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Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination

RockTenn CP, LLC formerly known as Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, discriminated against an employee with a disability at Smurfit-Stone's Latta, S.C., facility and then unlawfully fired him, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday.  RockTenn CP, LLC acquired Smurfit-Stone in May 2011. 
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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EEOC Sues Professional Freezing Services  for Disability Discrimination

Professional Freezing Services, a cold storage warehouse and distribution company serving the Chicago area, violated federal law by failing to hire an applicant for its warehouse manager position because he had prostate cancer, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)  alleged in a lawsuit filed today.
June 5, 2013

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Luminant Mining Company LLC Settles EEOC Disability Lawsuit

Luminant Mining Company LLC, a Dallas, Texas coal mining company, will pay $150,000 to a former equipment operator to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 
May 31, 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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EEOC Files Class Genetic Information Discrimination Suit Against Corning Rehab Center

The Founders Pavilion, Inc., a Corning, N.Y., nursing and rehabilitation center, violated federal law by asking for genetic information during the hiring process, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.  The EEOC also alleged that Founders violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
May 16, 2013

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Jenny Yang Sworn In as EEOC Commissioner

Jenny R. Yang was sworn in today as Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Yang was nominated by President Obama on Aug. 2, 2012, and was unanimously confirmed by the Senate on April 25, 2013, to serve a term expiring July 1, 2017.
May 13, 2013

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Fabricut to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Disability and Genetic Information Discrimination Lawsuit

Fabricut, Inc., one of the world's largest distributors of decorative fabrics, will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability and genetic information discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  This is the first lawsuit ever filed by the EEOC alleging genetic discrimination.
May 7, 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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Hire Dynamics Sued by EEOC for Retaliation

Hire Dynamics, LLC, a major staffing and professional recruitment company headquartered in Duluth, Ga., violated federal law by retaliating against an employee because he filed a discrimination charge, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
April 23, 2013

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Baptist Health South Florida Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination

Baptist Health South Florida, a Miami-based hospital system, violated federal law when it refused a reasonable scheduling request from a newly hired physician with epilepsy at its Doctor's Hospital location in Coral Gables, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
April 22, 2013

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Alia Corp. To Pay $100,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Alia Corporation, a franchisee with over 20 fast-food chain restaurants throughout Central California, agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
April 18, 2013

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EDSI to Pay $70,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy & Disability Discrimination Suit

Engineering Documentation Systems, Inc. (EDSI) agreed to pay $70,000 and to implement anti-discrimination measures to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleging retaliation, pregnancy and disability discrimination, the federal agency announced today. 
April 15, 2013

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EEOC Sues Winfield Rubber for Retaliation

Winfield Rubber Manufacturing Co., Inc. violated federal law when it retaliated against one of its managers for firing an employee for sexual assault, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
April 8, 2013

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Bojangles' Franchise Sued by EEOC For Religious Discrimination

Bo-Cherry, Inc., a North Carolina corporation that operates several Bojangles' restaurants in the Charlotte metro area, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate an employee's religious beliefs and then fired him because of his religion, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
April 4, 2013

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EEOC Sues Presbyterian Healthcare for Disability Discrimination

Presbyterian Healthcare Associates Corp., one of the largest health care institutions in North Carolina, violated federal law by refusing to hire an applicant for a phlebotomist position because of an impairment to his left knee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. 
March 26, 2013

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Voss Lighting to Pay $82,500 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

Voss Electric Co., doing business as Voss Lighting, will pay $82,500 and furnish company-wide injunctive relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that the Lincoln, Neb.-based supplier of replacement lighting products violated federal law by refusing to hire a qualified applicant at its Tulsa location because of his religious beliefs.
March 19, 2013

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EEOC Sues Toys "R" Us for Disability Discrimination

Toys "R" Us, Inc., one of the world's largest retailers of toys and juvenile products, violated federal law when it first refused to provide an interpreter for a deaf applicant and then failed to hire her, the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today. 
March 19, 2013