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EEOC ISSUES DECISION ON TWO CHARGES CHALLENGING THE DENIAL OF HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PRESCRIPTION CONTRACEPTIVES
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12-13-00
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a Commission Decision finding merit in two charges of discrimination alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. The Commission based its decision on the grounds that the respondents in the charges excluded the cost of prescription contraceptive drugs - available only to women
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NATIONWIDE FREIGHT MANAGEMENT COMPANY SUED BY EEOC FOR NATIONAL ORIGIN DISCRIMINATION
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8-12-09
Federal Agency Charges Propak Logistics Refused to Hire Non-Hispanics
SHELBY, N.C. A nationwide freight management company violated federal law by refusing to hire non-Hispanics, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
According to the EEOCs lawsuit, from around October 1, 2002, through June 30, 2004, Fort Smith, Ark.-based Propak Logistics, Inc. engaged in unlawful employment practices by refusing
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EEOC AND NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., ANNOUNCE SETTLEMENT OF DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION SUIT
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12-30-04
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Northwest Airlines, Inc. (Northwest) today announced the settlement of a lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). EEOC's lawsuit, filed on April 25, 2001, alleged that Northwest excluded applicants for airport ramp equipment service employee and cleaner positions if they had epilepsy or insulin-dependent diabetes. Northwest specifically denies the allegations and believes that its
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SPENCER REED GROUP SUED BY EEOC FOR RACE AND AGE DISCRIMINATION
Federal Agency Charged Staffing Company Fired Older White Woman for Complaining About Race, Age Bias
ATLANTA Spencer Reed Group, LLC, a Kansas-based staffing company, unlawfully discriminated against a 55-year-old Caucasian employee because of her race and age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today. Spencer Reed provides staffing and administrative services to the federal General Services Administration (GSA).
According to the EEOC
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APPEALS COURT ORDERS TRIAL OF EEOC DISABILITY SUIT AGAINST WAL-MART
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2-13-07
Eighth Circuit Says Lower Court Erred in Dismissing Case
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit today ruled that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) may continue its disability discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (EEOC v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Case No. 06-1583), reversing a lower court's dismissal of the case.
The EEOC filed suit against Wal-Mart
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MISSISSIPPI SONIC DRIVE-IN FRANCHISEE TO PAY $22,000 TO SETTLE EEOC DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION SUIT
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8-26-09
Lucedale Sonic Fired Employee Because Shed Had Seizure at Home, Federal Agency Charged
LUCEDALE, Miss. The franchisee of the Sonic Drive-In Restaurant in Lucedale, Miss., will pay $22,000 in compensatory damages and furnish remedial relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Ted Riley Corporation unlawfully fired an
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EEOC AND THE BEVERLY HILTON HOTEL SETTLE ALLEGATIONS OF AGE DISCRIMINATION
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2-26-03
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Beverly Holdings, Inc. announced today that they settled an age discrimination lawsuit against Beverly Holdings, Inc. focusing on the hiring practices at the Coconut Club, a supper club formerly located at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, which Beverly Holdings owns and operates.
Pursuant to the terms of the Consent Decree in U.S. EEOC v. The Beverly Hilton Hotel in
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REGIS CORPORATION / SMARTSTYLE SETTLES EEOC RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT
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8-7-09
Stylist Fired Because of Refusal to Work on Sabbath, Federal Agency Charged
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Regis Corporation, doing business as SmartStyle, will pay $26,250 and provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
The EEOCs suit (No. 3:08-0821, filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee) had charged that
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EEOC REPORTS JOB BIAS CHARGES HIT RECORD HIGH OF OVER 95,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2008
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3-11-09
Commission Obtains $376 Million for Victims of Discrimination
WASHINGTON The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that workplace discrimination charge filings with the federal agency nationwide soared to an unprecedented level of 95,402 during Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, which ended Sept. 30. This level is a 15 percent increase from the previous fiscal year. The FY 2008 enforcement and litigation statistics, which include
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ADECCO USA SUED FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION
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9-15-09
EEOC Charges Temporary Agency Failed to Protect Women From Abuse at Pittsburgh Plastics
PITTSBURGH -- A global Fortune 500 staffing company failed to take appropriate action when its employees complained about egregious sexual harassment at a plastic manufacturing plant to which they had been assigned, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
According to the EEOC's suit, Adecco USA assigned
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EEOC OBTAINS $1 MILLION FOR BLACK MAN CHOKED WITH HANGMANS NOOSE BY WHITE CO-WORKERS
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3-21-06
Lawsuit Charged Commercial Coating Service with Severe Racial Harassment
HOUSTON â The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a racial harassment lawsuit against Commercial Coating Service, Inc. for more than $1 million on behalf of a black employee who was subjected to a barrage of racial epithets, culminating in an incident where white co-workers placed a noose around his neck in
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EEOC CHAIRWOMAN CASTRO TO RECEIVE PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD FROM NATIONAL PUERTO RICAN COALITION
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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9-22-00
WASHINGTON - Ida L. Castro, the first Latina to serve as Chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), is scheduled to receive the esteemed Biennial Life Achievement Award for Public Service from the National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. (NPRC) on Friday, September 22, at 6:00 p.m., during an awards ceremony at the Library of Congress, First Street and Independence Avenue, S.E.
