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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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Landwin Management to Pay $500,000 for National Origin Bias and Sexual Harassment

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of two lawsuits against Landwin Management, Inc., a San Gabriel, Calif.-based hotel operator, for $500,000 and significant remedial relief in cases alleging national origin discrimination and sexual harassment.  Both suits were filed in September 2007 under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
February 3, 2010

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University of Puerto Rico Settles Class  Age Discrimination Case with EEOC

The University of Puerto Rico (UPR) has agreed to settle a class age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that the UPR discriminated against public employees age 55 and older by not allowing them to obtain pension credit because of their age.
February 2, 2010

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Boeing Settles Two EEOC Sex Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuits for $380,000

Chicago-based The Boeing Company, an aerospace giant that manufactures military aircraft and commercial jetliners, has agreed to pay $380,000 and administer far-reaching injunctive measures to settle two lawsuits brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
February 1, 2010

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EEOC Partners with Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage to Fight Job Discrimination

The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) are teaming up to help employees file employment discrimination complaints, the federal agency announced today.  On the last Thursday of each month, beginning February 25, 2010, from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm, EEOC personnel will be available at the Maltz Museum, 2929 Richmond Road in Beachwood, to talk with individuals who have employment discrimination concerns and to complete the necessary forms to initiate a charge of discrimination. 
January 28, 2010

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$428,500 Decree Ends Suit Against Eagle Wings for Sexual Harassment, Retaliation and Disability Bias

The federal district court in Urbana, Ill., today entered a consent decree under which Eagle Wings Industries, Inc. will pay $428,500 to a class of female employees who, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged, encountered sexual harassment at the company's Rantoul, Ill., facility.  This amount includes the attorney's fees for one of the class members.
January 27, 2010

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Court Denies Key Menards Motion in EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Case

Chief Judge David R. Herndon of the Southern District of Illinois issued an order on January 22 denying the motion of the hardware store chain Menards for summary judgment in a sex / pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
January 27, 2010

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Wal-Mart Sued for Disability Discrimination

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a disability discrimination lawsuit against global retail giant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. for refusing to provide a reasonable accommodation to a deaf employee at Wal-Mart Store #2258 in Alexandria, Va.
January 27, 2010

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U.S. Security Associates Pays Nearly $80,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Security Associates, Inc. will pay $79,880 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.   The EEOC had charged the Roswell, Ga.-based security company with unlawfully subjecting a security guard to pregnancy discrimination and then firing her in retaliation for complaining about it – in addition to firing her husband, a coworker, for supporting her in the matter.
January 27, 2010

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EEOC Resolves Preliminary Injunction Action Against Aerotek, Inc. and Proceeds with Investigation

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has finally resolved an application for a preliminary injunction by securing the agreement of a major national employment agency to reverse instructions which EEOC alleged were previously given to non-management employees not to communicate with the EEOC without Aerotek's counsel present regarding an investigation of alleged employment discrimination.
January 25, 2010

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Memphis Goodwill Agrees to Pay $105,000 to Settle  EEOC Race Bias and Retaliation Lawsuit

Memphis Goodwill Industries, Inc., a non-profit agency, will pay $105,000 to settle a race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged in its suit (No. 2:08-cv-02621-BBD-cgc, filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee) that Memphis Goodwill fired a transportation director in retaliation for reporting alleged race discrimination and because of her race, black.
January 22, 2010

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EEOC'S 2010 Excel Conference To Be Held July 12-15 In Orlando, Fla.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has scheduled its 2010 Examining Conflicts in Employment Laws (EXCEL) conference from July 12-15 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Fla. The EXCEL conference – considered the conference to attend for senior federal agency leaders, federal EEO and HR practitioners, and attorneys in the federal government – provides a breadth and depth of training on the laws and issues within the EEOC's purview unmatched by other federal sector EEO conferences.
January 21, 2010

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Village of Mineola and Mineola Fire Department Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Suit

The Incorporated Village of Mineola, N.Y., and the Mineola Fire Department will pay $237,072 to settle a class age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The damages will be made in retroactive payments to a group of 25 firefighters who had been discriminated against based on their age and provide increased monthly pension amounts going forward to several firefighters.
January 21, 2010

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Early Agreement on Decree Ends EEOC Race Case Against Medical Device Supplier

A federal judge has entered a consent decree resolving a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Conmed Linvatec, a Utica, N.Y.-based international medical device corporation specializing in orthopedics and general surgery.  Based upon an administrative investigation managed by EEOC Chicago District Director John Rowe, the agency had alleged that the company violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by terminating Paul Hickman from its Midwest office in Elmhurst, Ill., on account of his race.
January 20, 2010

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Georgia Car Dealership to Pay $140,000 for Racial Harassment of Black Manager

S&H Thomson, Inc., doing business as Stokes-Hodges Chevrolet Cadillac Buick Pontiac GMC, will pay $140,000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The agency had charged that the Augusta car dealer allowed a white male management consultant to subject an African American sales manager to a racially hostile work environment over a four-month period.
January 14, 2010

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Monterey Gourmet Foods Sued for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

Monterey Gourmet Foods, Inc., a major producer of refrigerated gourmet food products, violated federal law when it allowed a supervisor to sexually harass four Latino workers at its Salinas plant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit.  The EEOC also alleged that the company unlawfully retaliated against each worker by terminating them after they reported the harassment.
January 13, 2010