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EEOC Sues Employment Staffing Agency ILM for Sex-Based Hiring Discrimination

A California-based private employment and recruiting agency, Industrial Labor Management Group, Inc. (ILM), violated federal law by refusing to refer or place qualified female applicants for employment because of their gender, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
September 30, 2013

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River View Coal to Pay $245,000 to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Suit

River View Coal, LLC, will pay a total of $245,000 to a class of African-American applicants and furnish other relief to settle a class race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
September 26, 2013

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U-Haul to Pay $750,000 to Settle EEOC Racial Harassment & Retaliation Suit

U-Haul has agreed to pay $750,000 to eight African-American current and former employees and to provide other relief to settle a race and retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
September 24, 2013

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Schindler Elevator Corporation to Pay $35,000 to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Suit

Schindler Elevator Corporation, headquartered in Morristown, N.J. will pay $35,000 and furnish significant remedial relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. Schindler is one of the leading global manufacturers, installers, and servicers of elevators, escalators and moving walkways.
September 13, 2013

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EEOC Sues Dart Energy and J&R Well Services for Race / National Origin Discrimination, Retaliation

A Michigan-based energy company and its Wyoming subsidiary violated federal law against race and national origin harassment and retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed yesterday.  The EEOC charged that Dart Energy Corp., headquartered in Mason, Mich., and its subsidiary J&R Well Services, LLC, which operates an oil and gas well service business in Wyoming, created a hostile work environment for a group of black, Hispanic and Native American employees.  Further, the EEOC said, the companies fired some of these employees because of their race/national origin and/or because they complained about the discrimination.
September 10, 2013

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EEOC Sues Carolina Mattress Guild for Racial Harassment and Retaliation

Carolina Mattress Guild, Inc., a Thomasville, N.C.-based mattress manufacturer and distributor, subjected black employees to a racially hostile work environment and unlawfully fired the employee who complained about racial comments, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today.
August 28, 2013

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EEOC Sues Battaglia Distributing Company for Racial Discrimination

Battaglia Distributing Co., Inc., a Chicago wholesale food distributor located at 2500 South Ashland Avenue, permitted a hostile work environment where use of racial slurs was common, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.  According to the EEOC, slurs were used by both black and white supervisors to scold black employees.  In addition, frequent, offensive racial banter among hourly workers was routinely tolerated by management.
August 14, 2013

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Ultra Foods Sued by EEOC for Sex Discrimination

A Northern Indiana grocer unlawfully refused to hire a class of women to night shift stocking jobs because of their sex, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
July 22, 2013

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Bertolini Corporation Sued by EEOC for Retaliation

Bertolini Corporation, a manufacturer of stackable chairs located in Lawrenceburg, Tenn., violated federal law by firing two employees for complaining about unlawful national origin and race discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed yesterday. 
June 28, 2013

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EEOC Sues Performance Food Group for Nationwide Sex Discrimination in Hiring

A national marketer and distributor of national and proprietary-branded food and food-related products engaged in a pattern or practice of failing to hire female applicants for operative positions at distribution centers nationwide, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
June 17, 2013

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EEOC Files Suit Against Two Employers for Use of Criminal Background Checks

A BMW manufacturing facility in South Carolina, and the largest small-box discount retailer in the United States violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by implementing and utilizing a criminal background policy that resulted in employees being fired and others being screened out for employment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in two lawsuits filed today.
June 11, 2013

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Stone Pony Pizza Sued for Race Discrimination

Stone Pony Pizza, Inc., a Clarksdale pizza restaurant and bar, violated federal law by refusing to hire a class of African-American applicants because of their race, according to a lawsuit filed on Friday, May 17, 2013 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
May 20, 2013

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Employer Wellness Programs Need Guidance to Avoid Discrimination

Wellness programs are an increasingly common feature of employee benefits programs, and guidance is needed to avoid violations of federal equal employment opportunity laws, a panel of experts representing business, advocacy groups and providers told the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) at a meeting held today.
May 8, 2013

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EEOC Sues Cal-Maine Foods for Racial and Sexual Harassment, Retaliation

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., a national company that produces, processes and sells shell eggs, violated federal law by subjecting an African-American employee to racial and sexual harassment and retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. The discrimination occurred at the Cal-Maine Foods, facility in Waelder, Texas, a small town located east of San Antonio.
May 2, 2013

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Presrite Corporation to Pay $700,000 and Offer 40 Jobs to Settle EEOC Class Action Lawsuit

Presrite Corporation, a manufacturing company headquartered in Cleveland that makes gears and other industrial parts, will pay $700,000, offer jobs to no fewer than 40 women, and commit to other injunctive relief to settle a systemic class action lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
April 30, 2013

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EEOC Sues Olympia Construction

Olympia Construction, Inc. violated federal anti-discrimination laws when its project superintendent and a supervisor racially harassed three African-American employees at one of its Selma construction sites, according to a lawsuit filed March 29, 2013 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).  Olympia Construction, headquartered in Albertville, Ala., develops and builds housing for families and senior citizens in eight states throughout the South and Southeastern United States.
April 16, 2013