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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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Lawrence Transportation Systems To Pay $30,000 To Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

A moving and storage company headquartered in Roanoke will pay $30,000 and furnish substantial relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed the by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The company, Lawrence Transportation Systems, Inc., also has facilities in Waynesboro, Va., and Greensboro, N.C.
August 16, 2011

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EmCare Sued By EEOC For Sexual Harassment And Retaliation

A provider of physician services that has contracts with hospitals in over 40 states violated federal law by subjecting a female employee to sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. The EEOC also charged that the company unlawfully fired the woman and two co-workers in retaliation for their complaints.
August 15, 2011

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Bojangles' Restaurants Sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

Bojangles' Restaurants, Inc. violated federal law by subjecting female employees to a sexually hostile work environment at one of its corporate-owned restaurants, and by firing one woman who complained about the sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.  The restaurant involved in the lawsuit is located in Greensboro, N.C.
August 15, 2011

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Woodman's To Pay $35,000 For Disability Bias

A federal judge has approved a consent decree resolving a disability discrimination lawsuit against Woodman's Food Market's, Inc. filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. In its lawsuit, the EEOC contended that Woodman's unlawfully fired employee because of her back condition.
August 12, 2011

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MV Transportation Settles EEOC Sex Bias Suit

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the simultaneous filing and settlement of its gender discrimination lawsuit against MV Transportation, a provider of passenger transportation services.
August 11, 2011

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EEOC Sues Audrain Medical Center for Sex Discrimination

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed suit in federal court against Audrain Medical Center in Mexico, Mo., alleging that the center violated federal law by refusing to transfer a male nurse into the operating room because it preferred to have a female nurse in the room when female patients were being treated.
August 9, 2011

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Trinity Health Corporation Sued by EEOC for Retaliation

Trinity Health Corporation violated federal law by retaliating against employees who file or refuse to drop discrimination charges with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency charged in a lawsuit it filed today.  Trinity Health is a national Catholic health care system which is the parent of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, a North Central Indiana health care system.
August 8, 2011

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Jewish Community Center Of Greater Washington Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

One of the largest metropolitan Jewish community centers in the country will pay $100,000 and provide other relief 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 the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington (JCCGW) in Rockville, Md., violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) when it demoted and fired an assistant teacher because of her hearing impairment.
August 3, 2011

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Pepsi Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (NYSE: PBG) agreed to pay $120,000 and implement preventive measures to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
August 2, 2011

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EEOC Chair Jacqueline A. Berrien, Stanley Nelson, "Freedom Riders" Documentarian, To Be Featured at EXCEL Conference

Jacqueline A. Berrien, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will open the 14th Annual Examining Conflicts in Employment Laws (EXCEL) Conference in Baltimore, Maryland on August 16, 2011.  The EXCEL Conference is the premier federal training conference for EEO managers, supervisors, practitioners, HR professionals, attorneys and ADR specialists.  EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum will also address the conference that Tuesday.
August 1, 2011

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J.A. Thomas & Associates Sued By EEOC For Disability Discrimination

J.A. Thomas & Associates, a health care consulting company based in Smyrna, Ga., an Atlanta suburb, violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) when it refused to rehire an employee for a position she previously held because of a disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
August 1, 2011

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Analytic Stress Relieving, Inc To Pay $75,000 To Resolve Sex Based Retaliation Lawsuit

Analytic Stress Relieving Inc, an industrial heat treating service company that services the petrochemical and power markets, will pay $75,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex-based retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Analytic Stress terminated a female employee in retaliation for her complaints about sexual harassment.
August 1, 2011

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Promens USA Pays $225,000 To Settle EEOC Lawsuit

Plastics manufacturer Promens USA, Inc. will pay $225,000 to settle a sex discrimination and harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC sued Promens USA, formerly known as Bonar Plastics, Inc., in September 2010 on behalf of four women who were sexually harassed, retaliated against for rejecting their supervisor's sexual advances, and denied job opportunities open only to male employees. (EEOC v. Promens USA, Inc. and Bonar Plastics, Inc., No. 10 C 6232 [N.D. Ill.]).
July 29, 2011

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EEOC Lawsuit Challenges Disability Discrimination at South Dakota Non-Profit

The Area IV Senior Citizens Planning Council, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Aberdeen, violated federal civil rights laws by regarding an employee suffering with cancer as disabled and firing her for that reason, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
July 29, 2011