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Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and can create tremendous liability for employers who fail to properly adhere to acceptable employment practices. Some of the potential pitfalls in this area stem from discriminatory hiring practices, improper performance evaluations, and retaliatory firings. less -

Commissioner Sonderling to Depart from EEOC in August 2024

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/22/2024

Seyfarth Synopsis: EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling, a Republican who first joined the EEOC in 2020, has announced his departure from the Commission in August 2024. Sonderling’s tenure was marked by his significant...more

EEOC Scorecard: How Did The Commission Stack Up in FY 2023?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/10/2024

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently released its 2023 Annual Performance Report and a new dashboard highlighting resolved cases. Compared to the prior fiscal year, the EEOC contacted substantially...more

Annual Report on EEOC Developments – Fiscal Year 2022

Littler on 4/25/2023

INTRODUCTION - This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2022 (hereafter “Report”), our twelfth annual publication, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...more

EEOC 2020: Fewer Charges, Lawsuits—but Increased Recovery

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 3/25/2021

What was the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) up to in fiscal year 2020? According to statistics released by the agency, it received a total of 67,448 charges of workplace discrimination—the lowest number...more

5 Key Trends For Workplace Class Action Litigation For 2019: Trend #3 Governmental Enforcement Litigation Trends In 2019

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/23/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: The third key trend from our 16th Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report involves governmental enforcement litigation, including an overview of priorities and filings by the EEOC, the U.S....more

Jacksonville Plumbers Training Trust to Revise Apprentice Selection Process to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 1/13/2020

Program Discriminated Against Black Applicants in Its Hiring Process, Federal Agency Charged - JACKSONVILLE - Jacksonville Plumbers and Pipefitters Joint Apprenticeship and Training Trust (JPPJATT), which sponsors an...more

EEOC Sues Quality Midwestern Holdings / Quality Services Moving for Pregnancy Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/1/2019

Moving Company Unfairly Denied Employment Opportunities to Pregnant Woman, Federal Agency Charges - WASHINGTON - Quality Midwestern Holdings, LLC, doing business as Quality Services Moving, a moving and storage company...more

Marquez Brothers to Pay $2 Million to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/19/2019

Non-Hispanic Applicants Discouraged from Applying or Not Hired Are Encouraged to File a Claim, Federal Agency Says - FRESNO, Calif. - Marquez Brothers International, Inc. and its affiliates will pay $2 million and furnish...more

Carefree of Colorado Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/9/2019

RV Manufacturing Company Refused to Hire Deaf Applicant, Federal Agency Charges - DENVER - Carefree of Colorado, which manufactures and sells RV awnings and is located in Broomfield, Colorado, violated federal law when it...more

EEOC Sues BHT Constructions for Sex Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/28/2019

Construction Company Refused to Hire Female Applicant, Federal Agency Charges - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - BHT Constructions LLC, a construction contracting company based in Davie, Fla., violated federal law when it refused...more

Coffel Vending Sued by EEOC for Race Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/7/2019

Vending Servicer Denied Job to Black Applicant, Federal Agency Charges - SOUTH BEND, IND - A northern Indiana vending and coffee service provider rejected a black applicant for an open position because of his race...more

Party City to Pay $155,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/24/2019

National Retailer's Nashua Store Refused to Hire Disabled Employee With Job Coach, Federal Agency Charged - BOSTON - Party City Corporation, a Rockaway, N.J.-based national discount and costume retailer, will pay $155,000...more

Supreme Court Limits EEOC Subpoena Power

Fisher Phillips on 4/4/2017

In a 7 to 1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that courts of appeals should largely defer to lower courts’ decisions when policing subpoenas issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). By...more

Employment Law - October 2015

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 10/5/2015

FTC Offers Employers Lesson in FCRA Compliance—And Limited Exceptions - Why it matters: A California employer recently received a lesson in Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) compliance from the Federal Trade...more

EEOC Sues Regis Corporation/Smart Style Family Hair Salon for Unlawful Retaliation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 7/23/2015

Hair Salon Fired Employees for Complaining About Race Discrimination, Federal Agency Charges - WILMINGTON, N.C. - Regis Corporation, doing business as Smart Style Family Hair Salon, a Minnesota-based company that...more

Five EEOC Initiatives to Monitor on the Agency’s Silver Anniversary

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/23/2015

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) opened its doors on July 2, 1965, exactly one year after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII of that act (“Title VII”) prohibits...more

Despite settlement, EEOC continues and expands discrimination investigation

McAfee & Taft on 11/25/2014

At this point, employers have become all too familiar with the new, aggressive enforcement agenda of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The agency’s systemic initiative to root out alleged discriminatory employment...more

ACM Services to Pay $415,000 to Settle EEOC Class Race, Gender Discrimination and Harassment Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 11/17/2014

Contractor Shunned Blacks and Women for Jobs, and Harassed and Fired Two Women for Opposing the Discrimination, Federal Agency Charged - BALTIMORE - ACM Services, Inc., a Rockville, Md.-based environmental remediation...more

EEOC Sues Detroit Funeral Home Chain for Sex Discrimination Against Transgender Employee

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/26/2014

Lawsuit Is One of Two the Agency Filed Today - the First Suits in Its History - Challenging Transgender Discrimination Under 1964 Civil Rights Act - DETROIT- Detroit-based R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc....more

Triple T Foods to Pay $30,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 7/29/2014

Federal Agency Alleged Pet Food Company Fired Lab Technician Due to Pregnancy - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Triple T Foods, an Arkansas pet food processor, will pay $30,000 to a former employee and furnish other relief to...more

EEOC Sues Bliss Cabaret for Race Discrimination and Retaliation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 7/3/2014

Clearwater Adult Club Fired Manager for Opposing Owner's Racially Discriminatory Practice, Federal Agency Charges - TAMPA, Fla - A Clearwater, Fla., adult entertainment club violated federal law by racially...more

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