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EEOC Sues City of Milpitas for Age Discrimination

The City of Milpitas in California's Silicon Valley violated federal law by choosing a younger candidate over older applicants with greater qualifications for the position of executive secretary to the city manager, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.   
September 28, 2015

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EEOC Sues Methodist Health System for Disability Discrimination

Methodist Health System and Methodist Charlton Medical Center, also known as Charlton Methodist Hospital, violated federal law by firing an employee because of her back injury, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
September 24, 2015

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EEOC Sues Windstream for Disability Discrimination

Major network communications giant Windstream Communications violated federal law by failing to accommodate a diabetic employee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
September 24, 2015

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EEOC and Cabela's Enter Into a Settlement in  Collaborative Effort to Improve Hiring  and Recruiting Practices

Cabela's Incorporated, a leading retailer of fishing, camping, and hunting equipment and apparel, has entered into a nationwide agreement to strengthen and improve its hiring and recruiting practices of minorities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. These actions are based on a settlement agreement with the federal agency that resolves an EEOC Commissioner's Charge of Discrimination alleging that Cabela's failed to recruit and hire minorities.
September 23, 2015

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Xerox State Healthcare, LLC Sued By EEOC For Disability Discrimination

Xerox State Healthcare, LLC, a health care company that offers health care program administration services for programs such as long-term care and pharmacy benefits management, violated federal law when it failed to provide a disabled applicant with a reasonable accommodation which would have allowed her to complete the company's required pre-employment drug screening, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a workplace discrimination lawsuit filed today.
September 17, 2015

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EEOC Charges AZ Metro Distributors with Age Discrimination

AZ Metro Distributors, a Woodbury, N.Y.-based beverages distribution company, violated federal law by firing two employees because of their ages, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. 
September 17, 2015

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Complete Maintenance Janitorial Service Sued By EEOC for Sexual Harassment

A Dallas/Fort Worth commercial janitorial service doing business in the New Orleans Metropolitan area violated federal law by creating a sexually hostile work environment and sexually assaulting a female employee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a recently filed lawsuit.  EEOC charged Complete Maintenance, Inc., with vicarious liability for the severe unlawful sexual harassment created by one of the company's supervisors.
September 16, 2015

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QSI Business Solutions, LLC Sued By EEOC For  Pregnancy Discrimination

QSI Business Solutions, a Dalton, Georgia, staffing and temporary employment agency, violated federal law by refusing to hire or place for employment an applicant after learning that she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it recently filed.
September 16, 2015

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EEOC Sues Healthcare Agency for Pregnancy Discrimination

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed suit against Your Health Team, L.L.C. for violating federal law by firing a female home health aide because of her pregnancy. Your Health Team is a home health agency that provides nursing and home health care in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
September 15, 2015

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BMW to Pay $1.6 Million and Offer Jobs to Settle Federal Race Discrimination Lawsuit

The U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina today entered a consent decree ordering BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC (BMW) to pay $1.6 million and provide job opportunities to alleged victims of race discrimination as part of the resolution of a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The lawsuit, filed by EEOC's Charlotte District Office, alleged that BMW excluded African-American logistics workers from employment at a disproportionate rate when the company's new logistics contractor applied BMW's criminal conviction records guidelines to incumbent logistics employees.
September 8, 2015

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Sharp Healthcare Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination

Sharp HealthCare, an operator of hospitals and medical facilities, violated federal law when it denied hire to a job applicant because it perceived her as disabled, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 1, 2015

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EEOC Sues Hearn-Kirkwood For  Pay Discrimination and Retaliation

Gilbert Foods, LLC, d/b/a Hearn-Kirkwood, a food service distributor, violated federal law when it engaged in a longstanding pattern of sex-based pay discrimination and fired a female worker who complained about being paid less than her male counterparts despite performing equal work, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
August 27, 2015

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EEOC Sues Neenah Paper for Disability Discrimination

Neenah Paper, Inc., a manufacturer of various types of premium paper with a paper mill in Munsing, Mich., violated federal law by discriminating against a production worker because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commis­sion (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
August 27, 2015

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Target Corporation to Pay $2.8 Million to Resolve EEOC Discrimination Finding

Target Corporation, which is headquartered in Minneapolis, has agreed to pay $2.8 million to resolve a Commissioner's charge of discrimination which was investigated in the Minneapolis Area Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).  Based on the investigation, EEOC found reasonable cause to believe that three employment assessments formerly used by Target disproportionately screened out applicants for exempt-level professional positions based on race and sex.  The tests were not sufficiently job-related and consistent with business necessity, and thus violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, EEOC found.  
August 24, 2015

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National Federation of the Blind Sued for Religious Discrimination by EEOC

The National Federation of the Blind, the largest organization of blind and low-vision people in the United States, violated federal law when it refused to allow an employee to observe his Sabbath and instead terminated him because of his religion, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
August 21, 2015

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Tempe Restaurant Sued by EEOC for Pregnancy Discrimination

The Moonshine Group, LLC, owners of the Moonshine Whiskey Bar in Tempe, Ariz., violated federal law by removing a bartender from her duties after discovering she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
August 21, 2015

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Hufcor, Inc. to Pay $120,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Suit

Hufcor, Inc., of Janesville, Wis., the world's leading manufacturer of operable and accordion partitions, will pay $120,000 and furnish other relief under a consent decree entered in a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
August 17, 2015

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EEOC Wins $365,000 Default Judgment Against Bliss Cabaret for Race Discrimination and Retaliation

A Clearwater, Fla., adult entertainment club and its parent company violated federal law by firing an African-American employee on the basis of race and later retaliating against a manager who objected to the racism by terminating him. The company must pay over $365,000 in total monetary relief according to the default judgment entered on August 11, 2015, by Hon. Virginia M. Hernandez Covington, U.S. District Judge.
August 13, 2015

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Bedford Weaving Sued for Genetic Information and Disability Discrimination

Bedford Weaving, Inc., a broad loom fabric weaving manufacturer, violated federal law when it asked an applicant for genetic information and made illegal medical inquiries, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. The suit also alleged Bedford Weaving failed to hire the applicant because she disclosed her disability on the application and that it failed to retain employment applications as required by federal law.    
August 13, 2015