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EEOC Suit Claims Chubb Insurance Refused to Promote Asian Employee Because of Race

Chubb & Son, a property and casualty insurance giant, unlawfully refused to consider an Asian employee in its Milwaukee underwriting office for promotions based on her race, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.  The suit further asserted that Chubb illegally retaliated against the employee, Kong Chee Vang, for filing a discrimination charge with EEOC, and she was again passed over for job openings as a result.
September 28, 2010

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Basic Energy Services Sued by EEOC for Race Discrimination and Retaliation

Basic Energy Services, L.P., a major oil well servicing contractor, violated federal law by firing a black employee because of his race and for protesting racial harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed on September 28, 2010.
September 28, 2010

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EEOC Sues New York University for National Origin and Racial Harassment, Retaliation

New York University, the largest private university in the United States and one of New York City's ten biggest employers, violated federal law by creating a hostile work environment for an African-born employee that included degrading verbal harassment based on national origin and race, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
September 27, 2010

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Gerresheimer Sued By EEOC For Gender Wage Discrimination And Retaliation

Gerresheimer Wilden Plastics (USA) L.P., a glass and plastics manufacturer based in Peachtree City, Ga., violated federal law when it paid an African-American employee less than non-blacks for performing equal work and then fired her in retaliation for complaining about the discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
September 27, 2010

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CSX Sued By EEOC For Race Discrimination

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today it has filed a discrimination lawsuit against Jacksonville, Fla.-based railroad giant CSX Transportation, Inc. for race discrimination.
September 27, 2010

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EEOC Sues DHL for Segregating Employees by Race

CHICAGO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a race discrimination lawsuit against DHL Express, Inc. on behalf of a class of African-American employees who were given different job assignments because of their race.  The EEOC received more than 20 charges of discrimination against DHL alleging that the shipping and delivery giant discriminated against black workers.
September 24, 2010

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EEOC Sues Cost Cutters Hair Salon For Retaliation

Tomlin Hair Care, Inc., doing business as Cost Cutters Family Hair Care, unlawfully fired hair stylist Pam Hairston for complaining about an assistant manger's racist comments, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in an employment discrimination lawsuit filed today. The company operates 14 hair salons in the southwest Virginia and Knoxville, Tenn., regions and employs approximately 90 employees. Hairston worked at the defendant's salon in Martinsville, Va.
September 23, 2010

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EEOC Sues Marvin's Fresh Farmhouse, Inc. For Racial Harassment, Race Discrimination, And Retaliation

Marvin's Fresh Farmhouse, Inc., a family-owned restaurant located in Mt. Pleasant, N.C., violated federal law by subjecting Darick Alsbrooks, an African-American employee, to racial harassment and demoting him because of his race, and then discharging him for filing a charge of discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.  The lawsuit also alleges that Marvin's Fresh discharged a white employee, Michelle Johnson, because of her association with Alsbrooks.  Finally, the EEOC claims that Marvin's Fresh violated federal law by failing to post or display information regarding federal anti-discrimination laws as required by Title VII. 
September 23, 2010

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Chapman University Sued For Race Discrimination

Chapman University, a private university in Orange, Calif., violated federal law when it denied tenure to and then discharged a black professor due to her race, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 20, 2010

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$10 Million Consent Decree Ends Racial Harassment Case Against YRC/Roadway Express

Federal Magistrate Judge Susan E. Cox has granted preliminary approval to a $10 million, five-year consent decree which will end the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) race harassment and discrimination lawsuit against Roadway Express and YRC, Inc.  In addition to the multi-million-dollar monetary relief, the decree enjoins future discrimination at the facilities and requires the appointment of a monitor to oversee its implementation.
September 15, 2010

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EEOC Sues Wells Fargo for Race, Age Discrimination

Wells Fargo Financial Michigan, Inc., (NYSE: WFC), a multi-trillion-dollar financial services company, subjected an employee to discrimination by failing to promote her because of her age and race, the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 15, 2010

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Choctaw Transportation Company Sued By EEOC For Race Discrimination

A Dyersburg, Tenn., company violated federal law by refusing to hire a class of African-Americans for deckhand positions because of their race, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed on September 9, 2010. The EEOC also charged that Choctaw maintained segregated job assignments and failed to properly maintain its medical and personnel records.
September 13, 2010

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Abercrombie & Fitch Sued For  Religious Discrimination

Clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch, Co. (NYSE: ANF) violated federal law when it refused to hire a Muslim job applicant because she wore a hijab (religious head scarf), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a workplace discrimination lawsuit filed today.
September 1, 2010

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Bayview Nonprofit Sued For National Origin and Pregnancy Discrimination

A Bayview Hunters Point nonprofit violated federal law when it failed to promote and instead terminated an employee because of her Samoan national origin and her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
August 27, 2010

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Paramount Staffing To Pay $585,000 To Settle EEOC Lawsuit

Paramount Staffing, Inc., a temporary staffing agency, headquartered in Northbrook, Ill., will pay $ 585,000 to resolve a race and national origin lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
August 23, 2010

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Elmer W. Davis To Pay $1 Million To Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Lawsuit

Elmer W. Davis, Inc., the largest commercial roofing contractor in New York State and one of the top 40 largest commercial roofing contractors in the United States, will pay $1 million to African-American employees to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. This is the largest EEOC settlement ever in Rochester.
August 10, 2010

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DOTS LLC Sued By EEOC For Race Discrimination

A national women's off-priced clothing retailer has denied employment to white applicants at its Merrillville, Ind., store since at least April 1, 2007, according to a lawsuit filed on August 6, 2010 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
August 10, 2010

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Mountaire Farms to Pay $40,000 to Settle EEOC Retaliation Suit

Delaware-based chicken processor Mountaire Farms, Inc. will pay $40,000 to settle a retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged in its lawsuit that Mountaire Farms violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it gave an employee a negative performance evaluation and then fired her in retaliation for her complaints about racial discrimination.
August 2, 2010