employee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.  The EEOC charged that the health system failed to provide a reasonable accommodation, fired, and later refused to rehire a pulmonary function technologist because of her disability and in retaliation for her requesting an accommodation and complaining about discrimination.
September 27, 2013

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EEOC Sues Cardiac Science Corporation for Retaliation

Cardiac Science Corporation, a company which manufactures and markets diagnostic and therapeutic cardiology products and services, violated federal law by refusing severance pay to employees who file discrimination charges with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the EEOC charged in a new lawsuit.
September 26, 2013

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River View Coal to Pay $245,000 to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Suit

River View Coal, LLC, will pay a total of $245,000 to a class of African-American applicants and furnish other relief to settle a class race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
September 26, 2013

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EEOC Sues Benny Boyd Car Dealership for Disability Discrimination and Harassment

A Lubbock, Texas automobile dealership violated federal disability discrimination law by denying a partnership to a general manager because of his multiple sclerosis, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.  The EEOC further alleges that Randall Hurst was subjected to a hostile work environment based on his disability, and forced to quit as a result of the lost pay and harassment. 
September 26, 2013

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Zoria Farms and Z Foods Sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

Z Foods, Inc., doing business as Zoria Farms, and its predecessor company, Zoria Farms, Inc., subjected its female workers to ongoing sexual abuse, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.  The Madera, Calif., dried fruit producer also unlawfully fired a class of workers in retaliation for reporting the abuse, the EEOC said.
September 25, 2013

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EEOC Sues Wells Fargo for Same-Sex Sexual Harassment

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. violated federal law when it allowed a manager and employee to create a sexually hostile work environment for a class of female employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
September 25, 2013

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EEOC Sues Winebrenner Transfer for Retaliation

Hagerstown, Md.-based commercial trucking company Winebrenner Transfer, Inc., unlawfully fired a female driver because she complained about pay discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
September 25, 2013

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New "Digest of EEO Law" Issued by EEOC

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the latest edition of its federal sector Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law, which is available online at http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/digest/index.cfm.  This quarterly publication, prepared by the EEOC's Office of Federal Operations (OFO), features recent Commission decisions and federal court cases of interest.  The latest edition also includes a special article on Abuse of Process. 
September 25, 2013