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EEOC Sues Resource Employment Solutions for Race and National Origin Discrimination

Resource Employment Solutions, LLC, a temporary staffing agency headquartered in Orlando, Fla., violated federal law by failing to place a class of workers into shipping positions because of their race, black, and national origin, American, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed Sept. 30.
October 1, 2014

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Background Screening Company Adopts Revised Procedures in Cooperation with EEOC

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and The Cole Group have reached an agreement reflecting the job applicant screening company's implementation of revised policies and practices to ensure that its pre-employment screenings comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), the Genetic Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), and the anti-retaliation provisions of the federal civil rights laws enforced by the EEOC. The Cole Group screens applicants for hundreds of companies nationwide.
September 30, 2014

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EEOC Sues ACM Services for Refusing to Recruit or Hire African-Americans and Women

ACM Services, Inc., a Rockville, Md.-based environmental remediation services contractor, violated federal law when it refused to hire women and African Americans for field laborer positions and subjected two female employees to sexual and national origin harassment before firing them, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit announced today.
September 23, 2014

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Judge Approves $2.4 Million EEOC Settlement with Four Hawaii Farms for over 500 Thai Farmworkers

U.S. District Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi in Hawaii has approved settlements between the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and four Hawaii farms totaling $2.4 million for about 500 Thai farmworker victims of national origin discrimination and retaliation, the EEOC announced today.  The settlement encompasses monetary relief, options for jobs and benefits, housing, other reimbursements of expenses, and sweeping injunctive relief remedies. The four farms are Mac Farms of Hawaii, LLC [nka MF Nut Co., LLC]; Kauai Coffee Company, Inc., [nka McBryde Resources, Inc.]; Kelena Farms, Inc. and Captain Cook Coffee Company, Ltd.
September 5, 2014

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Sheet Metal Union Resolves Race-Based Discharge from Apprenticeship Program with EEOC

The apprenticeship school affiliated with a New Jersey construction trade union will pay $34,500 and provide substantial remedial relief to settle a discrimination claim by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC) of Sheet Metal Workers Local 25 discharged a black apprentice because of his race just two weeks before he was to graduate from the four-year apprenticeship program.
July 14, 2014

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EEOC Sues McPhee Electric and Bond Bros.  For Disability Discrimination

McPhee Electric Ltd., an electrical construction company with offices in Connecticut, and Bond Bros., Inc., a construction management and design company with an office in Connecticut, unlawfully refused to hire an applicant as a carpenter because of his dyslexia, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
May 1, 2014

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Federal Judge Finds Global Horizons Liable for Discriminating, Harassing, and Retaliating Against Hundreds of Thai Farm Workers in EEOC Suit

A federal judge has held that Global Horizons, Inc., a Beverly Hills-based farm labor contractor, is liable for the pattern or practice of harassing, discriminating, and retaliating against hundreds of Thai workers in the U.S., in violation of federal anti-discrimination laws, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.  U.S. District Court Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi cited examples of physical abuse, exploitation, and barbaric security measures at Maui Pineapple Company's historic pineapple plantations and old worker dormitories where the Thai workers were forced to live and other abuses throughout Hawaii.
March 24, 2014

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Social Media Is Part of Today's Workplace but its Use May Raise Employment Discrimination Concerns

The use of social media has become pervasive in today's workplace and, as a result, is having an impact on the enforcement of federal laws, a panel of experts told the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) at a meeting held today at EEOC Headquarters in Washington. The meeting was convened to gather information about the growing use of social media and how it impacts the laws the EEOC enforces.
March 12, 2014

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Next EEOC Commission Meeting on March 12

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a meeting on Wed., March 12, at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 131 M Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20507.  In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the open session of the meeting will be open to public observation of the Commission's deliberations.
March 5, 2014

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Baptist Health South Florida to Pay $215,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit 

Baptist Health South Florida, Inc., one of the largest health care organizations in South Florida employing approximately 14,000 individuals at eight facilities, will pay $215,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
February 21, 2014

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EEOC Sues Benhar Office Interiors for Pregnancy Discrimination

Benhar Office Interiors LLC (Benhar), an office furnishing and architectural store in Manhattan, unlawfully refused to hire an applicant as a full-time controller after it found out that she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
January 30, 2014

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EEOC Sues Genesis Healthcare for  Refusing to Hire Deaf Applicant

Genesis HealthCare, LLC, the owner of Holly Manor Center nursing facility in Mendham, N.J., violated federal anti-discrimination law when it refused to hire an applicant for its food service department because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
January 22, 2014

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Foodworks Will Pay $25,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

The Food Farmacy, Ltd. and J&T Enterprises, LLC, doing business as Foodworks, a chain of grocery stores in Connecticut, will pay $25,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
December 4, 2013

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Next EEOC Commission Meeting To Be Held November 13

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a meeting on Wed., Nov. 13, at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 131 M Street, N.E., Washington D.C. 20507.  In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the open session of the meeting will be open to public observation of the Commission's deliberations.
November 6, 2013

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EEOC, Huyssen, Inc., Licensed to Use the Registered Service Mark Sedona Staffing, and Sedona Group Reach Agreement on Discrimination Case Involving Recruitment and Hiring

Huyssen, Inc., licensed to use the registered service mark Sedona Staffing and the Sedona Group, agreed to pay $920,000 and implement preventive measures to settle a variety of discrimination charges filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
October 22, 2013

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Georgia Power Company Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination

An electric utility company headquartered in Atlanta unlawfully discriminated against a class of employees and applicants because of their disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today in Atlanta.
September 30, 2013

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EEOC Sues Employment Staffing Agency ILM for Sex-Based Hiring Discrimination

A California-based private employment and recruiting agency, Industrial Labor Management Group, Inc. (ILM), violated federal law by refusing to refer or place qualified female applicants for employment because of their gender, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
September 30, 2013