EEOC
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The EEOC's involvement in a case can be persuasive to courts because the agency is tasked with interpreting federal anti-discrimination laws.
From Reuters
The EEOC, which is responsible for enforcing federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination, will have 180 days to investigate the matter and issue a report unless the complaint is dismissed.
From Washington Post
“We were faced with a situation in which the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was being amended in various other ways to give more power to the EEOC,” he said.
From Washington Times
Elizabeth Owen, a senior trial attorney in the EEOC’s New Orleans field office, said in a statement that the displays of nooses required swift action.
From Seattle Times
Employers who become aware of racially offensive or threatening conduct in the workplace are legally obligated to take “prompt, remedial action aimed at stopping it,” Rudy Sustaita, an attorney at the EEOC’s Houston district office, said in a statement.
From Seattle Times
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