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<link>https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-and-justice-department-warn-against-unlawful-dei-related-discrimination</link> <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released two technical assistance documents focused on educating the public about unlawful discrimination related to “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) in the workplace. ]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>EEOC.gov</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-and-justice-department-warn-against-unlawful-dei-related-discrimination</guid> </item> <item> <title><a href="/newsroom/eeoc-acting-chair-andrea-lucas-sends-letters-20-law-firms-requesting-information-about-dei" hreflang="en">EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas Sends Letters to 20 Law Firms Requesting Information About DEI-Related Employment Practices</a></title> <link>https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-acting-chair-andrea-lucas-sends-letters-20-law-firms-requesting-information-about-dei</link> <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chair Andrea Lucas sent letters to 20 law firms requesting information about their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) related employment practices.]]></description> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>EEOC.gov</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-acting-chair-andrea-lucas-sends-letters-20-law-firms-requesting-information-about-dei</guid> </item> <item> <title><a href="/newsroom/eeoc-sues-taco-bell-franchisees-sexual-harassment-and-retaliation" hreflang="en">EEOC Sues Taco Bell Franchisees for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation</a></title> <link>https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-taco-bell-franchisees-sexual-harassment-and-retaliation</link> <description><![CDATA[DETROIT – Six related entities operating Taco Bell restaurants in Michigan violated federal law when they allowed a senior area manager to sexually harass female employees, including multiple teenage employees, he supervised, and fired a local assistant manager the same day she reported the senior area manager’s misconduct, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>EEOC.gov</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-taco-bell-franchisees-sexual-harassment-and-retaliation</guid> </item> <item> <title><a href="/newsroom/security-engineers-inc-pay-16-million-eeoc-sex-discrimination-lawsuit" hreflang="en">Security Engineers, Inc. to Pay $1.6 Million in EEOC Sex Discrimination Lawsuit</a></title> <link>https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/security-engineers-inc-pay-16-million-eeoc-sex-discrimination-lawsuit</link> <description><![CDATA[BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Security Engineers, Inc., a contract security solutions provider headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, will pay $1.6 million and provide other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.]]></description> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>EEOC.gov</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/security-engineers-inc-pay-16-million-eeoc-sex-discrimination-lawsuit</guid> </item> <item> <title><a href="/newsroom/washington-unified-school-district-pay-17000-eeoc-age-discrimination-charge" hreflang="en">Washington Unified School District to Pay $17,000 in EEOC Age Discrimination Charge</a></title> <link>https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/washington-unified-school-district-pay-17000-eeoc-age-discrimination-charge</link> <description><![CDATA[FRESNO, Calif. – The Washington Unified School District, located in Fresno, Calif., settled a federal charge of age discrimination filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for $17,000 and other injunctive relief, the federal agency announced today.]]></description> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>EEOC.gov</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/washington-unified-school-district-pay-17000-eeoc-age-discrimination-charge</guid> </item> <item> <title><a href="/newsroom/eeoc-acting-chair-promises-hold-accountable-universities-and-colleges-antisemitism-campus" hreflang="en">EEOC Acting Chair Promises to Hold Accountable Universities and Colleges for Antisemitism on Campus Workplaces</a></title> <link>https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-acting-chair-promises-hold-accountable-universities-and-colleges-antisemitism-campus</link> <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON – Today, EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas promised to hold accountable universities and colleges which have created a hostile-work environment for their Jewish employees.]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>EEOC.gov</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-acting-chair-promises-hold-accountable-universities-and-colleges-antisemitism-campus</guid> </item> <item> <title><a href="/newsroom/eeoc-acting-chair-vows-protect-american-workers-anti-american-bias" hreflang="en">EEOC Acting Chair Vows to Protect American Workers from Anti-American Bias</a></title> <link>https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-acting-chair-vows-protect-american-workers-anti-american-bias</link> <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chair Andrea Lucas announced “The EEOC is putting employers and other covered entities on notice: if you are part of the pipeline contributing to our immigration crisis or abusing our legal immigration system via illegal preferences against American workers, you must stop. The law applies to you, and you are not above the law. The EEOC is here to protect all workers from unlawful national origin discrimination, including American workers.”]