NPRC, a national
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EEOC AND NLRB JOIN FORCES TO RECRUIT DIVERSE POOL OF TALENTED ATTORNEYS IN CIVIL RIGHTS AND LABOR LAW
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3-3-00
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) today announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to create and implement an interagency Attorney Honor Program. The program is designed to expand the application process and attract a broad range of talent among entry level attorneys with a demonstrated interest in civil rights or labor and employment law.
"This innovative
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THE REDWOODS IN YOSEMITE SUED BY EEOC FOR UNLAWFUL TREATMENT OF HISPANIC EMPLOYEES
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9-25-09
Latinos Forced to Endure Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation at Yosemite Vacation Homes, Federal Agency Charges
FRESNO, Calif. The owner of The Redwoods in Yosemite vacation homes in Yosemite, Calif., violated federal law by subjecting a class of Latino employees to a pervasive hostile work environment based on their national origin and retaliating against employees for complaining about it, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
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EEOC INITIATES TALKS WITH SMALL BUSINESSES ON EMPLOYMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
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4-1-02
Nationwide workshops launched under New Freedom Initiative
WASHINGTON - As part of President George W. Bush's New Freedom Initiative, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Cari M. Dominguez today announced a series of workshops designed to share information on the employment of individuals with disabilities with small businesses nationwide. This free, flexible outreach program will target the participation of small business chambers of commerce, associations
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ZACHRY CONSTRUCTION SUED FOR RETALIATORY DISCHARGE OF FEMALE EMPLOYEE
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9-29-09
Employee Fired for Wearing Jewelry After Complaining About Women's Access to Bathroom Facilities, Federal Agency Charges
SAN ANTONIO - Zachry Industrial, Inc. formerly known as Zachry Construction Corporation, a privately owned construction and industrial maintenance service company based in San Antonio, Texas, violated federal law when it fired a female employee in retaliation for filing a report of sex-based discrimination at her job site as well
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ABC FINANCIAL SERVICES SETTLES PREGNANCY SUIT
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4-17-09
EEOC Says Company to Pay $20,000 for Firing Expectant Mother
LITTLE ROCK A North Little Rock, Ark.-based third-party receivables management company for health clubs will pay $20,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
The EEOCs suit (Civil Action No. 4:08-CV-2816, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, at
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ATLANTA-AREA PAWN BROKER SUED BY EEOC FOR RETALIATION
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9-30-09
Agency Says PawnMart, Inc. Fired Employee for Complaining About Store Managers Unwanted Sexual Advances
ATLANTA An Atlanta-area pawn shop chain violated federal law when it fired a female employee in retaliation for complaining about a managers intimidating and sexually harassing conduct, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
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EEOC FILES CLASS SUIT AGAINST NORTHWEST AIRLINES FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
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4-25-01
MINNEAPOLIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the filing of a nationwide class lawsuit against Northwest Airlines, Inc. (NWA), based in Eagan, Minnesota, under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The suit charges NWA with disability discrimination through its adoption of a company-wide policy barring the hiring of persons for certain laborer positions if they have seizure disorders
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Joint Resolution

Whereas, more than 54 million Americans have disabilities; and
Whereas, 15 percent of Utahns between the ages of 21 and 64, as well as 40 percent of those age 65 and over, have disabilities; and
Whereas, individuals with disabilities can further benefit from the