Employment 

Washington Group International to Pay $1.5 Million To Black Workers Who Were Racially Harassed - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a litigation settlement with Washington Group International, Inc. (WGI) for $1.5 million dollars, as well as significant injunctive relief, on behalf of African American workers who were racially harassed and then retaliated against for complaining about it.

Next Commission Meeting Monday, March 17 - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its next open meeting on Monday, March 17, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 1801 L Street, N.W. In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the meeting is open for public observation of the Commission's deliberations. During the meeting, the following matters are scheduled for consideration:

Allied Aviation to Pay Nearly $2 Million for Harassment of Black and Hispanic Workers - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a race and national origin harassment lawsuit for $1.9 million and significant remedial relief against Allied Aviation Services, Inc. on behalf of African American and Hispanic workers who were the targets of racial slurs, graffiti, cartoons, and hangman's nooses at a facility in the Dallas/Ft. Worth airport. The company identifies itself at the "largest American domestically owned provider of fueling services to the commercial aviation industry."

Job Bias Charges Rise 9% in 2007, EEOC Reports - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received a total of 82,792 private sector discrimination charge filings last fiscal year, the highest volume of incoming charges since 2002 and the largest annual increase (9%) since the early 1990s, the agency reported today as part of its Fiscal Year 2007 enforcement and litigation statistics. The data, available online at www.eeoc.gov, also show that the EEOC recovered $345 million in monetary relief for job bias victims.

Final Decree Entered With Walgreens for $24 Million In Landmark Race Discrimination Suit by EEOC - A federal judge here has granted final approval of a sweeping consent decree resolving a class race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Walgreen Co., the Deerfield, Ill.-based national drug store chain. The decree, one of the largest monetary settlements in a race case by the EEOC, provides for the payment of over $24 million to a class of thousands of African American workers and orders comprehensive injunctive relief designed to improve the company’s promotion and store assignment practices.

Centenary College to Pay $200,000 to Settle EEOC Sex Discrimination Suit - Centenary College of Louisiana has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that the Shreveport college had demanded the resignation of its women's intercollegiate basketball head coach and then fired her because she had had a child. The EEOC's suit was resolved by a Consent Decree, which was signed by Judge Donald E. Walter on March 26, 2008 and entered into the record of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana on March 28, 2008.