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PRESS RELEASE
12-6-00

SYRACUSE, NY -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $782,000 settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit against Landis Plastics, Inc. (LPI), an industrial manufacturer with plants in New York, Illinois and Indiana, on behalf of a class of 30 female employees who were denied jobs or promotions at the company's operating plant in Solvay, N.Y.

"This important settlement opens doors to women

PRESS RELEASE
8-19-09

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A McGehee, Ark., Terminix exterminator service violated federal law by firing an employee because of her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

The EEOC's suit (Civil Action No. 5:09-cv-0233 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Pine Bluff Division) asserts that The Terminix International Company, a part of The ServiceMaster

PRESS RELEASE
2-17-06

Unanimous 7th Circuit Says EEOC Has Enforcement Authority To Obtain Money for Expelled Partners

CHICAGO - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, sitting in Chicago, ruled this morning that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has authority to obtain monetary relief for partners expelled from the giant international Chicago law firm of Sidley Austin (formerly known as "Sidley & Austin" and "Sidley

PRESS RELEASE
8-28-09

Two Teens Assaulted at Memphis Store, Federal Agency Charged

MEMPHIS – Taco Bell Corporation will pay a total of $350,000 in monetary damages to two young women to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that two teenaged workers were assaulted at a Memphis Taco Bell.

The EEOC’s suit (Civil Action

LOUIS – Walmart Stores East, L.P. will pay $40,000 and provide additional training to its managers to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Emily Hayman was born with a congenital amputation – her right arm ends at the elbow. In March 2018, Hayman applied for a freight handler position at Walmart’s Ochelata, Okla., Grocery Distribution Center. She

PRESS RELEASE
2-28-08

Nursing Home Company Again Refused to Allow Sikh Employee To Wear Religious Symbol, Federal Agency Charged

SACRAMENTO – A nursing home violated federal law by refusing to allow a Sikh employee to wear a religious symbol while at work, the U.S. Equal Employment Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

In the case filed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of

PRESS RELEASE
9-1-00

Employees Fired For Speaking Spanish On The Job, Saying 'Good Morning' in Native Language

CHICAGO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against Watlow Batavia, Inc., a subsidiary of Watlow Electric Manufacturing Co. of St. Louis, for discriminating against Hispanic workers on the basis of their national origin

PRESS RELEASE
3-12-09

Suit Cites Sexual Advances, Touching, Explicit Comments Followed by Threats

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Elks Lodge No. 954 in Jerseyville, Ill., violated federal law by sexually harassing three female bartenders and then taking reprisals against them when they com­plained, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

In its lawsuit (Case No. 3:09-cv-00200), filed in U.S. District Court in East

PRESS RELEASE
9-16-09

Woman Fired for Numerous Complaints About Sexually Harassing Remarks and Conduct, Federal Agency Charged

DALLAS – Greater Metroplex Interiors, Inc., a commercial drywall and acoustics company based in Southlake, Texas, will pay a female former employee $60,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s

PRESS RELEASE
3-22-99

WASHINGTON -- Ida L. Castro, Chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will announce a series of innovative actions to improve customer service to small and mid-sized employers during a keynote speech to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). The announcement, part of EEOC's new Small Business Initiative, will be made at SHRM's 14th Annual Legal and

PRESS RELEASE
9-22-99

SEATTLE -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today settled a lawsuit alleging that American Seafoods Company, a Seattle-based operation and a dominant force in the U.S. fishing industry, subjected 18 Vietnamese American at-sea workers to discriminatory conditions because of their national origin. Under terms of the settlement, the workers will be awarded $1,250,000 for the discrimination they suffered.

The class action lawsuit

PRESS RELEASE
3-30-07

EEOC’s Lawsuit Charged that Older Employees were Denied Benefits under Exit Incentive Plan

ST. LOUIS -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) today announced that they had agreed to settle an age discrimination lawsuit brought by the Commission on behalf of 137 present and former employees who were allegedly denied benefits under exit incentive programs offered by the railroad because they

PRESS RELEASE
9-25-99

WASHINGTON - The next meeting of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will be held on Tuesday, September 28, at 2:00 p.m. in the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Conference Room (9th Floor), 1801 L Street, N.W.

The public meeting will focus on EEOC's achievements during fiscal year 1999 (which ends September 30), with a special focus on the national mediation program, small

PRESS RELEASE
4-1-09

Agency Cites Explicit Sexual and Gender Based Comments, Racial Slurs and Retaliation Against a Class of Workers

BALTIMORE – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed a workplace discrimination lawsuit against Accurate Insulation, LLC, on behalf of a female and class of African American workers who were employed at its Upper Marlboro, Md. location.

According to the suit, (Civil Action

PRESS RELEASE
9-29-09

Company Fired Employee Who Complained About Perceived Harassment, Agency Charged

PITTSBURGH — Verizon Pennsylvania Inc. has agreed to pay $37,000 and furnish other relief to settle a retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC charged in its lawsuit that Verizon fired Senior Field Clerk Lissa Hannan about 10 days after she complained about perceived sexual harassment

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PRESS RELEASE
4-18-95

WASHINGTON -- A special meeting of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will be held Wednesday, April 19, at 2:30 p.m. for presentation and discussion of recommendations from Chairman Gilbert F. Casellas and Vice Chairman Paul M. Igasaki to strengthen and improve agency operations. Their recommendations

PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09

White Laborers Harassed by Hispanics on the Job, Federal Agency Charged

DALLAS – Total Electric and Supply Company, doing business as TESSCO, will pay $125,000 to three former employees to settle a racial and national origin harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. TESSCO is an energy and utility services company headquartered in Midland, Texas.

According to the

PRESS RELEASE
4-26-06

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released a report showing women, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians and American Indians /Alaskan Natives are still lagging behind as managers in a large share of finance industry firms.

EEOC Chair Cari M. Dominguez unveiled the report, "Diversity in the Finance Industry," in San Francisco Tuesday during a presentation to the Financial Women's Association, which

PRESS RELEASE
4-8-09

Federal Agency Says Historically Black College Discriminated Against Three White Faculty Members Based on Race

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Benedict College discriminated against three white faculty members because of their race in 2005, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. The lawsuit was filed along with a consent decree resolving the case. Benedict College is a private historically black college located

PRESS RELEASE
5-19-09

EEOC Says Statesville Supermarket Fired Employee for Being Non-Latino

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – West Front Street Foods, LLC, doing business as Compare Foods, will pay $30,000 and provide other relief to settle a national origin and race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that West Front Street Foods fired Robert Bruce, a white, non-Hispanic