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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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La Compañía Fisher Nut Resolverá Una Demanda Por Represalia De La EEOC

La compañía procesadora de almendras Fisher Nut en Modesto, California, ha acordado pagar $150,000 a siete empleadas Latinas e implementar medidas preventivas para resolver una demanda federal de represalias, la Comisión Federal de Igualdad de Oportunidad en el Empleo (EEOC) anunció hoy.
May 9, 2011

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Fisher Nut Company to Settle EEOC Retaliation Suit

Modesto, Calif.-based almond processor Fisher Nut Company has agreed to pay $150,000 to seven Latina employees and to implement preventive measures to settle a federal lawsuit for retaliation, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
May 9, 2011

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Experts to Discuss Wage Gap Issues in Cheyenne

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) Denver Office and the Wyoming State Department of Workforce Services-Labor Standards will host a free training event on the Equal Pay Act on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at the Holiday Inn-Cheyenne, 204 West Fox Farm Road. The training will run from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm.
May 9, 2011

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Chubb Insurance To Pay $110,000 To Hmong Employee In EEOC Discrimination Suit

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that a federal judge has entered a $110,000 consent decree that resolves an EEOC race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought against Federal Insurance Company, doing business as Chubb & Son, a U.S.-based property and casualty insurance giant with business worldwide.
May 4, 2011

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Gender-Based Wage Gap Persists, Experts Agree at EEOC Forum

Gender-based wage discrimination remains a problem today and a percentage of the wage discrepancy cannot be explained by non-discriminatory factors, said government and private experts at a public forum held today at the headquarters of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). 
April 28, 2011

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Dillard's Sued By EEOC For Retaliation

Dillard's, a major department store chain, violated federal law by firing a business manager as retaliation for filing a discrimination charge, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
April 28, 2011

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EEOC Sues Sysco Oklahoma for Disability Bias

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed suit against Sysco Oklahoma LLC, a major commercial food distributor, for making unlawful inquiries into the existence, nature and severity of an employee's disability, scoliosis, and then firing her because of that disability.
April 27, 2011

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EEOC to Commemorate Equal Pay Day With Public Forum and Informational Fair

To heighten public awareness of gender-based wage discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a public forum from 10:30 a.m. to1:30 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, April 28, to commemorate Equal Pay Day.  The program will be held at the EEOC's downtown headquarters, 131 M Street, NE, Washington, D.C., and will be open to the public.
April 25, 2011

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Ralph Jones Sheet Metal Settles  EEOC Racial Harassment Suit for $160,000

Ralph Jones Sheet Metal, Inc., an architectural sheet metal company located in Memphis, will pay $160,000 to former African-American employees to settle a racial harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
April 22, 2011

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EEOC Files Its Largest Farm Worker Human Trafficking Suit Against Global Horizons, Farms

In its largest human trafficking case in agriculture to date, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that it filed lawsuits in Hawaii and Washington against Global Horizons Inc., a Beverly Hills-based farm labor contractor, and eight farms.  The EEOC contends that Global Horizons engaged in a pattern or practice of national origin and race discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, when it trafficked over 200 Thai male victims to farms in Hawaii and Washington where they were subjected to severe abuse.  Hundreds of additional potential claimants and witnesses are expected, according to the EEOC.
April 20, 2011