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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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Seventh Circuit Revives EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed the dismissal of a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against airline giant United Airlines Inc. The circuit court overturned precedent to agree with the EEOC that "reasonable accommodation" as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) may require employers to provide employees with disabilities with "reassignment to a vacant position" when the employee cannot be accommodated in his or her current position. 
September 13, 2012

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National Disability Discrimination Series Featuring EEOC Commissioners Hits Los Angeles

Two Commissioners of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will visit Los Angeles, Calif. on Thursday, September 13, 2012, as part of a cross-country tour to explain and discuss the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA).  The training seminar, to be held at the Four Points by Sheraton LAX, is aimed at business owners and executives, employment law practitioners, human resources or EEO specialists and managers dealing with issues of reasonable accommodation.
September 6, 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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Mercy Hospice Sued By EEOC for Disability Bias

Mercy Hospice, a member of the Trinity Home Health System, violated federal law by refusing to provide a reasonable accommodation to a disabled nurse and then firing her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
August 28, 2012

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EEOC Commissioners Launch Disability Discrimination Series in Seattle

Two Commissioners of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) begin a cross-country tour in September to explain and discuss the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) with a session in Seattle on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at the Doubletree Seattle Airport.  The training seminar is aimed at employment law practitioners, human resource and equal employment opportunity/diversity specialists, and managers dealing with issues of reasonable accommodation.
August 28, 2012

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EEOC Commissioners to Explain Disability Discrimination Law in Coast-To-Coast Tour

Two Commissioners of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will go on a cross-country tour in September to explain and discuss the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA).  The series of training seminars is aimed at employment law practitioners, human resource and equal employment opportunity/diversity specialists, and managers dealing with issues of reasonable accommodation.
August 28, 2012

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Wal-Mart Settles EEOC Lawsuit for $50,000

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P. will pay $50,000 in back pay and damages in settlement of a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).  The EEOC had charged that a Carlsbad, N.M., Walmart store unlawfully fired a part-time sales clerk because of her cerebral palsy. 
August 21, 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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JES/Genie Temps to Pay $80,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

JES Personnel Consultants, Inc., doing business as Genie Temporary Service, will pay $80,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that JES unlawfully refused to allow an employee to return to work because of his epilepsy.  Genie is a temporary service agency with an office in LaSalle, Ill., that supplies employees to various client employers.
August 13, 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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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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Comfort Inn Oceanfront South Sued By EEOC for Religious Discrimination

The owners/operators of Comfort Inn Oceanfront South in Nags Head, N.C., violated federal law when they failed to accommodate an employee's religious beliefs and then fired her because of her religion, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
July 30, 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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United Road Towing to Pay $380,000 to Resolve EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

United Road Towing, Inc., a Mokena, Ill.-based towing company, will pay $380,000 to 13 claimants and provide other relief resolving a disability discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced.  A federal district court judge in Chicago entered a consent decree ending the litigation on Wednesday, June 20, 2012. 
June 25, 2012

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EEOC to Hold EXCEL Training Event July 31-August 2 in Dallas

The Training Institute of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that its annual Examining Conflicts in Employment Laws (EXCEL) training event will be held in Dallas on July 31 – August 2, 2012, with the theme "Knowledge is Power."
June 25, 2012

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EEOC Appellate Briefs Now Online

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has put its appellate and amicus briefs going back to 2000 on its external website. These briefs from the EEOC’s Appellate Services Division represent litigation in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals in which the Commission was a party, or briefs filed as a ‘friend of the court’ (amicus curiae) in those courts, as well as in U.S. District Courts and state courts

June 20, 2012