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 Press release
 
+EEOC Proposes Major Rule Changes to Improve Workplace Discrimination Complaint Process for Federal Employees and Applicants
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+WASHINGTON — Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other federal employment discrimination statutes, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for the rules governing the workplace discrimination complaint process for federal employees and applicants. Today, the EEOC voted to issue a
+proposed rule
+ (a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking or NPRM) to revise these rules.
+The Commission concluded that the current system is too slow and complicated, often resulting
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+August 26, 2026
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+Press release
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 Pearson Education to Pay $150,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
 
 NEWARK, N.J. — Educational publishing company Pearson Education, Inc. will pay $150,000 and provide other injunctive relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
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+Ground Zero Blues Club to Pay $35,000 in EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit
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+MOBILE, Ala. – Ground Zero Biloxi LLC, operator of the Ground Zero Blues Club, a music venue and restaurant in Biloxi, Mississippi, will pay $35,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
+According to the EEOC’s suit, one of the company’s co-owners sexually harassed an assistant manager through repeated sexual comments and unwelcome physical contact. The
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+August 12, 2026
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+Press release
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 EEOC Sues Washington University for Retaliation
 
 ST. LOUIS — Washington University, a private research university in St. Louis, violated federal law when it fired an employee in retaliation for her opposition to race discrimination and filing a discrimination charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency alleged in a lawsuit announced today.
 According to the suit, the employee, who worked as a senior program manager at Washington University’s Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, complained to both the
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-August 12, 2026
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-Ground Zero Blues Club to Pay $35,000 in EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit
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-MOBILE, Ala. – Ground Zero Biloxi LLC, operator of the Ground Zero Blues Club, a music venue and restaurant in Biloxi, Mississippi, will pay $35,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
-According to the EEOC’s suit, one of the company’s co-owners sexually harassed an assistant manager through repeated sexual comments and unwelcome physical contact. The
 
 August 12, 2026
 
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 MEMPHIS — Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (BEA), a research, engineering and consulting company based in Idaho Falls, Idaho, agreed to resolve charges of discrimination filed with U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for $5 million and other relief, the federal agency announced today.
 The EEOC received multiple charges of discrimination alleging that BEA denied employees religious and/or disability accommodations to the company’s vaccine mandate policy. The EEOC’s systemic investigation found reasonable cause to believe that
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-July 20, 2026
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-Press release
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-EEOC Sues Slim Chickens Franchisee for Race and Sex Harassment and Retaliation
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-SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — TNT Chicken, Inc., operator of fried chicken fast food restaurants with the Slim Chickens brand, violated federal law when it subjected an employee at one of the company’s Sioux Falls locations to unlawful race and sex harassment and then retaliated against her for objecting to the harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
-Such conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
 
 July 20, 2026