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Ojos Locos Sports Cantina to Pay $700,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Ojos Locos Sports Cantina in Albuquerque will pay $700,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit charging sex-based harassment and retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The owner/operators of the relevant businesses are Ojos Locos Sports Cantina, LLC; Ojos Locos Sports Cantina DOS, LLC; Ojos Locos Sports Cantina TRES, LLC; Ojos Locos Sports Cantina Cuatro, LLC and Reach Restaurant Group, acting as

February 14, 2019

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City of Jacksonville Agrees to Pay $4.9 Million to Settle Class Race Discrimination Lawsuit

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has resolved its race discrimination lawsuit against the Jacksonville Association of Fire Fighters, Local 122, IAFF. The EEOC's lawsuit against the union was a companion case to the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against the City of Jacksonville (Case No.3-12-cv-451-J-32MCR), which alleged that the city's promotional practices for various positions in the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department (JFRD) violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964's prohibition against race discrimination.
February 14, 2019

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EEOC Sues American Freight Furniture and Mattress  for Systemic Sex-Based Discrimination in Hiring

American Freight Management Company, LLC d/b/a American Freight Furniture and Mattress violated federal anti-discrimination laws by engaging in systemic discrimination against female applicants, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today. The lawsuit charges that American Freight refused to hire or even consider a class of female applicants for employment because of their sex.
February 14, 2019

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Atlantic Capes Fisheries & BJ's Service Co. to Pay $675,000 to Settle EEOC Sex Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

Atlantic Capes Fisheries, Inc. (ACF), a New Jersey-based shellfish harvester and processor, and BJ's Service Co., Inc., a staffing agency located in New Bedford, Mass., will pay $675,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit charging sex-based harassment and retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
January 30, 2019

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UPS to Pay $4.9 Million to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Suit

United Parcel Service, Inc., the world's largest package delivery company, will pay $4.9 million and provide other relief to settle a class religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).  The suit was resolved by a five-year consent decree entered by Judge Margo K. Brodie on December 21, 2018, on the eve of the government shutdown.  The EEOC reopened today.
December 21, 2018

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EEOC And Justice Department Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Prevent and Address Harassment of Employees in State and Local Governments

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division today signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to prevent and address workplace harassment in state and local government. The EEOC and the Justice Department seek to enhance the effectiveness of the nation's equal employment opportunity enforcement in the state and local government sector to ensure the efficient use of resources and a consistent enforcement strategy. The EEOC has ramped up its role as enforcer, educator, and leader on harassment in the workplace, and this MOU enhances those efforts.
December 21, 2018

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Wilmington Trust Corporation to Pay $700,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Wilmington Trust Corporation, a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of M&T Bank Corporation, which is based in Buffalo, N.Y., has agreed to pay $700,000 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 lawsuit concerned alleged vio­lations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by Hudson City Savings Bank (HCSB), which merged into Wilmington Trust in 2015.
December 19, 2018

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EEOC Holds Data Dialogue Sessions with Agency Stakeholders

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held a series of "Data Dialogues" this week to introduce stakeholders to the agency's new Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics (OEDA).  Advocacy groups, employer representatives, academics, and researchers, including from non-profit organizations, participated in meetings at EEOC headquarters in Washington, D.C., to interact with OEDA's leadership and hear about the new structure within the agency.
December 14, 2018

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GB Flowood Operations to Pay $25,000 To Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

GB Flowood Operations, LLC, which operates a Flowood, Miss., restaurant under the name "Georgia Blue," will pay a former employee $25,000 and furnish other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
November 7, 2018

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Rosebud Restaurants To Pay $160,000 To Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment And Retaliation Lawsuit

Rosebud Restaurants, Inc. will pay $160,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC's lawsuit charged Rosebud, which owns approximately nine Italian restaurants in the Chicagoland area, with violating federal civil rights laws when it subjected two women to sexual harassment, and fired one of the women after she complained about the harassment and objected to employees referring to African-Americans by racial slurs.
October 15, 2018

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Saint Thomas Health Sued by EEOC For Religious Bias

Saint Thomas Health (STH), operating Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, violated federal law by demanding that a worker take a flu shot despite his religious beliefs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed September 28, 2018.
October 2, 2018

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JBS Carriers Sued by EEOC For  Disability Discrimination

Trucking firm JBS Carriers, based in Greeley, Colo., violated federal law by using pre-employment screening procedures that improperly screen out truck driving job applicants on the basis of disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
October 1, 2018

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EEOC Files Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Against Chenmed, LLC And PMR Virginia Holding, LLC 

ChenMed, LLC and PMR of Virginia Holding, LLC are Delaware Corporations doing business in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the City of Norfolk.  ChenMed, LLC and PMR of Virginia Holding, LLC, violated federal law when they terminated one of their employees for her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 28, 2018

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EEOC Sues Kaydon Corporation  For Disability Discrimination

Kaydon Corporation, a Delaware corporation headquartered in Muskegon, Mich., violated federal law when it denied an employee of its Sumter, S.C., plant leave following a heart attack and then discharged him, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. Kaydon's Sumter plant manufactures ball bearings for use in medical systems, industrial machinery, semiconductors and aerospace/defense markets.
September 27, 2018

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EEOC Sues Alliance Ground International For  Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

Alliance Ground International, a cargo handling company with operations at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, violated federal law when it failed to address complaints from multiple women about being sexual harassed by a male supervisor, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. The lawsuit also charged that Alliance Ground unlawfully fired a male employee in retaliation for his complaints on behalf of women whom he observed being harassed.
September 27, 2018