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Piloto Photo Center Sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

Piloto Photo Center, Inc., a Miami-based photography studio and photograph processor, violated federal law when it subjected female employees to sexual and gender-based harassment, and then fired two employees who complained, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
February 23, 2012

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Tyson Foods Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

Tyson Foods, Inc., one of the world's largest processors of chicken, beef and pork, will pay $35,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that Tyson Foods refused to hire a former employee because he had epilepsy.
February 23, 2012

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Jimmy's Charhouse of Elgin Pays $205,000 to Resolve EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

Jimmy's Charhouse of Elgin, an Elgin, Ill., steakhouse, will pay $205,000 to resolve a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC sued Jimmy's Charhouse on behalf of female employees who charged that they were sexually harassed by restaurant employees, including managers. The case, EEOC v. Jimmy's Charhouse of Elgin, Inc. (10 C 6181), was filed on September 27, 2010.
February 21, 2012

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Ready Mix to Pay $400,000 To Settle EEOC Racial Harassment Lawsuit

Ready Mix USA, a major cement and concrete products company, will pay $400,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit for racial harassment filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
February 21, 2012

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Brooks County, Texas Settles EEOC Retaliation Discrimination Suit

Brooks County, Texas will pay $20,000 and furnish other relief to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that the county government unlawfully retaliated against an employee for filing an age discrimination complaint.
February 16, 2012

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Convergys Settles EEOC Suit for Religious Discrimination

Convergys Customer Management Group, a subsidiary of the Cincinnati-based Convergys Corp., a global provider of customer management services, will pay $15,000 and furnish other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the EEOC announced today.  The EEOC charged Convergys with violating federal law by refusing to hire a call center job applicant who could not work on Saturdays due to his religious beliefs.
February 16, 2012

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Product Fabricators to Pay $40,000 to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit

Product Fabricators, Inc., a Pine City, Minn., manufacturer, will pay $40,000 to settle a disability discrimination suit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC's consent decree resolving the case was approved yesterday by Judge Paul A. Magnuson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.
February 15, 2012

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North Texas Air Conditioning Company Settles EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit Just Before Trial

Weatherford, Texas-based Hobson Air Conditioning, Inc. has settled a sexual harassment and constructive discharge lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) the day before the case was to be presented to a jury, the federal agency announced today.  The settlement pays the discrimination victim in this case $37,500 and provides extensive injunctive relief to prevent future unlawful conduct.
February 9, 2012

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Modesto Retailer Settles Disability Discrimination Suit

Modesto retailer Buy Rite Thrift Store has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
February 7, 2012

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EEOC Wins Jury Award from Phoenix Subway Franchisee for Pregnancy Discrimination

In a legal victory for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), an Arizona federal jury returned a verdict for punitive damages against High Speed Enterprise, Inc., a corporation that owns five Phoenix-area Subway fast-food restaurant franchises. Federal District Court Judge Roslyn O. Silver had previously ruled that a central Phoenix Subway violated federal law when it refused to hire a job applicant solely because she was pregnant. Thursday, January 26, 2012, the Phoenix jury of seven -- five men and two women -- returned a unanimous verdict finding that Belinda Murillo, the job applicant, was entitled to punitive damages. The jury awarded $7,280 in punitive damages to Belinda Murillo. The court will now decide back pay damages and injunctive relief.
January 30, 2012

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EEOC Sues Heartland Automotive Services for Disability Discrimination

Heartland Automotive Services, Inc., the nation's largest Jiffy Lube franchisee, violated federal law by refusing to hire an applicant at a Memphis store because of his hearing impairment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday.
January 25, 2012

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Private Sector Bias Charges Hit All-Time High

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received a record 99,947 charges of employment discrimination and obtained $455.6 million in relief through its administrative program and litigation in Fiscal Year 2011, the agency announced today.
January 25, 2012

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Houston Restaurant Chain Sued by EEOC For Sexual Harassment

A Houston-area restaurant chain violated federal law when it subjected its bartenders to sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.  The EEOC also alleged that the company subjected the workers to retaliation after they complained about the misconduct.
January 24, 2012

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EEOC Sues Hutchinson Sealing Systems For Age Discrimination

A large Auburn Hills, Mich.-based manufacturer of parts for the automotive, aerospace, defense, and marine industries violated federal law by laying off various engineers on the basis of their age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
January 20, 2012

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Choctaw Transportation Company Settles EEOC Racial Discrimination Suit for $75,000

Choctaw Transportation Company, Inc., a marine construction and transportation company located in Dyersburg, Tenn., will pay $75,000 to an African-American job applicant to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
January 19, 2012

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Rafael's Italian Restaurant Settles EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit

Rafael's Italian Restaurant, a Tennessee restaurant chain, has agreed to pay $25,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
January 18, 2012

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Findlay Honda to Pay $150,000 to Resolve EEOC Discrimination Lawsuit

Shack-Findlay Automotive, LLC, doing business as Findlay Honda and Findlay Automotive Group, Inc., a car dealership in Henderson, Nev., will pay $150,000 to two black employees for subjecting them to discrimination, harassment and retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
January 17, 2012