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801. COMMISSION TAKES AGGRESSIVE STEPS TO STEM DECLINE IN NUMBER OF FEDERAL WORKERS WITH TARGETED DISABILITIES
     PRESS RELEASE 6-28-06 Those with Targeted Disabilities Now Comprise Less than 1 Percent of Federal Workforce, EEOC Reports WASHINGTON – People with targeted disabilities have dropped to less than one percent of the permanent federal workforce, continuing a long-term decline, according to ...
802. CLASS OF WOMEN TO RECEIVE $48.9 MILLION IN EEOC-VERIZON PREGNANCY BIAS SETTLEMENT
     PRESS RELEASE 6-05-06 More Than 12,300 Women Nationwide to Receive Monetary Relief in Landmark Case NEW YORK, N.Y. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that, pursuant to a court-filed consent decree, telecommunications giant Verizon Communications, ...
803. WAL-MART TO PAY $315,000 TO SETTLE TWO EEOC SUITS FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT STORE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA
     PRESS RELEASE 6-01-06 Agency Also Announces $275,000 Settlement with R.T.G. Furniture for Sex and Race Bias TAMPA – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlements of separate employment discrimination lawsuits filed against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ...
804. EEOC RACE BIAS SUIT AGAINST COCA-COLA BOTTLING TO MOVE TOWARD TRIAL, APPEALS COURT RULES
     PRESS RELEASE 6-9-06 Case Centers on Racist Supervisor Involved in Firing Black Employee, Agency Says ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – In a significant legal victory for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Denver-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has reversed a ...
805. LES SCHWAB TIRE CENTERS EXCLUDE WOMEN FROM MANAGEMENT, EEOC CHARGES IN SEX SUIT
     PRESS RELEASE 5-31-06 Federal Agency Says Company Denied Women Promotion Opportunities, Told Female Employee ‘Gals Should Work in Admin’ SEATTLE – Les Schwab Tire Centers, one of the largest tire and automotive businesses in the West, violated federal law by failing to hire ...
806. ALAMO CAR RENTAL GUILTY OF RELIGIOUS BIAS FEDERAL COURT RULES IN EEOC LAWSUIT
     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 ...
807. NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION AND ALASKA AFFILIATE TO PAY $750,000 FOR HARASSMENT OF WOMEN
     PRESS RELEASE 5-22-06 Female Former Employee in EEOC Case Said Male Boss was ‘a Ticking Time Bomb’ SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today at a press conference the $750,000 settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit against the Nati ...
808. EEOC ANNOUNCES AGE BIAS SETTLEMENT WITH STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS WILL NET MILLIONS FOR VICTIMS
     PRESS RELEASE 5-22-06 Decision Compensates State Workers Denied Benefits Under Retirement System BOSTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that the final settlement of its class action age discrimination lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts wi ...
809. NINE WEST, JONES APPAREL GROUP TO PAY $600,000 TO SETTLE NATIONAL ORIGIN AND SEX BIAS SUIT
     PRESS RELEASE 5-22-06 EEOC Said Hispanic Women were Sexually Harassed and Racially Insulted WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Nine West and Jones Apparel Group will pay $600,000 to victims of sexual harassment, national origin harassment and retaliation, and take substantial steps to prevent future workp ...
810. EEOC RACE BIAS SUIT AGAINST UNIVERSAL PICTURES MOVES FORWARD TO TRIAL, COURT RULES
     PRESS RELEASE 4-28-06 Judge Rejects Hollywood Motion Picture Giant’s Attempt to Dismiss Case LOS ANGELES – In a legal victory for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal district court for the Central District of California rejected a motion by Univers ...
811. EEOC Settles Lawsuit on Behalf of Hispanic Employees
     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 ...
812. LAWRY’S RESTAURANTS SUED FOR SEX BIAS IN HIRING
     PRESS RELEASE 4-4-06 EEOC Says Men Categorically Rejected for Server Jobs, Only Women Hired to Wait Tables LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed a national class action sex discrimination lawsuit against Lawry’s Re ...
813. BURGER KING TO PAY $85,000 FOR TEEN HARASSMENT
     PRESS RELEASE 3-9-09 EEOC Said 18-Year-Old Employee Sexually Harassed by General Manager WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Burger King Corporation will pay $85,000 and furnish significant non-monetary relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Comm ...
814. MAVERICK TUBE TO PAY $175,000 TO SETTLE EEOC RETALIATION LAWSUIT
     PRESS RELEASE 5-14-09 Company Fired Employee for Complaining About Manager’s Racist Comments, Federal Agency Charged HOUSTON – Conroe, Texas-based Maverick Tube Corporation will pay $175,000 to settle a retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunit ...
815. CEISEL MASONRY TO PAY $500,000 FOR HARASSMENT OF HISPANIC WORKERS
     PRESS RELEASE 5-22-09 EEOC Settles National Origin and Race Bias Class Suit on Eve of Trial CHICAGO – Ceisel Masonry will pay half a million dollars to settle a race and national origin discrimina­tion lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commis­sion (EEOC), th ...
816. EXTRA SPACE MANAGEMENT TO PAY $95,000 FOR DISABILITY BIAS AGAINST EMPLOYEE WITH COSMETIC DISFIGUREMENT
     PRESS RELEASE 5-28-09 EEOC Settles ADA Suit for Fired Maintenance Worker BALTIMORE -- A Gaithersburg, Md.-based storage facility will pay $95,000 and furnish other substantial relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), ...
817. APPEALS COURT REVERSES DECISION THAT BOEING’S MESA PLANT DID NOT ENGAGE IN SEX HARASSMENT
     PRESS RELEASE 8-7-08 Ninth Circuit Returns EEOC Lawsuit to Lower Court for Trial in Arizona PHOENIX – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a decision by a lower court which had conclu ...
818. TOBACCO SUPERSTORES, INC. TO PAY $425,000 FOR RACE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BLACKS
     PRESS RELEASE 8-5-08 EEOC Charged that TSS Failed to Promote African Americans to Managerial Positions LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Tobacco Superstores, Inc. (TSS) will pay $425,000 and provide significant remedial reli ...
819. EEOC ISSUES COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE ON RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION
     PRESS RELEASE 7-22-08 New Compliance Manual Section Addresses Wide Range of Contemporary Workplace Issues WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a new Compliance Manual Section regarding workplace discrimination on the basis of religion. The Sectio ...
820. AREA ERECTORS, INC. TO PAY $630,000 TO CLASS OF BLACK WORKERS IN RACE DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT
     PRESS RELEASE 5-29-09 AREA ERECTORS, INC. TO PAY $630,000 TO CLASS OF BLACK WORKERS IN RACE DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT EEOC Settles Race and Retaliation Suit Against Rockford, Ill.-based Construction Firm CHICAGO – Area Erectors, Inc., a construction company headquartered in Rockford, Ill., w ...