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The Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP) is a strategy developed by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission which 1) establishes priorities for the EEOC and 2) integrates the EEOC's private and public enforcement efforts. The purpose of the SEP is to focus the EEOC's resources to best address discriminatory practices in the workplace. less -

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

Tucoemas Federal Credit Union Settles EEOC Discrimination Lawsuit for $450,000

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 12/16/2019

Senior Female Employees Were Passed Over for Credit Union's Top Job in Favor of a Younger, Male Applicant, Federal Agency Charged - FRESNO, Calif. - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today...more

Sherwood Food Distributors to Pay $3.6 Million And Offer 150 Jobs To Settle EEOC Class Sex Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/17/2018

Food Distribution Company Excluded Women from Entry-Level Warehouse Jobs, Federal Agency Charged - CLEVELAND - Sherwood Food Distributors, LLC, one of the largest independent distributors in the U.S. meat and food...more

EEOC Anti-Harassment Litigation, Enforcement Efforts See Dramatic Increase

Littler on 10/5/2018

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)’s litigation program brought 66 lawsuits alleging workplace harassment (41 alleging sexual harassment) in FY 2018, a more than 50% increase over the prior year, Acting Chair...more

Wyoming Employer Sued for Paying Female RNs Less Than Male RNs

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 10/3/2018

Paying an experienced female registered nurse (RN) less than a newly licensed male RN has a Wyoming healthcare employer defending a lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). On September 28, 2018,...more

EEOC Sues Burgers & Beer for Sex Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/30/2018

SoCal Restaurant Chain Preferred Hiring Females Over Males, Federal Agency Charges - SAN DIEGO - Burgers & Beer, a chain of Southern California restaurants, violated federal law when it denied males with the same...more

CSX Transportation to Pay $3.2 Million To Settle EEOC Disparate Impact Sex Discrimination Case

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 6/14/2018

Railroad to Cease Challenged Physical Abilities Testing, Federal Agency Announces - HUNTINGTON, W.V. - CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) will pay $3.2 million and furnish other relief to settle a company-wide sex...more

DDZ To Pay $625,400 To Settle EEOC Sex Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/17/2018

Louisville Printer Shunned Women for Hire Into Boxer/Packer Jobs for Nearly Three Years and Created Hostile Environment for Women, Federal Agency Charged - LOUISVILLE, Ky. - DDZ, Inc., doing business as DDZ CA, Inc.,...more

Community Pharmacy to Pay $60,000 To Settle Equal Pay Discrimination Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 11/14/2017

San Diego Pharmacy Chain Paid Female Pharmacy Tech Less Than a Male Tech and Fired Her for Complaining, Federal Agency Charges - SAN DIEGO - CJMBS Pharmacies, Inc., dba Community Pharmacy, a pharmacy chain in north San...more

Episode 25: EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum Part II: Other Emerging EEOC Trends + Takeaways

Akerman LLP on 10/27/2017

Matt Steinberg welcomes EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum for the second half of their wide-ranging conversation where Matt and Commissioner Feldblum discuss federal protection of employment-related LGBT rights, how the DOJ’s...more

Tick, Tock….The EEOC Runs Out The Clock – Fiscal Year 2017 Marks A Last Minute Return To Frantic Filing

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/2/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: With uncertain times and profound changes anticipated for the EEOC, employers anxiously await what enforcement litigation the EEOC has in store. Although 2016 showed a marked decline in filings, fiscal year...more

Part 1 of 2: My Sit-Down Interview With Former EEOC General Counsel David Lopez

Cozen O'Connor on 7/20/2017

Michael Schmidt, Vice Chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Labor & Employment Department, discusses current employment law news, trends, developments and guest analysis. This episode presents the first of two parts of a timely and...more

EEOC Files Lawsuits Alleging Sexual Orientation Discrimination Claims Against Private Sector Employers

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 3/30/2016

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed two recent Title VII lawsuits in which it alleges that various private employers engaged in sexual orientation discrimination. Although sexual orientation is...more

EEOC Files First Lawsuits Alleging Sexual Orientation Discrimination Under Title VII

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 3/8/2016

As we have reported in earlier posts, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has previously taken the position that discrimination on the basis of “sexual orientation” is prohibited under Title VII of the...more

Groundhog Day In September – Another Repeat Of The EEOC Fiscal Year-End Lawsuit Filing Frenzy

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/2/2015

As the clock ticked down on the EEOC’s fiscal year (which ended on September 30), we are struck once again by the eerily consistent trend in the agency’s federal court filing trends. Employers around the country are seemingly...more

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