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NEWARK, N.J. - TGS Garage & Doors, a company that sells, installs and repairs garage doors and garage door openers in central New Jersey, will pay $55,000 and provide other relief to settle a race harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced.

According to the EEOC's suit, TGS subjected its only black service technician to racial harassment. His supervisor and co-workers made comments about his skin color, used

TAMPA - Interconnect Cable Technology Corporation (ICTC), an electronics manufacturer in Brooksville, Fla., violated federal law by demoting and later discharging an employee after she was hospitalized for a mental illness, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday.

According to the EEOC's suit, the employee had worked for ICTC for over 20 years, during which she was repeatedly promoted and held various positions. In June 2019, she was hospitalized

OXFORD, Miss. - Prewett Enterprises, Inc., doing business as B&P Enterprises, and Desoto Marine, LLC, rail services and disaster response companies,will pay $250,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race harassment case brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, Prewett and Desoto supervisors and managers subjected African American employees to daily harassment and humiliation because of their race by calling them racially

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - BHT Constructions LLC, a construction contracting company based in Davie, Fla., has agreed to pay $38,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC charged in its lawsuit that BHT violated federal law by failing to hire a well-qualified female applicant because of her sex. According to the EEOC's lawsuit, a woman who

NEW YORK - KTF Enterprises, Inc. and Kirker Enterprises, Inc., related nail polish manufacturers, have agreed to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employ­ment Opportunity Com­mission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. Three former employees with disabilities will receive $175,000 in monetary relief resulting from the settlement. 

The EEOC's lawsuit charged KTF and Kirker with violating federal law when they refused to accommodate three factory workers with disabilities employed at the

WASHINGTON - Washington Hospital Center Corporation, doing business as MedStar Washington Hospital Center, and MedStar Health, Inc. will pay $150,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a disability and retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC's suit, Melissa Boyd was working for MedStar as a patient care tech­nician when she sustained a disabling knee injury on the job. After that

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - Limeños Corporation, doing business as Ceviche House, violated federal law when an owner and general manager subjected a female server to sexual harassment, retaliated against her when she complained, and made her work conditions so intolerable she was forced to resign, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. 

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, Ceviche House's part-owner Marcelo López Mandujano made the restaurant a sexually-charged

ST. LOUIS - The University of Kansas will pay $144,000 and furnish other relief to settle a retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) fired a manager in its Information Resources Department after he complained that his boss had directed super­visors and managers to recruit and hire young people, particularly millennials. The manager noted

ST. LOUIS - The University of Kansas will pay $144,000 and furnish other relief to settle a retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) fired a manager in its Information Resources Department after he complained that his boss had directed super­visors and managers to recruit and hire young people, particularly millennials. The manager noted

Olympia, Wash.-based Koelsch Senior Communities, as well as The Hampton at Salmon Creek, one of the memory care facilities operated by Koelsch, will pay $450,000 and adopt anti-discrimination policies and training to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

Erickson Living Management, LLC, a Catonsville, Md.-based company which builds and manages retirement communities in 11 states, will pay $151,000 in monetary relief and furnish significant equitable relief to resolve a federal retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

Covenant HealthCare, a non-profit health care system based in Saginaw, Mich., is violating federal law by paying a female employee a lower wage than two male co-workers who hold the same position, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

Sierra Creative Systems, Inc., doing business as Addressers, a Paramount, Calif.-based printing, mailing and fulfillment company, has agreed to pay $690,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.    

Porous Materials, Inc., an Ithaca, N.Y., manufacturer, will pay $93,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race, sex, and national origin harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced.

Steel Painters, LLC, an industrial sandblasting and painting services company based in Beaumont, Texas, has agreed to pay monetary damages and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

Isanti, Minn., winter recreation vehicle manufacturer SnoBear USA, Inc. has agreed to pay $20,000 to settle an equal pay sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employ­ment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The owners/operators of Chicago Harley Davidson, in Glenview, Ill., violated federal law by fostering a sexually hostile work environment for a female business manager and then firing her for complaining about it, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. The respondent companies are DP Fox Ventures, LLC, Fox Glenview, LLC, and Fox Illinois Staffing, LLC.

A northern Indiana vending and coffee service provider will pay $22,000 and other significant relief to resolve a race discrimination lawsuit filed last year by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

Prestige Care, Inc., Prestige Senior Living, LLC, and their affiliates will pay $2 million and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination suit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that the companies failed to provide accommodations for employees with disabilities.

Des Plaines, Ill.-based M&M Limousine Service will pay a deaf job applicant $30,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

A Medford, Ore., restaurant violated federal law by allowing its former manager to repeatedly sexually harass young female employees, letting one worker go after she re­ported the illegal conduct, and creating conditions so intolerable that another worker quit involunt­arily, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

Burrow Global Services, LLC fired a worker in his 60s because of his age and replaced him with a younger worker in his 30s, violating federal age discrimination laws, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.  

Yale New Haven Hospital, the teaching hospital of the Yale School of Medicine, violated federal law by adopting and implementing a discriminatory "Late Career Practitioner Policy," the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

Hat World, Inc., an Indianapolis-based retailer of sports hats and fan gear, will pay $33,000 and provide other relief to settle a retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Hat World violated federal law when it fired a "Lids" store manager for complaining about sexual harassment and filing an EEOC charge.