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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 REACHES OUT TO ORGANIZED LABOR AND OLDER WORKERS, HEARS FROM AFL-CIO AND AARP AT COMMISSION MEETING

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
3-24-99

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received recommendations yesterday from representatives of the AFL-CIO and AARP on how the agency can be more responsive to the needs of union members and older workers. The recommendations were made at the third Commission Meeting of a special series convened by EEOC Chairwoman Ida L. Castro to focus on the concerns of agency stakeholders

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CHILDRESS ENGINEERING SERVICES SUED BY EEOC FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-23-09

Federal Agency Charges Woman Was Subjected to Sexually Offensive Behavior and Remarks, Fired After Filing a Complaint

DALLAS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the filing of a discrimination lawsuit against Childress Engineering Services, Inc., charging that the company violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by subjecting a female employee to sexual harassment and firing her in retaliation for filing

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WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPANY TO PAY NEARLY $200,000 FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
3-5-03

Qualified Employee with Crohn's Disease Fired Unlawfully, EEOC Suit Says

BALTIMORE - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $194,000 settlement of an employment discrimination lawsuit filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) on behalf of a qualified former employee with Crohn's disease who was terminated by Browning-Ferris, Inc., a waste management company.

EEOC's lawsuit originated from a charge of

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ALLSUP’S CONVENIENCE STORES SUED BY EEOC FOR RETALIATION IN DISCRIMINATION CHARGE

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-28-09

Employee Fired After Cooperating in EEOC Investigation, Federal Agency Charged

DALLAS – Allsup’s Convenience Stores, Inc. violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) when it fired an employee as retaliation for cooperating with a discrimination investigation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. Allsup’s, headquartered in Clovis, N.M., has 300 locations throughout New Mexico and Texas and employs approximately

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EEOC Settles Lawsuit on Behalf of Hispanic Employees

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
4-13-06

Allegedly Denied Promotions to Management Jobs

SEATTLE -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has settled its national origin discrimination lawsuit against the successor of U S WEST Communications, Qwest Communications International Inc., for $400,000.  The EEOC achieved the settlement on behalf of a group of Hispanic employees who the EEOC alleged were denied promotions to management jobs at company's Portland, Oregon, facilities from 1998

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L&W SUPPLY CORP. TO PAY $49,500 FOR RACE BIAS

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-3-09

EEOC Said Company Supervisor Used Racial Slurs, Based Work Assignments on Race

PHOENIX – L&W Supply Corporation has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for nearly $50,000 and other relief on behalf of an African American employee who was subjected to discrimination based on race, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC maintained in its suit that L&W

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CIRQUE DU SOLEIL TO PAY $600,000 FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERFORMER WITH HIV

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission


PRESS RELEASE
4-22-04

Charging Party Calls Firing from Entertainment Troupe'Worst Day of My Life'

LOS ANGELES The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission today announced the settlement of an employment discrimination case under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) against Cirque du Soleil, (U.S.), Inc. for $600,000 and significant remedial relief on behalf of a performer who was fired for being HIV-positive. Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil is an

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NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY SUED BY EEOC FOR SEX DISCRIMINATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09

Railway Failed to Promote Woman to Yardmaster Position, Federal Agency Charges

BALTIMORE – One of the nation's premier transportation companies engaged in unlawful sex discrimination when it refused to provide a female employee with training necessary to obtain a pro­motion to a yardmaster position, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

The railroad removed Kathryn Class from yardmaster training and

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EEOC ENHANCES CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR PERSONS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
4-30-03

Labor Force Composition Altered by Increased Immigration and Shifting Demographics

WASHINGTON - Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced the issuance of an updated agency-wide action plan to improve access, outreach and enforcement services to the limited English proficient (LEP) employer and employee communities. The LEP Plan, required by Executive Order, is part of the EEOC's broader efforts to

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FEDERAL AGENCIES JOINTLY ISSUE PUBLICATIONS ON MAKING EEO MEDIATION ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 10, 2005

For EEOC For NCD For DOJ
Charles Robbins
202-663-4900
David Grinberg
202-663-4921
TTY 202-663-4494
Mark S. Quigley
202-272-2004
TTY 202-272-2074
mquigley@ncd.gov
CRT
202-514-2008
TTY 202-514-1888

PRESS RELEASE
5-10-05

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the National Council on Disability (NCD) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today jointly released two new publications addressing how to ensure that mediation of

Press release

EEOC FORMS FEDERAL HISPANIC WORK GROUP

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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Hispanic Work Group

PRESS RELEASE
5-21-08

Commission Partners with SSA to Examine Key Issues Facing Fastest Growing Community

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the formation of a partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA) to launch a Hispanic Work Group examining the community’s concerns about federal sector employment, including leadership development, hiring, and retention.

