Yes, it does happen to Tampa companies!

And the EEOC announces it with a press release and photo of the EEOC trial lawyers...

Outback Steakhouse To Pay $19 Million For Sex Bias Against Women In 'Glass Ceiling' Suit By EEOC

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today
announced that Outback Steakhouse has agreed to pay $19 million and
furnish significant remedial relief to settle a major class lawsuit
alleging sex discrimination against thousands of women at hundreds of
its corporately-owned restaurants nationwide.

According to the EEOC, Outback discriminated against its female
employees with respect to the terms and conditions of employment, and
denied women equal opportunities for advancement. The EEOC alleged in
the lawsuit that female employees hit a glass ceiling at Outback and
could not get promoted to the higher-level profit-sharing management
positions in the restaurants. Moreover, the EEOC also alleged that
women were denied favorable job assignments, particularly kitchen
management experience, which was required for employees to be
considered for the top management job in the restaurants.

Outback Steakhouse To Pay $19 Million For Sex Bias Against Women In ‘Glass Ceiling’ Suit By EEOC

Are you confused about the law's definition of religious discrimination?

Are you confused about the law's definition of religious discrimination?

A Charlotte, N.C.-based equipment rental company will pay
$64,641 to settle a religious harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S.Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) just days before the case was scheduled for a jury trial.

The EEOC had sued Sunbelt Rentals, Inc., the nationwide commercial rental company, on behalf of a Muslim worker who was allegedly discriminated

against because of his Islamic faith at a company facility in
Gaithersburg, Md.

In its suit (EEOC v. Sunbelt Rentals, Inc., Civil Action
No. PJM 04-cv-2978) in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, the EEOC charged that Clinton Ingram was subjected to derogatory comments and slurs based on his religion, Islam. The comments, according to the EEOC, included suggestions that Ingram might be a terrorist because he is Muslim. The suit alleged that various other hostile incidents were also directed at Ingram because of his religion, such as subjecting him to an anti-Muslim cartoon. The lawsuit
settled just a few days before it was scheduled to go to trial.

In addition to paying over $64,000 in compensatory damages to Ingram, Sunbelt must also take other actions set forth in the consent
decree resolving the case, including providing anti- discrimination
training to its Gaithersburg staff and posting a notice about the settlement. Further, the company is enjoined from engaging in religious
harassment and must report complaints of religious harassment at itsGaithersburg facility to the EEOC for monitoring.

There are some quick q and A's for employers on this link:

http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/publications/backlash-employee.cfm