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>EEOC.gov</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-acting-chair-vows-protect-american-workers-anti-american-bias</guid> </item> <item> <title><a href="/newsroom/leopalace-resort-pay-over-14-million-eeoc-national-origin-discrimination-lawsuit" hreflang="en">LeoPalace Resort to Pay Over $1.4 Million in EEOC National Origin Discrimination Lawsuit</a></title> <link>https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/leopalace-resort-pay-over-14-million-eeoc-national-origin-discrimination-lawsuit</link> <description><![CDATA[GUAM – LeoPalace Guam Corporation, doing business as LeoPalace Resort, a major hotel and resort on the U.S. territory of Guam, will pay $1,412,500 and provide equitable relief to settle a national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>EEOC.gov</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/leopalace-resort-pay-over-14-million-eeoc-national-origin-discrimination-lawsuit</guid> </item> <item> <title><a href="/newsroom/andrew-rogers-named-acting-eeoc-general-counsel" hreflang="en">Andrew Rogers Named Acting EEOC General Counsel</a></title> <link>https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/andrew-rogers-named-acting-eeoc-general-counsel</link> <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- President Donald J. Trump has appointed Andrew Rogers as the acting general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. “I am honored to be selected by the President to serve at the Commission,” said Rogers, “and to advance robust, high-quality, efficient, and transparent enforcement of our nation’s civil rights laws via the agency’s litigation program.”]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>EEOC.gov</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/andrew-rogers-named-acting-eeoc-general-counsel</guid> </item> <item> <title><a href="/newsroom/removing-gender-ideology-and-restoring-eeocs-role-protecting-women-workplace" hreflang="en">Removing Gender Ideology and Restoring the EEOC’s Role of Protecting Women in the Workplace</a></title> <link>https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/removing-gender-ideology-and-restoring-eeocs-role-protecting-women-workplace</link> <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chair Andrea Lucas announced that the agency is returning to its mission of protecting women from sexual harassment and sex-based discrimination in the workplace by rolling back the Biden administration’s gender identity agenda.]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>EEOC.gov</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/removing-gender-ideology-and-restoring-eeocs-role-protecting-women-workplace</guid> </item> <item> <title><a href="/newsroom/president-appoints-andrea-r-lucas-eeoc-acting-chair" hreflang="en">President Appoints Andrea R. Lucas EEOC Acting Chair</a></title> <link>https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/president-appoints-andrea-r-lucas-eeoc-acting-chair</link> <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that President Donald J. Trump has named Commissioner Andrea R. Lucas Acting Chair of the EEOC. Lucas has served as an EEOC Commissioner since 2020, having been nominated by President Trump during his first term.]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>EEOC.gov</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/president-appoints-andrea-r-lucas-eeoc-acting-chair</guid> </item> <item> <title><a href="/newsroom/eeoc-sues-general-motors-and-uaw-age-discrimination" hreflang="en">EEOC Sues General Motors and UAW for Age Discrimination</a></title> <link>https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-general-motors-and-uaw-age-discrimination</link> <description><![CDATA[BEDFORD, Ind. – General Motors (GM) and the international union of United Auto Workers violated federal law when they negotiated a collective bargaining agreement which limited short-term disability payments to older workers who receive Social Security Retirement benefits, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.]]></description> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>EEOC.gov</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-general-motors-and-uaw-age-discrimination</guid> </item> <item> <title><a href="/newsroom/pace-southeast-michigan-pay-170000-eeoc-disability-discrimination-lawsuit" hreflang="en">PACE Southeast Michigan to Pay $170,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit</a></title> <link>https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/pace-southeast-michigan-pay-170000-eeoc-disability-discrimination-lawsuit</link> <description><![CDATA[DETROIT – PACE Southeast Michigan, a company providing all-inclusive care for the elderly, will pay $170,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. ]]></description> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>EEOC.gov</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/pace-southeast-michigan-pay-170000-eeoc-disability-discrimination-lawsuit</guid> </item> <item> <title><a href="/newsroom/eeoc-sues-fca-us-llc-sexual-harassment" hreflang="en">EEOC Sues FCA US LLC for Sexual Harassment </a></title> <link>https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-fca-us-llc-sexual-harassment</link> <description><![CDATA[DETROIT – FCA US, L.L.C., an international automobile manufacturer, violated federal law when it subjected female production employees to widespread sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.]]