“The federal government must tap into the valuable resources

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ALAMO CAR RENTAL GUILTY OF RELIGIOUS BIAS FEDERAL COURT RULES IN EEOC LAWSUIT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
5-30-06

EEOC Said Muslim Employee Fired for Wearing Head Scarf Shortly After 9/11 Attacks

PHOENIX – In a legal victory for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Arizona Federal District Court Judge Roslyn Silver ruled that Alamo Car Rental committed post-9/11 backlash discrimination based on religion when it terminated a Somali customer sales representative in December 2001 for refusing to remove her head scarf during the

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MITSUBISHI MOTOR MANUFACTURING AND EEOC REACH VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT TO SETTLE HARASSMENT SUIT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                For:     EEOC Thursday, June 11, 1998              Contact: John Hendrickson                                               (312) 353-8551                                               Jean Kamp                                               (312) 353-7582                                        For:     MMMA                                      Contact: Gael O'Brien                                               (309) 888-8201 

PRESS RELEASE
6-11-98

NORMAL AND CHICAGO, ILL. -- Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America, Inc. (MMMA) and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that they have reached a $34 million settlement, subject to court approval, that resolves all

Press release

EEOC SCORES MAJOR VICTORY IN MITSUBISHI LAWSUIT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
1-21-98

CHICAGO -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) scored a major legal victory yesterday in its class action sexual harassment lawsuit against Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America, Inc. Ruling in EEOC's favor, Federal District Court Judge Joe Billy McDade held that the agency could pursue its sexual harassment lawsuit as a class action "pattern or practice" suit. Mitsubishi had argued that a

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WAL-MART VIOLATES DISABILITIES ACT AGAIN; EEOC FILES 16TH ADA SUIT AGAINST RETAIL GIANT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
6-21-01

PHOENIX - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed suit against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), accusing the world's largest retailer of failing to reasonably accommodate an employee with a disability at its Peoria, Arizona, store. The suit is EEOC's 16th legal action nationwide against Wal-Mart for violating the employment

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EEOC AND EAGLE GLOBAL LOGISTICS SETTLE EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT WITH $9 MILLION CONSENT DECREE

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
10-01-01

Voluntary Agreement Resolves Allegations of Discrimination

HOUSTON -- The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Eagle Global Logistics f/k/a Eagle U.S.A. Airfreight, Inc., announced today that they have reached a $9,000,000 voluntary settlement which has been submitted for approval by U.S. District Court Judge Lynn Hughes in Houston, Texas. The settlement through a Consent Decree avoids protracted litigation by the EEOC on behalf of a

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EEOC 'EXCEL' CONFERENCE TO OFFER ONE-STOP TRAINING ON FEDERAL SECTOR DISCRIMINATION ISSUES

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
6-30-06

Vice Chair Naomi Earp and Other Top Officials to Speak at Annual Event in Las Vegas

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its annual federal sector EXCEL conference from July 24 to 27 at Caesar’s Palace in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada.

EXCEL (Examining Conflicts in Employment Law) is the premier national federal sector law conference and the most comprehensive of its kind

Press release

LAW FIRMS EMBRACE DIVERSITY, BUT HURDLES REMAIN

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
10-22-03

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EEOC Chair Cari M. Dominguez addresses the issue of diversity in the legal profession at an American Bar Association national conference in Washington, D.C.

EEOC Study Shows Progress of Women and People of Color Among Legal Professionals

WASHINGTON - A new study by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) entitled "Diversity in Law Firms" reveals that women now comprise 40% of legal professionals (resembling associates)

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EEOC FILES SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWSUIT AGAINST CARTER BEHAVIOR HEALTH SERVICES

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
7-10-09

Owner & President of Greenville Mental Health Services Provider Abused Female Employees, Federal Agency Charges

GREENVILLE, N.C. – A Greenville mental health services provider violated federal law when it subjected its female employees to a sexually hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

The EEOC’s suit (Civil Action No. 4:09-cv-00122-F), filed in U.S. District Court for the

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EEOC ISSUES GUIDANCE ON APPLICATION OF ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAWS TO COACHES' PAY AT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT:   Ellen J. Vargas October 31, 1997                              William J. White, Jr.                                               Reginald Welch                                               (202) 663-4900                                               TDD:   (202) 663-4494 

PRESS RELEASE
10-31-97

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today the release of the Enforcement Guidance on Sex Discrimination in the Compensation of Sports Coaches in Educational Institutions. The guidance, which was approved by the bi-partisan Commission, clarifies how the