• Los Angeles area disaster help centers open amid wildfires

    Updated: 2025-01-15 01:23:00
    As the dust and ash from wildfires begins to settle in some southern California areas, Los Angeles area evacuees are turning to local and federal officials for help. CBS News Los Angeles reporter Mahsa Saeidi reports on one of the disaster relief centers that opened on Tuesday.

  • Los Angeles mayor criticized for fire response

    Updated: 2025-01-15 00:36:00
    Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is facing criticism over the timing of an overseas trip she was on when the wildfires broke out in the Los Angeles area. Jonathan Vigliotti reports.

  • "CBS Evening News" headlines for Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025

    Updated: 2025-01-15 00:34:00
    Here's a look at the top stories making headlines on the "CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell."

  • California fire chief breaks down the weather's impact on fire fighting efforts

    Updated: 2025-01-15 00:31:00
    The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles County broke out a week ago and officials say residents are not in the clear just yet. Chad Augustin, the fire chief of Pasadena, a city northeast of downtown Los Angeles that sits near the Eaton Fire, joins "The Daily Report." Then, CBS News correspondent Adam Yamaguchi reports.

  • Hegseth dismisses misconduct allegations as "smear campaign"

    Updated: 2025-01-15 00:00:00
    Senators grilled secretary of defense nominee Pete Hegseth over sexual assault and misconduct allegations at his confirmation hearing Tuesday. Evan McMorris-Santoro, reporter for NOTUS, and Andrew Desiderio, senior congressional reporter for Punchbowl News, join "America Decides" to further discuss the hearing and more.

  • Strong winds pick up in Los Angeles as crews continue to fight fires

    Updated: 2025-01-14 23:57:00
    Officials in Los Angeles are now dealing with strengthening winds as the deadly fires continue to burn. CBS News correspondent Adam Yamaguchi has the latest from the Pacific Palisades.

  • Christopher Green Appointed Director of EEOC†s San Francisco District U.S Equal Employment Opportu

    Updated: 2025-01-14 00:00:00
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  • Kane†s Furniture to Pay Nearly 1.5 Million in EEOC Sex Discrimination Lawsuit U.S Equal Employment

    Updated: 2025-01-13 00:00:00
    MIAMI – Kane’s Furniture, LLC, a Florida-based furniture retail company, will pay $1,482,748.00 in monetary relief and provide significant equitable relief to settle a federal class sex discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

  • Noble Energy Settles EEOC Age Discrimination Charge U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Lock

    Updated: 2025-01-08 00:00:00
    DENVER – Houston-based Noble Energy, Inc. will implement a series of anti-discrimination measures to conciliate age discrimination allegations by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.The agency charged that Noble Energy practiced discriminatory discharge and layoff practices based on age. The agency’s investigation revealed the company conducted certain workforce reductions which disproportionately impacted employees aged 40 and older.

  • EEOC Research Finds Improved Asian American Representation but Underrepresentation in Federal Leader

    Updated: 2025-01-07 00:00:00
    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a report titled, “Asian Americans in the Federal Sector.” The report finds that in fiscal year 2020 Asian Americans were one of the largest growing populations in the United States. Asian American workers were employed in the federal sector at a rate that exceeded their representation in the civilian labor force (CLF).

  • United Airlines to Pay 99,000 in EEOC Discrimination Case U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commissio

    Updated: 2025-01-06 00:00:00
    DENVER — United Airlines, Inc. a Delaware corporation with a major hub at Denver International Airport, will pay $99,000 and provide other relief to settle a federal lawsuit for a hostile work environment based on race and national origin, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. 

  • Prosero Management and Prestigious Placement to Pay 215,000 in EEOC Harassment and Retaliation Suit

    Updated: 2025-01-03 00:00:00
    MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Prestigious Placement, Inc., and Prosero, Inc., will pay $215,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.According to the lawsuit, a male lead employed by Prosero subjected female employees placed by Prestigious Placement to unwelcome sexual comments. When two of the female employees complained to supervisors, they were ignored. Later, Prosero terminated the employees for alleged performance issues, according to the EEOC.

  • EEOC Research Finds Gender Pay Gap was Larger Among Federal Employees Age 40 and Over U.S Equal Empl

    Updated: 2025-01-02 00:00:00
    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a report titled, “The Impact of Age on the Gender Pay Gap in the Federal Sector.” The EEOC examined data on over two million federal employees to assess whether the gender pay gap differs for people under age 40 compared to people age 40 and over (who are protected from age discrimination by federal law).

  • EEOC Sues Rex Healthcare Inc for Religious Discrimination U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commissio

    Updated: 2024-12-26 00:00:00
    RALEIGH, N.C. – Rex Healthcare, Inc., a private, non-profit healthcare provider located in Raleigh, North Carolina, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate an employee’s religious beliefs and fired her for failing to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

  • EEOC Sues Equinox Holdings Inc for Disability and Sex Discrimination U.S Equal Employment Opportunit

    Updated: 2024-12-24 00:00:00
    WASHINGTON – Equinox Holdings, Inc. (Equinox), which owns and operates fitness facilities and gyms nationwide, illegally discriminated against a woman who suffers from endometriosis on the basis of disability and sex when it failed to hire her as a front desk associate at its sports club in Washington because of her “monthly cycle” and potential need for a reasonable accommodation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit filed today. The agency also alleged Equinox did not accommodate her disability during the job application process.

  • Shelby Baptist Medical Center to Pay 60,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination and Retaliation Suit U

    Updated: 2024-12-20 00:00:00
    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Shelby Baptist Medical Center and its operating companies will pay $60,000 and provide other injunctive relief to settle claims of disability discrimination and retaliation in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

  • Lubin Logistics to Pay 20,000 and Provide Remedial Measures in EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsui

    Updated: 2024-12-20 00:00:00
    ATLANTA – Lubin Logistics Company, which operates as a small package delivery contractor for the international shipping brand FedEx, will pay $20,000 and take remedial measures to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency announced today.

  • EEOC Sues Elon Property Management for Disability Discrimination in Florida U.S Equal Employment Opp

    Updated: 2024-12-20 00:00:00
    TAMPA, Fla. – Elon Property Management LLC (Elon), a property management company based in Lakewood, New Jersey, violated federal law by retaliating against an employee for utilizing disability leave and maintaining a policy that screened out and discriminated against a class of employees with disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

  • EEOC sues ChowCall for Breaching Conciliation Agreement U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

    Updated: 2024-12-20 00:00:00
    NORFOLK, Va. – Value Unlimited, Inc., doing business as ChowCall, a food delivery service in Norfolk, Virginia, violated the law by refusing to comply with the terms of a conciliation agreement, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

  • EEOC Highlights How Wearable Technologies May Implicate Employment Discrimination Laws U.S Equal Emp

    Updated: 2024-12-19 00:00:00
    WASHINGTON – A new fact sheet titled “Wearables in the Workplace: The Use of Wearables and Other Monitoring Technology Under Federal Employment Discrimination Laws,” released today by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) addresses use of wearable technologies in the nation’s workplaces. These technologies can be used to track various physical factors, such as an employee’s location, heart rate, electrical brain activity, or fatigue.

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