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EEOC Settles Suit Charging Company With Creating Racially Hostile Workplace

SALISBURY, N.C. – The owners of a Lexington, N.C.,  furniture store will pay $80,000 and furnish significant injunctive relief to  settle a race harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity  Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The  EEOC had brought the suit against Stanleytown, Va.-based Stanley Furniture  Company, Inc. on behalf of black production workers Johnny Wright, Darlene  Dickerson and Elease Griffin, who

Additional Discrimination and Retaliation Also Alleged by EEOC

CHICAGO – A Tampa-based environmental  clean-up company violated federal law by discriminating against and racially  harassing African American employees at its Lake Calumet work site in Chicago, including  the display of hangman’s nooses, the U.S.  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced  today.

According to the EEOC’s suit,  WRS Infrastructure and Environmental, Inc. (doing business as WRS Compass) subjected  its black workers to a

EEOC Said Restaurant Created Hostile Workplace for Black and Female Employees

PADUCAH, Ky. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a class litigation settlement under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act for one half million dollars and significant remedial relief in a case against Fire Mountain Restaurants LLC, doing business as Ryan's Family Steakhouse (Ryan's).

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, filed in September 2008 in U.S. District

EEOC Says Crom Companies Subjected African Americans to Racial Insults, Physical Abuse

MIAMI – The Crom Corporation and Crom  Equip­ment Rentals violated federal law when they allowed the racial harassment  of black employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged  in a lawsuit announced today. The EEOC  also says the Florida-based construction companies unlawfully suspended an  African American employee for complaining about severe racial insults, threats  and physical abuse.

Medical Center Unlawfully Fired Black Woman Who Complained About Race Discrimination, EEOC Charged

DETROIT – Muskegon Family Care, a family medical center, has agreed to pay $85,280 and provide substantial injunctive relief to settle a race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 

According to the EEOC's suit (Civil Action No. 1:08-CV-618, filed in U.S. District Court for the

EEOC Alleged Country Mart Grocers Subjected African American Employee to Racial Slurs

ST. LOUIS -- Town & Country Grocers of Fredericktown, Missouri, Inc., doing business as Country Mart Grocery (Country Mart), will pay $27,000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a female African American worker, the federal agency announced today. 

The EEOC had alleged in the litigation that co-workers and a supervisor told

Company Made Black Warehouse Worker Endure Racial Slurs, Agency Charged

DURHAM, N.C. – A North Carolina lumber and hardware retailer will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that Talbert subjected a black worker to a racially hostile work environment.  Talbert Building Supply operates two locations, including

EEOC Settles National Origin and Race Bias Class Suit on Eve of Trial

CHICAGO – Ceisel Masonry will pay half a  million dollars to settle a race and national origin discrimina­tion lawsuit brought  by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commis­sion (EEOC), the agency  announced today. The EEOC’s suit charged  that the north suburban construction company violated federal  anti-discrimination laws by subjecting its Hispanic workers to harassment based  upon their race and national

EEOC Says Statesville Supermarket Fired Employee for Being Non-Latino

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – West Front Street Foods, LLC, doing business as Compare Foods, will pay $30,000 and provide other relief to settle a national origin and race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that West Front Street Foods fired Robert Bruce, a white, non-Hispanic meat cutter, from a Compare Foods

White Employee Harassed, Federal Agency Charged

NASHVILLE – Jack in the Box will pay $20,000 compensatory damages and provide other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC's suit (No. 3:08-cv-009663), filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee), had charged that Jack in the Box subjected hostess Frances

Company Fired Employee for Complaining About Manager's Racist Comments, Federal Agency Charged

HOUSTON – Conroe, Texas-based Maverick Tube Corporation will pay $175,000 to settle a retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC's lawsuit, filed in June 2007, (C.A. 4:07-cv-02033 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division), charged that in May 2005, Maverick Tube

Augusta Car Dealer Subjected Black Sales Manager to Racial Abuse, Agency Charges

ATLANTA  – In a race discrimination lawsuit filed today, the U.S. Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged that a GM Pontiac-Buick car dealership  committed racial discrimin­ation at its Augusta,  Ga., location. The EEOC charged that a white male management  consultant subjected an African American sales manager to a racially hostile  work environment over a four-month period.

