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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn March 25, 2008 the EEOC announced that a federal judge had granted final approval of a consent decree resolving a class race discrimination lawsuit that it filed against Walgreens. Under the...

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have targeted employment tests used by companies for recruitment and staffing purposes as a source of potential systemic discrimination.

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn January 7, 2008, the EEOC announced that Supreme Corporation and Supreme Northwest LLC had agreed to settle a national origin lawsuit for $427,000. (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn December 20, 2007, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that Ford Motor Co., along with two related companies and a national union, will pay $1.6 million and provide...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn December 10, 2007, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that a federal judge had signed a consent decree ending a lawsuit by the EEOC against Target Corporation....

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and a New York highway construction firm have settled a lawsuit alleging the company failed to hire an African American operating engineer....

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn December 3, 2007, the EEOC issued an extensive fact sheet on the application of federal anti-discrimination laws to employer tests and other selection procedures to screen applicants for...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe EEOC has announced that a federal court in Rockford, Illinois, has issued an order largely denying an employer’s motion to compel discovery regarding medical and psychological records,...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsPilgrim’s Pride Settles Hiring Discrimination Case for $1 Million On October 3, 2007, OFCCP announced that Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., headquartered in Pittsburg, Texas, had entered into two consent...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn October 5, 2007, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that Sidley Austin, one of the nation’s largest law firms, will pay $27.5 million to 32 former partners to...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn October 16, 2007, EEOC filed a complaint and a consent decree (EEOC v. B & H Foto and Electronics Corp., No. 07-CV-9241) in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York,...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that a judge with the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has ruled the EEOC may proceed to trial with its class...