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EEOC RESOLVES RELIGIOUS BIAS SUIT FOR SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST FIRED OVER OBSERVING SABBATH
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7-20-09
Settlement With White Hall Nursing Includes Monetary and Other Relief
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. â White Hall Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, an elder-care facility in White Hall, Ark., will pay $24,000 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
The EEOC's lawsuit (Civil Action No. 5:08-cv-00185, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
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MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR JURY VERDICT FOR EEOC IN SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE AGAINST CUSTOM COMPANIES
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11-17-06
$2,355,000 Awarded to Three Saleswomen for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation By Northlake, Ill. Trucking Company
CHICAGO - A federal court jury this afternoon returned a $2.355 million verdict in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and three saleswomen who experienced sexual harassment and retaliation while employed by The Custom Companies, a Northlake, Ill. trucking company. The verdicts included punitive damages in the amount
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JOHNSON AND HIGGINS TO PAY $28 MILLION IN SETTLEMENT OF AGE DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT
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7-29-99
Largest EEOC Monetary Settlement for Age Discrimination in New York State
New York -- In a consent judgment obtained by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Johnson and Higgins, Inc. agreed to pay $28 million to conclude a lawsuit which alleged that it violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) through its policy of forcing employees who were members of
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TYSON FOODS AGREES TO RESOLVE RACE HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION LAWSUIT
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11-7-06
Settlement by EEOC and Private Plaintiffs Mandates Systemic Changes
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a major litigation settlement with Tyson Foods for $871,000 on behalf of black workers who alleged that they were racially harassed and retaliated against at a chicken processing plant in Ashland, Alabama. The three-year consent decree entered today by U.S. District Court Judge Karen O
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EEOC Sues John Harvard's Brew House For Pregnancy Discrimination
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8-06-03
Charging Party Jennifer James (center) is pictured with her baby. Standing next to her are EEOC Trial Attorney Kam Wong (right) and private counsel James A. Brown (left)
Expecting Mother Forced to Choose Between Parenthood and Livelihood, Suit Says
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit in federal district court against John Harvard's Brew
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FORD MOTOR CO., AFFILIATES, UAW AGREE TO PAY $1.6 MILLION TO SETTLE CLASS RACIAL BIAS LAWSUIT
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12-20-07
EEOC Said Apprenticeship Test Discriminated Against Hundreds of Black Workers
CINCINNATI Ford Motor Co., along with two related companies and a national union, will pay $1.6 million and provide other remedial relief to a class of nearly 700 African Americans to settle a major race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
The EEOC had charged
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EEOC Files Two Suits Against Caterpillar for Harassment at Illinois Facilities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 13, 2003 |
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Pictured are Charging Party Karon Lambert (left) and EEOC Chicago Trial Attorney Lauren Dreilinger (right). Ms. Lambert's sexual harassment case resulted in EEOC's litigation against Caterpillar's Aurora facility.
Federal Agency Challenges Racial and Sexual Harassment at Joliet and Aurora Plants
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed two employment discrimination lawsuits in federal court in Chicago against Caterpillar
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JOB BIAS CHARGES EDGED UP IN 2006, EEOC REPORTS
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2-1-07
Race and Sex Discrimination, Retaliation Most Frequently Filed Cases
WASHINGTON The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) last year received a total of 75,768 discrimination charges against private sector employers, the first increase in charge filings since 2002, the federal agency reported today as part of its Fiscal Year 2006 data.
The year-end statistics, available online at http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/enforcement.html, show that charges based on race
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EEOC SETTLES DISABILITY BIAS SUIT FOR $650,000 AGAINST UNITED BLOOD
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8-21-01
Federal Agency Says Employer's Leave Policies Ran Afoul of Disabilities Act
CHICAGO - Federal District Judge John W. Darrah entered a $650,000 Consent Decree here today ending a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) disability discrimination lawsuit against Blood Systems, Inc. and its subsidiary United Blood Services (together United Blood), national firms in the business of collecting blood from donors and providing it to hospitals. EEOC's
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EEOC SETTLES RACE AND SEX BIAS SUIT FOR $1 MILLION AGAINST OPTICAL CABLE CORP.
