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UPDATED with the letter: EXCLUSIVE: In a letter to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) under Chair Rep. Joaquin Castro is urging them to update their report “Diversity in the Media: A Chart Book for Selected Industries” which hasn’t been touched since 2004. The…

There were 667 sexual harassment complaints filed with the EEOC by workers employed in the arts, entertainment and recreation industries from 2005-15, according to the latest data provided by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, but the federal agency charged with preventing workplace harassment has taken very…

EXCLUSIVE: The EEOC is in settlement talks with the major studios to resolve charges that they systemically discriminated against female directors. "Every one of the major studios has received a charge contending that they failed to hire women directors," a knowledgeable source told Deadline. The Equal Employment Oppor…

A year after it called on the U.S. government’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate industrywide discrimination against women film and TV directors, the ACLU said today it is "encouraged by the scope of the government's process" and is "hopeful that the government will be moving in a more targeted…

As the New Year arrives, the film and television industry should be bracing for one of the biggest legal challenges it's faced in decades — one that could affect the way every studio, network and production company does business for years to come. That challenge is coming from the federal government's Equal Employment…

The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has begun interviewing female directors as its investigation into discrimination against female film and TV directors is officially underway. First up was director Maria Giese, who was interviewed at the EEOC's offices in Los Angeles for four hours on…

The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will begin interviewing dozens of female directors next week in an effort to see what action, if any, it should take to combat discrimination against female film and TV directors. A letter from the EEOC went out to some 50 women late last week. It could be the first…