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<title>Silicon Valley Manufacturer Novellus to Pay $168,000 for Racial Harassment</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A major Silicon Valley manufacturer of semiconductor production equipment will pay $168,000 to settle a racial harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged Novellus Systems, Inc. with subjecting an African American worker to racial harassment.]]></description>
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<title>Next Commission Meeting Wednesday, June 18</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its next open meeting on Wednesday, June 18, at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 1801 L Street, N.W.  In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the meeting is open for public observation of the Commission's deliberations.  During the meeting, the following matters are scheduled for consideration:]]></description>
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<title>Wal-Mart to Pay $250,000 for Disability Bias</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Retail giant Wal-Mart will pay $250,000 and furnish significant injunctive relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that Wal-Mart failed to accommodate and then fired a long-time pharmacy technician who suffered a disability resulting from a gunshot wound.]]></description>
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<title>Tavern on the Green to Pay $2.2 Million for Harassment of Females, Blacks, Hispanics</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a harassment and retaliation lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act against Tavern on the Green, a landmark restaurant located in Central Park in New York City, for $2.2 million and significant remedial relief.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its next open meeting on Monday, June 2, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time), at agency headquarters, 1801 L Street, N.W.  In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the meeting is open for public observation of the Commission's deliberations.  During the meeting, the following matters are scheduled for consideration:]]></description>
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<title>EEOC Settles Sex Bias Case with State Corrections Department for Almost $1 Million</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The New York State Department of Correctional Services will pay nearly $1 million to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, the two offices announced today.  The EEOC and the United States had charged the Corrections Department with violating federal law by providing inferior benefits to female employees on maternity leave.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the formation of a partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA) to launch a Hispanic Work Group examining the community's concerns about federal sector employment, including leadership development, hiring, and retention. ]]></description>
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<title>Rochester Highway Products Company to Pay $375,000 to Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A Rochester-based distributor of highway and industrial safety products will pay $375,000 and furnish injunctive relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Razzoo's, a Dallas/Fort Worth-based Cajun food restaurant chain, will pay $1 million and furnish significant remedial relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged Razzoo's with discriminating against a class of male applicants and employees.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the resolution of its class action employment discrimination lawsuit against Specialty Restaurants Corporation, an Anaheim, Calif.-based owner and operator of restaurants and banquet facilities nationwide, including Monterey Hill Banquets in Monterey Park, Calif. Under the EEOC settlement, the company has agreed to pay $625,000 to claimants and will adopt remedial measures to ensure that its employees are not sexually harassed.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a major settlement of a racial harassment lawsuit for $1,650,000 and significant remedial relief against Conectiv, A.C. Dellovade, Inc., Steel Suppliers Erectors, Inc. and Matrix Services Industrial Contractors (doing business as Bogan, Inc. /Hake Group) on behalf of African American employees who were subjected to egregious racial harassment at a construction site in Bethlehem, Pa.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed the judgment on a jury verdict in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and farm worker Olivia Tamayo in a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against Coalinga, Calif.-based Harris Farms, one of the largest integrated farming operations in the Central San Joaquin Valley.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. will pay $300,000 to a Hardin, Mo., man to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.]]></description>
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<title>Renhill Staffing to Pay $580,000 to Settle EEOC Age, Race and Retaliation Suit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A Fort Wayne staffing company will settle an age, race and retaliation discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The company will pay a total of $580,000 and will also pay up to $5,000 in settlement administrative expenses.]]></description>
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<title>BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Co. To Pay $250,000 To Black Worker For Race Discrimination</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a race discrimination lawsuit against BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Los Angeles (BCI) for $250,000 on behalf of an African American former worker in Albuquerque, N.M. The resolution follows a favorable ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, which established an important legal doctrine known as "subordinate bias" theory.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Naomi C. Earp,  Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and EEOC  Commissioner Stuart J. Ishimaru, today met with Memphis area business leaders  to discuss the agency's E-RACE Initiative (Eradicating Racism And Colorism from  Employment) - a national outreach,  education, and enforcement campaign focusing on new and emerging race and color  issues in the 21st century workplace.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of its age discrimination lawsuit against Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications for $773,000 for a class of eight older employees.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A Durango, Colo.-based McDonald's restaurant franchise will pay $505,000 and provide significant remedial relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a class of young female employees, including teens, the agency announced today.]]></description>
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<title>Dillard&#x27;s to Pay Half Million to Settle EEOC Class Sexual Harassment Suit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced it has settled its class sexual harassment lawsuit against the Dillard's department store chain for $500,000 and substantial remedial relief on behalf of a class of 12 female former employees who were sexually harassed by an assistant store manager in two states.]]></description>
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<title>Centenary College to Pay $200,000 to Settle EEOC Sex Discrimination Suit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Centenary College of Louisiana has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that the Shreveport college had demanded the resignation of its women's intercollegiate basketball head coach and then fired her because she had had a child. The EEOC's suit was resolved by a Consent Decree, which was signed by Judge Donald E. Walter on March 26, 2008 and entered into the record of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana on March 28, 2008.]]></description>
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<title>Final Decree Entered With Walgreens for $24 Million In Landmark Race Discrimination Suit by EEOC</title>
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<description><![CDATA[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 race case by the EEOC, provides for the payment of over $24 million to a class of thousands of African American workers and orders comprehensive injunctive relief designed to improve the company’s promotion and store assignment practices.]]></description>