Home Builder Unlawfully Assigned Sales Agents by Race, Federal Agency Charges

ATLANTA – John Wieland  Homes and Neighborhoods, Inc., an Atlanta-based home builder, unlawfully  engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination against black sales agents,  the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it  filed today.

According  to the EEOC’s suit, Wieland intentionally assigned African American sales  agents to housing communities

Hispanic, Black Employees Subjected to Racial and Ethnic Slurs, Agency Charged

MIAMI – National department store Nordstrom, Inc. will pay $292,500 to 10 former employees and furnish other remedial measures to settle a harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  EEOC had charged that the department store manager harassed Hispanic and black employees based on their national origin, race, and color, and retaliated against

Federal Agency Says Historically Black College Discriminated Against Three White Faculty Members Based on Race

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Benedict College discriminated against three  white faculty members because of their race in 2005, the U.S. Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. The lawsuit was filed along with a consent  decree resolving the case. Benedict College  is a private historically black college located in Columbia, S.C. According to its web site, Benedict

Only Black Sales Rep in Midwest Office Fired Because of Race, Despite Outstanding Performance, and Replaced by White Employee, Federal Agency Says

CHICAGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity  Commission (EEOC) today filed a race discrimination lawsuit against ConMed Corp  on behalf of Paul Hickman, an African American former employee who was  terminated from his position as sales representative for the ConMed Midwest Office  division because of his race. ConMed is an international medical device 

Black Employees Targeted With Racial Slurs, Fired for Complaining, EEOC Says

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Marjam Supply Company, Inc., a building materials  supplier, will pay $495,000 to five former employees to settle a race  discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity  Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s  lawsuit (Civil Action No. 03-cv-5413-SCR in the U.S. District Court for the  Southern District of New York, White Plains Division) charged that Marjam 

Agency Cites Explicit Sexual and Gender Based Comments, Racial Slurs and Retaliation Against a Class of Workers

BALTIMORE – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed a workplace discrimination lawsuit against Accurate Insulation, LLC, on behalf of a female and class of African American workers who were employed at its Upper Marlboro, Md. location.

According to the suit, (Civil Action 8:09-cv-00793), filed in the U.S. District Court for the

Louisiana Dredging Company Fired Black Worker for Protesting Racism, Federal Agency Charged

NEW ORLEANS -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that it has sued Mike Hooks, Inc. for racial discrimination, harassment and retaliatory discharge.  Mike Hooks is a civil engineering, construction and dredging company headquartered in Westlake, La., with a work force of about 275 employees.

The EEOC's lawsuit (Civil Action No. 2:09-cv-00477, filed March 25

Federal Agency Claims Affordable Care Dentist Abused Female Assistants

BOSTON – A national denture provider, Affordable Care, Inc., violated federal law when its affiliated dentist, Nelson Wood, racially and sexually harassed two female employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

The EEOC's lawsuit, Civil Action No. 1:09-CV-10399-GAO, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts yesterday, alleges that Affordable Care and Nelson Wood, operating as Nelson Wood

AUSTIN, Texas – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission  (EEOC) announced today that it has filed a workplace discrimination lawsuit against  Austin Foam Plastics, Inc., a pro­ducer and distributor of corrugated box and cushion packaging. The EEOC charged the company with  racial harassment, sexual harassment and unlawful retaliation.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Civil  Action Number A-09-CA-180-LY, filed in U.S. District Court for the Western  District of Texas, Austin

LAS VEGAS – The corporate owner of several restaurants in three states will pay $457,500 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that N-W Ventures, LLC in Las Vegas subjected a class of African American employees to discrimination, including racial harassment and retaliation.  N-W Ventures owns several bars, steakhouses and lounges in Las Vegas, Chicago and

Clifton Store Unlawfully Fired Only High-Level African American Manager, EEOC Charged

NEWARK, N.J. – Shopper’s Vineyard, a wine and liquor store  in Clifton, N.J., agreed to pay $60,000 and provide  substantial injunctive relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought  by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency  announced today.

  The EEOC said in its  lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey (Civil Action No.  08-cv-1234 [DMC]), that Bertram

African American Greeter Targeted With Racial Slurs and Fired Due to Race, Federal Agency Charged

NEW YORK -- J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc. will pay $50,000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC had charged that J.C. Penney discriminated against Reinell Singh, an African American who worked as a greeter welcoming customers into