></description> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>EEOC.gov</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-fca-us-llc-sexual-harassment</guid> </item> <item> <title><a href="/newsroom/eeoc-publishes-annual-performance-and-general-counsel-reports-fiscal-year-2024" hreflang="en">EEOC Publishes Annual Performance and General Counsel Reports for Fiscal Year 2024</a></title> <link>https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-publishes-annual-performance-and-general-counsel-reports-fiscal-year-2024</link> <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced its report on the agency’s performance during fiscal year 2024, covering Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024, and the Office of General Counsel (OGC) annual report for the same time period.]]></description> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>EEOC.gov</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-publishes-annual-performance-and-general-counsel-reports-fiscal-year-2024</guid> </item> <item> <title><a href="/newsroom/eeoc-sues-tci-alabama-sex-discrimination" hreflang="en">EEOC Sues TCI of Alabama for Sex Discrimination</a></title> <link>https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-tci-alabama-sex-discrimination</link> <description><![CDATA[BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Delaware-based TCI of Alabama, LLC, a recycler of large items such as transformers and electrical equipment, violated federal employment laws when it discriminated against female job applicants in its Pell City, Alabama, location, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today.]]></description> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>EEOC.gov</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-tci-alabama-sex-discrimination</guid> </item> <item> <title><a href="/newsroom/eeoc-sues-sams-club-disability-discrimination" hreflang="en">EEOC Sues Sam’s Club for Disability Discrimination</a></title> <link>https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-sams-club-disability-discrimination</link> <description><![CDATA[ATLANTA – Sam’s East, Inc. and Walmart Inc., which together operate a chain of warehouse club retail stores known as Sam’s Club, violated federal law when they refused to reasonably accommodate an employee’s disabilities and later fired her because of her disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.]]></description> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>EEOC.gov</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-sams-club-disability-discrimination</guid> </item> <item> <title><a href="/newsroom/tko-construction-services-pay-300000-settle-eeoc-sex-race-and-age-discrimination-lawsuit" hreflang="en">TKO Construction Services to Pay $300,000 to Settle EEOC Sex, Race and Age Discrimination Lawsuit</a></title> <link>https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/tko-construction-services-pay-300000-settle-eeoc-sex-race-and-age-discrimination-lawsuit</link> <description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS – TKO Construction Services, a staffing company that provides temporary employees for commercial, residential, restoration, heavy industrial and energy construction companies, will pay $300,000 and provide other equitable relief to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.]]></description> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>EEOC.gov</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/tko-construction-services-pay-300000-settle-eeoc-sex-race-and-age-discrimination-lawsuit</guid> </item> <item> <title><a href="/newsroom/eeoc-sues-fedex-disability-discrimination-0" hreflang="en">EEOC Sues FedEx for Disability Discrimination</a></title> <link>https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-fedex-disability-discrimination-0</link> <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK – Federal Express Corporation, doing business as FedEx Express, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate several dispatchers’ requests to continue working from home and demanded the dispatchers’ immediate return to its downtown Manhattan office, effectively forcing at least one into retirement, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.]]></description> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>EEOC.gov</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-fedex-disability-discrimination-0</guid> </item> <item> <title><a href="/newsroom/wyoming-trucking-company-pay-124000-eeoc-sexual-harassment-lawsuit" hreflang="en">Wyoming Trucking Company to Pay $124,000 in EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit</a></title> <link>https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/wyoming-trucking-company-pay-124000-eeoc-sexual-harassment-lawsuit</link> <description><![CDATA[CASPER, Wyo. – Waller’s Trucking Company, Inc., a family-owned Wyoming trucking company, will pay $124,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>EEOC.gov</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/wyoming-trucking-company-pay-124000-eeoc-sexual-harassment-lawsuit</guid> </item> </channel> </rss>