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Latinos Bullied Black and White Workers, Held Spanish-Only Safety Meetings, Agency Charged

SAN ANTONIO – E&D Services, Inc., a Mississippi-based drilling company accused of engaging in racial harassment and retaliation against white and black employees at a South Texas work site, has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a Title VII lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 

     

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, four employees

Utah Duplication Company Fired Employee Because of His Parkinson's Disease, Federal Agency Charged

DENVER – A Salt Lake City-based media duplication company will pay $65,000 to a former employee and furnish other injunctive relief in a consent decree to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, EEOC v. CDI Media, Inc., No. 2-07-CV-00695-DS, CDI Media failed to provide

Evergreen Store Fired Employee for Filing Sex Discrimination Charge,  Federal Agency Said

     

DENVER - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Atlanta-based Home Depot, U.S.A., Inc., will pay $84,750 and furnish other relief to settle a retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). 

           

The EEOC's lawsuit (Case No. 06-cv-01950-LTB-CBS in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado) charged

Advance Auto Parts, the second-largest automotive aftermarket retailer in the United States, has agreed to pay $40,000 and furnish equitable relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

Caribbean Rastafarian Employees Treated Unfairly, Federal Agency Charged

     

NEW YORK – Grand Central Partnership, Inc. (GCP) has agreed to settle a religious and national origin discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  GCP was created by Midtown Manhattan property owners and businesses to revitalize the neighborhood surrounding Grand Central Terminal and it provides privately managed sanitation, maintenance and public safety operations.

     

Stylist Fired Because of Refusal to Work on Sabbath, Federal Agency Charged

     

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Regis Corporation, doing business as SmartStyle, will pay $26,250 and provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

           

The EEOC's suit (No. 3:08-0821, filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee) had charged that

Seven Women Abused by Co-Workers, Federal Agency Charged

LOUISVILLE,  Ky. – A Georgetown, Ky.,  restaurant will pay $60,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal  Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According  to the EEOC’s suit, seven female employees at the Golden Corral Buffet &  Grill were sexually harassed by male co-workers who verbally abused the women  and rubbed against them. The company (Golden  Ranch

Company Fired African American Housekeepers and Replaced Them With Hispanics, Federal Agency Charged

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. – A Pinehurst, N.C.-based support services company  for condo­minium complexes and resorts will pay $44,700 and furnish significant  remedial relief to settle a race and national origin discrimination lawsuit  filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency  announced today. The EEOC had charged  that Little River Golf, Inc. unlawfully discharged six employees because of  their race (African

Telecommunications Giant Fired Employee Because He Complained About Race Bias, Federal Agency Says

PITTSBURGH – AT&T (formerly Cingular Wireless), a Fortune 500 telecommunications company, will pay $75,000 to settle a federal race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 

The EEOC charged that John T. Davidson, an African American retail sales consultant at AT&T's Penn Place store in Monroeville, Pa., applied for several managerial positions

EEOC Prevails in Jury Verdict and Subsequent Appeal for Two Customer Service Technicians Fired for Attending Jehovah's Witness Convention

     

JONESBORO, Ark. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that a Satisfaction of Judgment was entered in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Jonesboro Division, in a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the federal agency against communications giant AT&T, Inc. on behalf of two male customer service

EEOC Says City Rejected Qualified 58-Year-Old Applicant Due to Ageism

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a discrimination lawsuit filed today that the City of Greensboro violated federal law by refusing to hire a qualified 58-year-old applicant because of his age, and instead hiring younger, less qualified applicants.

According to the EEOC's complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (Equal Employment

Charter School Provider Fired Woman Because of Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Federal Agency Charges

DETROIT – A Detroit provider of charter school education and related education services violated federal law by firing an employee because of her breast cancer, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC's suit (EEOC v. Evans Solutions, Inc., Case No. 2:09CV13016) filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District

Louisiana Office Products Supplier Denied Black Account Manager Fair Wages Due to Race, Federal Agency Charges

     

NEW ORLEANS – The Gulf Coast Division of a nationwide office products supplier violated federal law by denying an African American account manager fair wages due to his race, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

         

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, Corporate Express Office

Federal Agency Says Company Denied Equal Pay to Working Women

     

CLEVELAND – The Health Management Group, Inc., the parent company for franchises Physicians Weight Loss Centers of America, Inc., and Diet Center Worldwide, Inc., violated federal law when it paid two female employees less than a male employee who performed the same duties, according to a lawsuit filed today by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). 

