Message-ID: <8690325.1075853135009.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 07:04:28 -0700 (PDT) From: laquitta.washington@enron.com To: bonne.castellano@enron.com, a..hope@enron.com, rick.johnson@enron.com, sandra.lighthill@enron.com, michelle.cash@enron.com Subject: Weekly EEAC Mailings Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Washington, LaQuitta X-To: Castellano, Bonne , Hope, Valeria A. , Johnson, Rick , Lighthill, Sandra , Cash, Michelle X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \MCASH (Non-Privileged)\Cash, Michelle\Inbox\DLR X-Origin: Cash-M X-FileName: MCASH (Non-Privileged).pst The following EEAC Mailings have been added to the O:\HR\OLER\Everyone\EEAC Mailings\2001 Mailings Directory. N01-33 Dr. Sharon Whittaker To Speak at Fall Meeting, October 17-18, Scottsdale, Arizona N01-34 EEAC's Fall 2001 Training Seminars Offer Full Range of EEO Learning Opportunities 01-160 Congress Again Considering Legislation Requiring Parity for Mental Illnesses Under Group Health Insurance Plans The federal law that requires employer group health plans to provide partial parity for mental illness benefits is scheduled to expire on September 30. Congress is scrambling to pass legislation that would both extend and expand the law before the deadline hits. 01-161 EEOC's Third Quarter Enforcement Statistics Show Increase in Charge Filings EEOC's latest quarterly enforcement numbers show that an increase in charge intake that began last year is continuing. 01-162 Fighting Back: Some Employers Are Seeking - and Winning - Sanctions Against Plaintiffs and Their Lawyers in Frivolous Discrimination Cases EEAC's analysis of recent cases suggests that employers may be getting more aggressive in challenging frivolous discrimination lawsuits by asking the courts to penalize the lawyers who bring them, and the courts are demonstrating a willingness to do so.