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2-21-02
ROANOKE, Va. - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $1 million settlement of a class action race and gender discrimination lawsuit against Optical Cable Corporation, a high-tech employer and publicly held company that manufactures fiber-optic cables. EEOC's suit alleged that Optical Cable violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by failing to hire African-American applicants for a 10-year period
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NEXT PUBLIC COMMISSION MEETING TO BE HELD AUGUST 8
MEDIA ADVISORY CONTACT: EEOC Office of Communications FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Charles Robbins - (202) 663-4900 August 5, 2005 David Grinberg - (202) 663-4921
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8-5-05
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its next meeting on Monday, August 8, 2005, at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters in the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Conference Room (9th floor), 1801 L Street, N.W.
In accordance
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EEOC ATTORNEYS CHOSEN FOR PRIVATE BAR FELLOWSHIP
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2-9-01
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that four of its attorneys have been selected to participate in the second annual Government Fellowship Program of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Section of Labor and Employment Law. Under the program, EEOC legal staff with a record of excellence in civil rights law will serve as members of the ABA's EEO Committee and Federal
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EEOC NEW YORK OFFICE DESTROYED IN TERRORIST ATTACK ON WORLD TRADE CENTER
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9-12-01
WASHINGTON - Among the tragic events of yesterday was the destruction of the New York District Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), located on the 18th floor of the World Trade Center, Building 7. Gratefully, all district office personnel, along with other residents of the building, were safely evacuated before the structure collapsed late yesterday afternoon.
EEOC Chair Cari M. Dominguez and agency
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VERIZON PENNSYLVANIA TO PAY $37,000 TO SETTLE EEOC FEDERAL RETALIATION SUIT
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3-16-09
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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COURT SPEAKS: ENGLISH ONLY RULE UNLAWFUL; AWARDS EEOC $700,000 FOR HISPANIC WORKERS
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9-19-00
DALLAS - A speak-English-only policy implemented by Premier Operator Services, Inc., a former long distance operator service, constitutes national origin discrimination, Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney has ruled, awarding 13 Hispanic employees over $700,000 in damages. The decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, represents the largest monetary award ever obtained by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
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FINAL DECREE ENTERED WITH WALGREENS FOR $24 MILLION IN LANDMARK RACE DISCRIMINATION SUIT BY EEOC
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3-25-08
Class of More Than 10,000 to Receive Monetary Relief; Significant Injunctive Remedies Included
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. â A federal judge here has granted final approval of a sweeping consent decree resolving a class race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Walgreen Co., the Deerfield, Ill.-based national drug store chain. The decree, one of the largest monetary settlements in a
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STERLING JEWELERS SUED FOR SEX DISCRIMINATION
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9-24-08
EEOC Says Jewelry Retail Giant Discriminated Against Thousands of Women Nationwide
BUFFALO, N.Y. Sterling Jewelers Inc., the largest specialty retail jeweler in the country, violated federal law by discriminating against a large class of female employees at stores nationwide, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charges in a systemic lawsuit filed yesterday under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
In its suit, the
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TRUCKING COMPANY YRC AND EEOC REACH AGREEMENT ADDRESSING DIVERSITY EFFORTS IN TRUCKING INDUSTRY
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3-5-09
ST. LOUIS YRC Inc. (YRC), and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced an agreement providing for an expanded recruitment program that both the federal agency and Americas largest over-the-road trucking company expect will increase the diversity of YRCs truck driving and dock employees workforce.
The agreement focuses on continuing and expanding YRCs existing diversity efforts and hiring programs for women
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EEOC FILES CLASS NATIONAL ORIGIN HARASSMENT SUIT AGAINST HILTON HOTEL IN CHICAGO SUBURB
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9-28-09
Lisle/Naperville Hilton Subjected Hispanics to Ethnic Slurs, Federal Agency Charges
CHICAGO The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit Friday against Fireside West, LLC, doing business as the Hilton in Lisle/Naperville, Ill., charging that the hotel violated Title VII by subjecting its Hispanic employees to a hostile work environment. The EEOCs complaint said that the hotel subjected Hispanic employees to frequent ethnic slurs from
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JUDGE FINDS AGAINST SUNFIRE GLASS FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF FEMALE WORKERS BY OWNER
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4-13-09
EEOC Prevails in Case Involving Physical and Verbal Abuse of Glassblowers
PHOENIX A federal district court today entered a Federal Court Judgment for over $267,000 and significant injunctive relief in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a discrimination lawsuit against Sunfire Glass, Inc. The EEOCs suit charged that the companys owner subjected a class of female employees to severe physical and