The EEOC says in the

EEOC Settles Suit Against San Antonio Restaurant on Behalf of Female Victims, Including Teen, Subjected to Sexual Touching, Comments, Gestures, and Requests for Sexual Favors

     

SAN ANTONIO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit against Luby's Restaurants Limited Partnership, doing business as Luby's San Antonio #19 (Luby's), for $135,000 and significant remedial relief on behalf of a class of female workers who

EEOC Charged Food Service Giant Discriminated Against Disabled Workers

     

INDIANAPOLIS – Food service giant AVI Foodsystems, Inc. (AVI) will pay more than $90,000 and offer jobs to discrimination victims to settle a class disability discrimination suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced today.

           

The EEOC charged in its suit (Case no. 2:09-cv-00656-JDH-MRA), filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District

L&T Group of Companies Charged with Numerous Types of Employment Discrimination

     

SAIPAN, CNMI – L&T Group of Companies, Ltd., the largest employer and conglomerate of garment manufacturers in Saipan, has agreed to pay $1.7 million and to provide far reaching and significant injunctive relief to settle a series of lawsuits filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that charged the company with retaliation and discrimination based on national origin, pregnancy

Black Janitor Was Fired Because of Race, Federal Agency Charged

     

EL PASO, Texas – ABM Janitorial Services-South Central, Inc. has agreed to pay $46,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 

           

According to the EEOC's lawsuit (Civil Action No. EP-08-CA-0220, filed in the El Paso Division of U.S. District Court

Women Were Abused by T&D Electric's Co-Owner/President, Agency Charged

GREENSBORO, N.C. - The U.S. District Court in the Middle District of North Carolina has ordered electrical contractor T&D Electric Company of Burlington, N.C., to pay $175,674 to two female employees who were subjected to sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

The EEOC had charged in its lawsuit (EEOC v. T&D Electric Company of Burlington, Inc., Civil Action No

EEOC Said Nightclub Fired Bartender Because She Was Expecting

EL PASO,  Texas – 54 Downtown, Inc., a  Texas corporation which owned and operated Studio 69, a downtown El Paso  nightclub, has agreed to pay $15,000 and furnish other relief to settle a  pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity  Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit  (Civil Action No. EP-08-CV-0374-PRM), filed in the El Paso Division of the

EEOC Said Employer Fired Woman Battling Breast Cancer When She Attempted to Return to Work

BALTIMORE -- A White Marsh, Md., medical practice will pay for $125,000  and furnish significant remedial 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 Medical Health Group, Inc., refused to return an employee to work  who had recovered from breast cancer surgery.

According 

EEOC Says Frozen Food Distributor Refused to Hire Temporary Employee on Permanent Basis

     

COVINGTON, Ky. – Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc., a Kentucky area frozen food distributor, violated federal law by refusing to hire a qualified applicant for a job because of his vision impairment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a disability discrimination lawsuit announced today.

           

According to the EEOC's suit, Ernest

EEOC Settles Suit Charging Company With Creating Racially Hostile Workplace

SALISBURY, N.C. – The owners of a Lexington, N.C.,  furniture store will pay $80,000 and furnish significant injunctive relief to  settle a race harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity  Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The  EEOC had brought the suit against Stanleytown, Va.-based Stanley Furniture  Company, Inc. on behalf of black production workers Johnny Wright, Darlene  Dickerson and Elease Griffin, who

Settlement With White Hall Nursing Includes Monetary and Other Relief

LITTLE  ROCK, Ark. – White Hall Nursing and Rehabilitation Center,  an elder-care facility in White Hall,  Ark., will pay $24,000 to settle  a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The  EEOC’s lawsuit (Civil Action No. 5:08-cv-00185, filed in U.S. District Court  for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Pine Bluff Division) charged that White  Hall denied