Panel of Practitioners At Miami Meeting Of the EEOC Says Despite Positive Advances, Fight For Equal Treatment in Employment Far From Over MIAMI – Despite significant progress in the 50 years since the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) first […]

Proposed Rule Would Permit Incentives, Emphasize Confidentiality WASHINGTON — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) describing how Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to employer wellness programs […]

Post from Chair Jenny R. Yang – April 13, 2015 Equal Pay Day This Tuesday, April 14, we mark Equal Pay Day, an occasion to consider just how far into the new year a woman would have to work to […]

EEOC at 50: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in the 21st Century Workplace WASHINGTON — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a meeting on Wednesday, April 15, at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time), at Miami Dade College, 500 […]

Clinic Agrees to Implement New Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Policy TAMPA, Fla. – Lakeland Eye Clinic, a Lakeland, Fla.-based organization of health care professionals, will pay $150,000 to settle one of the first two lawsuits ever filed by the U.S. Equal […]

Race-Based Hiring Discrimination Claims Will Go Forward CHICAGO – A federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss a claim of racial discrimination in hiring against Rosebud Restaurants, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. In its complaint, […]

School Fired Male Employee Because of His Age and Gender, Federal Agency Charges MILWAUKEE – Renaissance School, Inc., of Racine, Wis., an owner and operator of government-funded private schools, violated federal law by firing an employee because it considered him […]

Company Fired Man After His Heart Attack, Federal Agency Charged MINNEAPOLIS – A Minneapolis-based distributor will pay $50,000 under a consent decree which resolves a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency […]

EEOC and Others Charged Local 28 with Discriminating Against Black and Hispanic Workers for Many Years NEW YORK – Subject to approval by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Local 28 of the Sheet Metal […]

Recent events, including the upcoming Supreme Court argument in EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch have focused attention on the issue of discrimination on the basis of religion. The information below highlights what you should know about the EEOC’s enforcement in […]