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1. What is Section 508
   Section 508 is part of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 that was later amended in 1998 via the Workforce Investment Act. Section 508 requires that electronic information technology that is used by the federal government, maintained or procured be accessible to individuals with disabilities.
2. GLENN O. HAWBAKER, INC. SUED BY EEOC FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
   PRESS RELEASE 7-2-09 Construction Company Refused to Hire Equipment Operator With Diabetes, Federal Agency Charges WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – A large Pennsylvania construction company violated federal civil rights law when it rescinded a conditional job offer ...
3. Questions and Answers: Issuance of Revision to EEOC Compliance Manual Section on Threshold Issues
   The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has revised a subsection of the Compliance Manual section on Threshold Issues concerning time limitations on charge filing. The Threshold Issues section was originally issued on May 12, 2000. This revision replaces § 2-IV.C, "When Did ...
4. Cavalier Telephone, LLC Sued By EEOC For Age Discrimination And Retaliation
   PRESS RELEASE 9-20-10 Telephone Company Demoted and Discharged Employees Because of Their Age and Failed to Hire Qualified Applicants Over the Age of 40, Federal Agency Charges RICHMOND, Va. – Richmond-based Cavalier Telephone, LLC violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ( ...
5. Evans Solutions To Pay $47,500 To Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
   PRESS RELEASE 9-20-10 Operator of Alternative School Discharged Social Worker With Breast Cancer Because It Regarded Her as Disabled, Federal Agency Charged DETROIT – A Detroit-based operator of a for-profit alternative school will pay $47,500 to settle a disability discrimination lawsui ...
6. Wilmington Subway Operator Sued By EEOC For Sexual Harassment
   PRESS RELEASE 9-20-10 Teenager and Other Female Employees Subjected to Sexual Comments and Touching, Federal Agency Charged WILMINGTON , N.C. – SKMATCH, Inc., which operates several Subway sandwich shops in and around Wilmington, N.C., violated federal law by subjecting a teenaged female w ...
7. Chapman University Sued For Race Discrimination
   PRESS RELEASE 9-20-10 Black Professor Was Denied Tenure, Then Discharged Because of Race, EEOC Charges SAN DIEGO – Chapman University, a private university in Orange, Calif., violated federal law when it denied tenure to and then discharged a black professor due to her race, the U.S. Equal ...
8. Lawrence Transportation Systems Sued By EEOC For Religious Discrimination
   PRESS RELEASE 9-21-10 Moving Company Refused Accommodation for Rastafarian’s Dreadlocks, Federal Agency Charged HARRISONBURG , Va. – Moving and storage company Lawrence Transportation Systems, Inc., violated federal law when it refused to hire a job applicant because of his religion, ...
9. Hospice Provider To Pay $50,000 To Settle EEOC Suit For National Origin Discrimination, Retaliation
   PRESS RELEASE 9-21-10 VistaCare Unlawfully Fired Hispanic Nurse for Complaining About Bias, Federal Agency Charged SAN ANTONIO, Texas – A Delaware Corporation which provides hospice services nationwide will pay a former employee’s estate $50,000 to settle a discrimination sui ...
10. Mountain View Holiday Inn Sued For Sexual Harassment And Retaliation
    PRESS RELEASE 9-21-10 Retaliation Followed Harassed Employee to Her New Job, Says EEOC SAN JOSE, Calif. – The Holiday Inn Express Mountain View-Palo Alto violated federal law when a supervisor there sexually harassed a female employee and retaliated against her, the U.S. Equal Employment O ...
11. EEOC Sues Woodman's Food Markets For Firing Pregnant Employee
    PRESS RELEASE 9-21-10 Woman Fired After Supervisor Learned She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Says MILWAUKEE– A major Midwestern supermarket chain, Woodman’s Food Markets, Inc. of Janesville, Wis., violated federal law by firing an employee after learning that she was pregnant , the U. ...
12. Southwest Dental Group Pays $ 130,000 To Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit
    PRESS RELEASE 9-21-10 Upper-Level Manager Discharged Employees Who Became Pregnant, Federal Agency Charged SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the simultaneous filing and $130,000 settlement of its pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against S ...
13. Dillard's Sued By EEOC For Age Discrimination
    PRESS RELEASE 9-22-10 Department Store Chain Fired 61-Year-Old Area Sales Manager at Cary Store Because of Her Age, Federal Agency Charges CHARLOTTE , N.C. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced it has filed an age discrimination lawsuit against departmen ...
14. Religious Discrimination
    Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of l964 prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals because of their religion in hiring, firing, and other terms and conditions of employment. Title VII covers employers with 15 or more employees, including state and local governments. It also a ...
15. Race/Color Discrimination
    Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects individuals against employment discrimination on the bases of race and color, as well as national origin, sex, and religion. Title VII applies to employers with 15 or more employees, including state and local governments. It also applies to emp ...
16. Pregnancy Discrimination
    The Pregnancy Discrimination Act is an amendment to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions constitutes unlawful sex discrimination under Title VII, which covers employers with 15 or more employees, including ...
17. National Origin Discrimination
    Whether an employee or job applicant's ancestry is Mexican, Ukrainian, Filipino, Arab, American Indian, or any other nationality, he or she is entitled to the same employment opportunities as anyone else. EEOC enforces the federal prohibition against national origin discrimination in employment ...
18. Equal Pay and Compensation Discrimination
    The Equal Pay Act requires that men and women be given equal pay for equal work in the same establishment. The jobs need not be identical, but they must be substantially equal. It is job content, not job titles, that determines whether jobs are substantially equal. Specifically, the EPA provide ...
19. Harassment
    Harassment is a form of employment discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, (ADEA), and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, (ADA). Harassment is unwelcome conduct that is based on race, color, sex, religio ...
20. Sexual Harassment
    Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII applies to employers with 15 or more employees, including state and local governments. It also applies to employment agencies and to labor organizations, as well as to the federa ...