http://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/EEOC Press ReleasesLa Oficina de la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo de los EE.UU. (EEOC) del Distrito de Birmingham firmará un Memorando de Entendimiento (MOU) con el Consulado de México localizado en Nueva Orleans, en su Oficina de Área de Jackson en Jackson, Mississippi, el 23 de mayo. El acuerdo establece una relación de colaboración en curso entre estas dos entidades para proporcionar a mexicanos con información, orientación y acceso a recursos para la prevención de la discriminación en el lugar de trabajo, independientemente de su condición legal. Andrea García Guerra, Cónsul General de México en Nueva Orleans, y Delner Franklin-Thomas, director del distrito de Birmingham, firmarán el acuerdo.http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-21-13.cfmTue, 21 May 2013 18:01:32 +0000Stone Pony Pizza, Inc., a Clarksdale pizza restaurant and bar, violated federal law by refusing to hire a class of African-American applicants because of their race, according to a lawsuit filed on Friday, May 17, 2013 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-20-13.cfmMon, 20 May 2013 20:57:07 +0000National Food Corporation, un proveedor grande de huevos para el área del Pacífico Noroeste y Medio Oeste de los EE.UU. y el Este de Asia, con sede en Everett, Washington, tendrá que pagar $650,000 a cinco trabajadoras y ofrecer otra forma de reparación para resolver una demanda por acoso sexual puesta por la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC), anunció hoy la agencia.http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-16-13b.cfmThu, 16 May 2013 16:52:33 +0000The Founders Pavilion, Inc., a Corning, N.Y., nursing and rehabilitation center, violated federal law by asking for genetic information during the hiring process, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. The EEOC also alleged that Founders violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-16-13a.cfmThu, 16 May 2013 16:21:33 +0000National Food Corporation, a major supplier of eggs to the Pacific Northwestern and Midwestern United States and East Asia with headquarters in Everett, Wash., will pay $650,000 to five workers and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-16-13.cfmThu, 16 May 2013 15:32:11 +0000The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued four revised documents on protection against disability discrimination, pursuant to the goal of the agency’s Strategic Plan to provide up-to-date guidance on the requirements of antidiscrimination laws.http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-15-13.cfmWed, 15 May 2013 18:33:11 +0000Jenny R. Yang was sworn in today as Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Yang was nominated by President Obama on Aug. 2, 2012, and was unanimously confirmed by the Senate on April 25, 2013, to serve a term expiring July 1, 2017.http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-13-13.cfmMon, 13 May 2013 21:33:30 +0000Jenny R. Yang fue juramentada hoy como Comisionada de la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo de los EE.UU. (EEOC). Yang fue nombrada por el presidente Obama el 2 de agosto de 2012 y fue confirmada unánimemente por el Senado el 25 de abril de 2013, su mandato expira el 1 de julio 2017.http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-13-13c.cfmMon, 13 May 2013 20:42:19 +0000Una granja de Hermiston, Oregón, que se autodenomina como la mayor productora de cebolla de los Estados Unidos tendrá que pagar $150,000 a una trabajadora y proporcionar otra ayuda para resolver una demanda por acoso sexual y represalia presentada por la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC), anunció hoy la agencia.http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-13-13b.cfmMon, 13 May 2013 20:38:59 +0000A Hermiston, Ore., farm which calls itself America’s largest onion grower will pay $150,000 to a female worker and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-13-13a.cfmMon, 13 May 2013 20:33:42 +0000La Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo de los EE.UU. (EEOC) llevará a cabo una charla en Twitter, el miércoles, 15 de mayo 1:00-1:30 p.m. (EDT). El foro en línea interactivo, realizado por la Oficina de Operaciones Federales de la EEOC, se centrará en el proceso de Igualdad de Oportunidades (EEO) en el sector federal y temas relacionados.http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-10-13b.cfmFri, 10 May 2013 17:27:12 +0000MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A jury has rendered a verdict of more than $1.5 million in the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against New Breed Logistics, a North Carolina-based logistics services provider, the agency announced today.  The verdict followed a seven-day trial before U.S. District Court Judge S. Thomas Anderson on behalf of four claimants and included awards of $177,094 in back pay, $486,000 in compensatory damages and $850,000 in punitive damages for the discrimination victims.http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-10-13a.cfmFri, 10 May 2013 17:02:37 +0000The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a live “Tweet Chat” on Wednesday, May 15, from 1:00 to 1:30 pm (EDT). The interactive online forum, conducted by the EEOC’s Office of Federal Operations, will focus on the federal sector equal employment opportunity (EEO) process and related issues.http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-10-13.cfmFri, 10 May 2013 14:36:32 +0000The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released draft principles for the Quality Control Plan (QCP) for public feedback, the agency announced today. The QCP will revise criteria to measure the quality of agency investigations and conciliations throughout the nation.http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-10-13c.cfmFri, 10 May 2013 13:34:30 +0000Dynamic Medical Services, Inc., a Miami company owned by Dr. Dennis Nobbe and which provides medical and chiropractic services, violated federal law by requiring employees to attend courses that involved Scientology religious practices, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-9-13.cfmThu, 09 May 2013 17:54:47 +0000A federal magistrate judge in Milwaukee has entered a consent decree resolving a job discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against PFERD Milwaukee Brush Company, Inc.http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-9-13b.cfmThu, 09 May 2013 16:24:28 +0000BMO Harris Bank will pay $400,000 to a group of 14 former employees under a consent decree entered on May 2, 2013, to resolve a disability discrimination case brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-9-13a.cfmThu, 09 May 2013 16:21:26 +0000Wellness programs are an increasingly common feature of employee benefits programs, and guidance is needed to avoid violations of federal equal employment opportunity laws, a panel of experts representing business, advocacy groups and providers told the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) at a meeting held today.http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-8-13.cfmWed, 08 May 2013 17:08:51 +0000An Atlanta-based air transport communications and information technology company has agreed to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-7-13a.cfmTue, 07 May 2013 17:11:04 +0000The Fort Worth Center of Rehabilitation violated federal law by discriminating against an applicant based on her disability, renal failure, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-7-13.cfmTue, 07 May 2013 17:08:30 +0000