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EEOC Sues Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center for Disability Discrimination, Retaliation

An East St. Louis, Ill., non-profit social service agency violated federal law by subjecting an employee to disability discrimination and retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a discrimination lawsuit filed today.  The EEOC charged that Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center (CBHC) refused to provide a reasonable accommodation to a disabled employee and then failed to rehire her after she was laid off because of her disability, and in retaliation for complaining about the lack of accommodation. 
September 26, 2012

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Philips Entertainment Lighting Settles EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit

Louisville, Ky.-based Genlyte Thomas Group, LLC, doing business as Philips Entertainment Lighting, will pay $30,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that the company subjected former employee KeWanda Lawson to a sexually hostile work environment.
September 26, 2012

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Security Company Sued for Pregnancy Discrimination

West Sacramento security services company Quest Intelligence Group violated federal law when it refused to allow a female security officer to return to work after maternity leave, the U.S. Equal Employ­ment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. 
September 20, 2012

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Intellectually Disabled Workers Awarded $1.3M for Pay Discrimination by Henry’s Turkey Service

Hill Country Farms Inc., doing business as Henry’s Turkey Service, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by paying 32 workers with intellectual disabilities severely substandard wages, a judge has ruled in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).  The court ordered the company, based in Goldthwaite, Texas, to pay its former employees lawful wages totaling $1.3 million for jobs they performed under contract at a turkey processing plant in West Liberty, Iowa between 2007 and 2009. 
September 19, 2012

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EEOC Sues King Soopers for Discriminating Against Employee with Bipolar Disorder

Dillon Companies, which does business in Colorado as King Soopers, Inc., a large retail food company, refused to accommodate and unlawfully fired a receptionist at its company headquarters because of her bipolar condition, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Denver.
September 18, 2012

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Delano Regional Medical Center to Pay Nearly $1 Million in EEOC National Origin Discrimination Suit

Delano Regional Medical Center (DRMC), an acute care hospital in California's San Joaquin Valley, will pay $975,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) on behalf of a class of approximately 70 Filipino-American hospital workers.  The settlement, announced today, resolves the EEOC's and APALC's charges that the workers endured ongoing harassment and discrimination due to their national origin, stemming from the top levels of hospital management.
September 17, 2012

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Home Depot to Pay $100,000 to Settle  EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

The world's largest home improvement specialty retailer will pay $100,000 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 Home Depot, U.S.A., Inc. failed to provide a reasonable accommodation for a cashier with cancer at its Towson, Md., store and then fired her because of her condition.
September 5, 2012

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EEOC Sues Platinum PTS / Platinum Production Testing Services for Pregnancy Discrimination

Platinum Production Testing Services, a Laredo company which provides oil/gas testing, measuring, surveying and analysis surveys, discriminated on the basis of pregnancy when it fired an employee after she requested leave for a pregnancy-related complication, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today. 
September 4, 2012

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Vitol and Johnson Controls to Pay $62,500 to Settle EEOC Lawsuit for Retaliation

A Houston-based oil company and a Wisconsin-based energy and manufacturing company will pay $62,500 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 both Vitol, Inc. and Johnson Controls, Inc. were responsible for unlawfully firing an employee for filing a sex discrimination charge against Vitol.
September 4, 2012

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Magnetics International to Pay $30,000  To Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Suit

Magnetics International, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation that supports steel mills by regenerating hydrochloric acid used in the steelmaking process and generates iron oxide as a marketable byproduct, will pay $30,000 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
August 15, 2012

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Hawaii Electric Company to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. (HECO) will pay $50,000 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 HECO denied an employee a meter reader position due to an eye condition.  HECO, an electric distribution company, is the primary energy provider for the Hawaiian islands.
August 14, 2012

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Morningside House of Ellicott City to Pay $25,000 for Religious Discrimination

An Ellicott City, Md., assisted living center will pay $25,000 and furnish other 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 Morningside House of Ellicott City denied hire to a Muslim job applicant because she refused to remove her hijab, a headscarf worn by Muslim women as a religious obligation.
August 6, 2012

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dELiA*S Will Pay $75,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

dELiA*s Inc., a specialty retailer primarily targeting teenage girls and young women, has agreed to pay $75,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. 
August 2, 2012

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Banner Health Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit for $255,000

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has settled a disability discrimination lawsuit against Banner Health, headquartered in Phoenix. The EEOC had charged the company with breaching a mediation agreement it entered into, and firing and failing to accommodate an employee because he had a disability. Banner Health operates in Colorado, Nebraska, Arizona, California, Nevada, Wyoming, and Alaska. It is one of the largest non-profit health care systems in the country.
July 30, 2012

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Howard University Failed to Hire Applicant Due to His Disability, EEOC Says

Howard University in the District of Columbia violated federal law when it refused to hire an applicant for a security position at its hospital because of his disability, diabetes, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.  Howard University, founded in 1862, is a private, historically black university.  Howard University Hospital is a division of the University at large and is subject to its employment policies and procedures.
July 19, 2012

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Court Orders Hawaii HealthCare Professionals and Its Owner to Pay over $190,000 for Age Discrimination

Hawaii Healthcare Professionals, Inc. – also known as Hawaii Professional HomeCare Services, Inc. – and its owner have been ordered to pay $193,236 to a woman allegedly fired due to her age, in a default judgment awarded by U.S. District Judge Alan C. Kay in Hawaii, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.  The judgment resolves an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the EEOC against the Honolulu-based home health care services company in 2010. 
July 19, 2012

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EEOC Sues ABM Security Services for Religious Discrimination

ABM Security Services, Inc., a subsidiary of ABM, one of the largest facility management service providers in the United States, violated federal law when it fired a Muslim employee for asking to wear a religious head covering on the job, the U.S. Equal Employ­ment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today. 
July 18, 2012

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EEOC Holds Unprecedented Public Meeting to Hear Views on Strategic Enforcement Plan

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission today held an unprecedented public meeting at which academics, representatives of the civil rights, business and federal sector communities, as well as former EEOC leaders and current employees presented their views about the agency's proposed Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP).
July 18, 2012

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RCC Consultants Will Pay $45,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

RCC Consultants, Inc., a New Jersey-based telecommunications engineering and consulting company that has offices throughout the United States, has agreed to pay $45,000 and furnish other significant relief to settle a disability lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
July 10, 2012

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Giumarra Vineyards Agrees to Sweeping Changes to Settle EEOC Suit Filed on Behalf of Indigenous Farmworkers

Giumarra Vineyards, one of the largest growers of table grapes in the United States, will settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.  The company agreed to comprehensive and sweeping changes of company procedures in dealing with discrimination and retaliation, affecting up to 3,000 employees and to expend a total of $350,000 to resolve EEOC's case.
July 2, 2012