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5-26-04

Employees Say Sexual Harassment No Longer Significant Problem at Soap Maker

CHICAGO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said today that the first annual report of the court-appointed Consent Decree Monitors in The Dial Corporation sexual harassment case has been received by the agency and filed in federal court (EEOC v. The Dial Corporation, N.D. Illinois No. 99 C 3356). According to the EEOC

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6-1-05

Ford to Pay African American Employees $8.55 Million, Provide 280 Apprenticeships, and Revamp Selection Method for Skilled Trade Apprenticeship Program

CINCINNATI - During a Fairness Hearing today in federal district court, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Ford Motor Company, the United Auto Workers (UAW), and private plaintiffs' attorneys reiterated their approval of and commitment to sweeping changes mandated by the settlement of a class

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE               CONTACT: For EEOC January 15, 2003                             Jean Kamp                                              Regional Attorney                                              (414) 297-1860                                               Laurie Vasichek                                              Senior Trial Attorney                                              (612) 335-4061                                         TTY: (612) 335-4045                                               For Plaintiff-Intervenor                                              Susan McKay, Esq.                                              (952) 914-0284 

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1-15-03

MINNEAPOLIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a disability discrimination lawsuit filed under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) against Target Corporation

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6-18-09

Driver is Given Damages and Sabbath Accommodations

MEMPHIS -- United Parcel Service (UPS) will offer monetary damages and religious accommodations to a 19-year employee at UPS’s Bartlett, Tenn., facility to resolve a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The lawsuit, EEOC v. UPS, Inc. (Civil Action No. 2:07-cv-02576 filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT:   Adele Rapport January 6, 1997                               Regional Attorney                                                      or                                               David A. Whitcomb                                               Deborah Barno                                               Trial Attorneys                                               (313) 226-6701                                               TDD:   (313) 226-7599                                                Claire Gonzales                                               Reginald Welch                                               (202) 663-4900                                               TDD:   (202) 663-4494 

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1-6-97

DETROIT -- A Detroit Federal Court Jury awarded an unprecedented $5.5 million in damages in an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) case brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity

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6-28-06

Gradual Improvements Cited in Efficiency of Processing Discrimination Complaints

WASHINGTON – Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced the issuance of the EEOC’s Annual Report on the Federal Work Force for Fiscal Year 2005 (covering October 2004 through September 2005). The comprehensive report, which informs and advises the President and the U.S. Congress on the state of equal employment

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10-19-07

Federal Agency Identifies Internet Fraud Being Perpetrated Against Employers

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) late today notified the business community and general public to a "phishing" e-mail circulating to companies that purports to be from the federal agency regarding a harassment complaint. The bogus e-mail contains a Trojan Horse Virus that is likely to harm a recipient's computer if the user clicks

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PRESS RELEASE
6-9-09

School Denied Training Opportunities to Employee for Filing Earlier Pregnancy Discrimination Charge, Federal Agency Said

HOUSTON -- The University of Phoenix, Inc. will pay $32,500 and furnish other relief to settle a retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC’s lawsuit, filed in September 2008 (C.A. 4:08-cv-02890 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of

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10-29-04

Best Practices in Recruitment, Hiring, Training, and Reasonable Accommodation Emerge from Federal-State Partnership Project

WASHINGTON The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a report detailing efforts to employ more people with disabilities in state government jobs. The Interim Report on Best Practices for the Employment of People with Disabilities in State Government, available at www.eeoc.gov, contains findings from the States' Best Practices Project

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PRESS RELEASE
7-17-03

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Charging Party Mohammed Hussein
Says American Dream 'Snatched Away'

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed its sixth post-9/11 backlash discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act against Trans States Airlines, Inc., a regional commuter airline. EEOC alleges that Trans States discriminated against Mohammed Hussein, a pilot employed as a First Officer

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PRESS RELEASE
11-14-02

Office Previously Destroyed in September 11 Terrorist Attacks

NEW YORK - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it will hold the grand reopening and dedication of its New York District Office, which was destroyed in the September 11 terror attacks, this Friday, November 15, 2002, at 10:00 a.m., at its new headquarters at 33 Whitehall Street in Lower Manhattan.

"This event is

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PRESS RELEASE
7-26-06

Latest Q&A Fact Sheet Coincides with Anniversary of Landmark Disabilities Act

WASHINGTON – Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced the issuance of a new question-and-answer (Q&A) fact sheet on the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to job applicants and employees who are deaf or who have hearing impairments. The new publication, the sixth in a

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11-27-02

LAS VEGAS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced it has settled a major race discrimination lawsuit against The Mirage Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip for over $1 million. The EEOC's suit (Case No. CV S-02-1554 RLH - LRL), in U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, charged the Mirage with discriminating against African- American and Hispanic applicants from

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                 CONTACT:  Claire Gonzales Thurs., July 6, 1995                            Reginald Welch                                                 (202) 663-4900                                                 TDD:  (202) 663-4494 

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7-6-95

WASHINGTON -- Clifford Gregory Stewart was sworn-in on July 5 as General Counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by Commission Chairman Gilbert F. Casellas. Mr. Stewart's nomination was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 30. He was named to the post

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12-16-03

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Governor Ehrlich First to Pledge Participation in States' Best Practices Project Tied to President Bush's New Freedom Initiative; Other States to Follow

ANNAPOLIS - In a private meeting at the Maryland State House, Governor Robert L. Ehrlich and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Cari M. Dominguez yesterday signed a resolution aimed

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PRESS RELEASE
8-12-98

* * * Enforcement Statistics to be Posted on Web Site * * *

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that the agency's pending inventory of discrimination charges has been sliced nearly in half, down from approximately 111,000 charges in fiscal year (FY) 1995 to 57,871 at the close of the third quarter (June 30) of FY 1998. The

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT:   Claire Gonzales December 6, 1996                              Reginald Welch                                               (202) 663-4900                                               TDD:   (202) 663-4494 

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12-6-96

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chairman Gilbert F. Casellas has announced the appointment of Robert G. Johnson to the position of Regional Attorney for the agency's St. Louis District Office.

As Regional Attorney, Mr. Johnson will be responsible for overseeing and directing all EEOC

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8-2-07

Denver Conference to Offer One-Stop Training On Federal Sector Employment Discrimination Issues

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its 10th anniversary federal sector EXCEL (Examining Conflicts in Employment Law) conference from Aug. 13 to 16 at the Adam’s Mark Hotel in Denver, Colo.

EXCEL is the premier national federal sector law conference and the most comprehensive of its kind examining contemporary equal employment

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2-18-09

EEOC Says Building Materials Supplier Underpaid Women Due to Gender

SEATTLE – Glacier Northwest Inc. has agreed to pay $20,000 in back wages to two women to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. According to company information, Glacier Northwest is the largest supplier of ready mixed concrete, sand, gravel, rock, cement and building materials in the

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            FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                       CONTACT: Larry Pincus Thursday, Aug. 3, 1995                               (212) 748-8406                                                      TDD  (212) 748-8399                                                      Reginald Welch                                                      (202) 663-4900 

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8-3-95

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8-3-95

$1 Million-Plus in Damages is Largest Ever

NEW YORK -- Gilbert F. Casellas, Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced that 15 women who were sexually harassed by the CEO of Del Laboratories of Farmingdale