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<title>Washington Group International to Pay $1.5 Million To Black Workers Who Were Racially Harassed</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a litigation settlement with Washington Group International, Inc. (WGI) for $1.5 million dollars, as well as significant injunctive relief, on behalf of African American workers who were racially harassed and then retaliated against for complaining about it.]]></description>
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<title>Next Commission Meeting Monday,  March 17</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its next open meeting on Monday, March 17, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 1801 L Street, N.W.  In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the meeting is open for public observation of the Commission's deliberations.  During the meeting, the following matters are scheduled for consideration:]]></description>
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<title>Allied Aviation to Pay Nearly $2 Million for Harassment of Black and Hispanic Workers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a race and national origin harassment lawsuit for $1.9 million and significant remedial relief against Allied Aviation Services, Inc. on behalf of African American and Hispanic workers who were the targets of racial slurs, graffiti, cartoons, and hangman's nooses at a facility in the Dallas/Ft. Worth airport.  The company identifies itself at the "largest American domestically owned provider of fueling services to the commercial aviation industry."]]></description>
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<title>Job Bias Charges Rise 9% in 2007, EEOC Reports</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received a total of 82,792 private sector discrimination charge filings last fiscal year, the highest volume of incoming charges since 2002 and the largest annual increase (9%) since the early 1990s, the agency reported today as part of its Fiscal Year 2007 enforcement and litigation statistics. The data, available online at www.eeoc.gov, also show that the EEOC recovered $345 million in monetary relief for job bias victims.]]></description>
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<title>EEOC Addresses Employment of Veterans with Service-Connected Disabilities</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued two question-and-answer guides providing technical assistance for employers and veterans on workplace issues affecting veterans with service-connected disabilities. Both documents are available on the agency's web site at www.eeoc.gov.]]></description>
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<title>Vanguard Group to Pay $500,000 for Retaliation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Valley Forge, Pa.-based The Vanguard Group, Inc., one of the world's largest investment management companies, will pay $500,000 and provide other relief to settle a retaliation lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that following an African American employee's complaints of race discrimination, Vanguard subjected him to a series of adverse employment actions culminating in his termination.  ]]></description>
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<title>Next Commission Meeting Tuesday, Feb. 19</title>
<link>http://www.eeoc.gov/press/2-14-08.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its next open meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 19, at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 1801 L Street, N.W. In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the meeting is open for public observation of the Commission’s deliberations. During the meeting, the following matters are scheduled for consideration]]></description>
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<title>Next Commission Meeting Wednesday, Feb. 13</title>
<link>http://www.eeoc.gov/press/2-11-08.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its next open meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 1801 L Street, N.W.  In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the meeting is open for public observation of the Commission's deliberations.  During the meeting, the following matters are scheduled for consideration:]]></description>
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<title>Jury Awards $110,000 Verdict Against Houston Dry Cleaners for Sexual Harassment 
Of a Teenager and Other Employees</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that a federal district court jury returned a verdict yesterday for the EEOC in the amount of $110,000 against a Houston dry cleaner for sexual harassment.  The EEOC had charged that the owner of Bellair Cleaners, Inc., doing business as Park Avenue Cleaners, Bellair Cleaners, and Your Valet (Park Avenue Cleaners), harassed a female employee, then aged 19, and other women. ]]></description>
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<title>Henredon Furniture Industries to Pay $465,000 for Racial Harassment, Hangman&#x27;s Nooses</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a racial harassment lawsuit for $465,000 and significant remedial relief against Henredon Furniture Industries, Inc. on behalf of African American employees who were subjected to a persistent racially hostile work environment at a furniture plant. ]]></description>
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<title>Judge Grants Final Approval for $6.2 Million Partial Settlement of  Historic Union Discrimination Case</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A federal court has granted final approval for a $6.2 million partial settlement for black and Hispanic sheet metal workers who suffered discrimination by their union, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.]]></description>
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<title>EEOC Issues Report on Federal Employment of Individuals with Targeted Disabilities</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a comprehensive report addressing strategies to reverse the declining participation rate of federal employees with targeted disabilities.  The full text of the report, Improving the Participation Rate of People with Targeted Disabilities in the Federal Work Force, is available on the EEOC's web site at www.eeoc.gov/federal/report/pwtd.html.]]></description>
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<title>EEOC Launches Anti-Discrimination PSAs Featuring Jazz Great Wynton Marsalis</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Jazz great Wynton Marsalis laments that some employers "play a cacophonous tune called discrimination" in one of two video public service announcements that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) unveiled today.]]></description>
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<title>Supreme Northwest LLC to Pay $427,000 to Settle EEOC National Origin Discrimination Suit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that it has resolved its national origin discrimination lawsuit brought against Supreme Corporation and Supreme Northwest LLC for $427,000 and other relief.]]></description>
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<title>Lockheed Martin To Pay $2.5 Million To Settle Racial Harassment Lawsuit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a major settlement of a race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against Lockheed Martin, the world's largest military contractor, for $2,500,000 and other relief on behalf of an African American electrician who was subjected to a racially hostile work environment at several job sites nationwide – including threats of lynching and the "N-word."]]></description>
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<title>EEOC Moves to Protect Retiree Health Benefits</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the publication of a final rule allowing employers that provide retiree health benefits to continue the longstanding practice of coordinating those benefits with Medicare (or comparable state health benefits) without violating the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). The regulation, which safeguards retiree health benefits, was published in today's Federal Register and is available on the EEOC's web site at www.eeoc.gov/policy/regs/index.html.]]></description>
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