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Go-Kart Company Refused to Discuss Accommodation for Employee's Cystic Fibrosis, Federal Agency Charged

           

SEATTLE – K1 Speed, Inc., a Carlsbad, Calif.-based go-kart racing operation, will provide $50,000 and other relief to settle a federal lawsuit charging that the company refused to accommodate an employee with cystic fibrosis and fired him from its facility in Redmond, Wash., the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. 

       

De Zavala Oaks Apartment Complex Forced White Property Manager Out of Job for Hiring Black Leasing Agent, Federal Agency Charges

     

SAN ANTONIO – Management Solutions, Inc. (MSI), an apartment management company, violated federal law by punishing a white manager for hiring a black employee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. 

     

According to the EEOC's suit, MSI demoted a white property manager because

Federal Agency Says Company Belatedly Hired Black Employee Only to Fire Him Shortly After

MILWAUKEE -- The largest metal food can supplier in North  America, Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation, violated federal law by  discriminating against an African American employee at its plant in Oconomowoc, Wis.,  the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it  filed today.

The agency’s administrative investigation which preceded  the lawsuit revealed that in September 2006, Romardro Henderson, who

Native American Repeatedly Harassed at Colorado Drilling Rig, Federal Agency Charged

DENVER – Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LP,  LLLP, will pay $45,000 and furnish other relief to settle a racial harassment  lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commis­sion (EEOC), the  agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, EEOC v. Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LP, LLLP, 07-cv-02034  WYD-CBS, a Native American, employed from July through November 2005 as a floor  hand or “rough neck”

Black Worker Fired for Protesting Unequal Treatment, Federal Agency Alleged

ST. LOUIS – A Washington  Park, Ill., packaging and  warehousing company will pay $57,500 and furnish other relief to settle a race  discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity  Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The suit alleged  that Material Resources, LLC, which does business as Gateway Co-Packing  Company, failed to provide a black employee the pay raise and health insurance 

Latinos Bullied Black and White Workers, Held Spanish-Only Safety Meetings, Agency Charged

SAN ANTONIO – E&D Services, Inc., a Mississippi-based drilling company accused of engaging in racial harassment and retaliation against white and black employees at a South Texas work site, has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a Title VII lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 

     

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, four employees

Advance Auto Parts, the second-largest automotive aftermarket retailer in the United States, has agreed to pay $40,000 and furnish equitable relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

Company Fired African American Housekeepers and Replaced Them With Hispanics, Federal Agency Charged

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. – A Pinehurst, N.C.-based support services company  for condo­minium complexes and resorts will pay $44,700 and furnish significant  remedial relief to settle a race and national origin discrimination lawsuit  filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency  announced today. The EEOC had charged  that Little River Golf, Inc. unlawfully discharged six employees because of  their race (African

Telecommunications Giant Fired Employee Because He Complained About Race Bias, Federal Agency Says

PITTSBURGH – AT&T (formerly Cingular Wireless), a Fortune 500 telecommunications company, will pay $75,000 to settle a federal race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 

The EEOC charged that John T. Davidson, an African American retail sales consultant at AT&T's Penn Place store in Monroeville, Pa., applied for several managerial positions

Louisiana Office Products Supplier Denied Black Account Manager Fair Wages Due to Race, Federal Agency Charges

     

NEW ORLEANS – The Gulf Coast Division of a nationwide office products supplier violated federal law by denying an African American account manager fair wages due to his race, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

         

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, Corporate Express Office

EEOC Settles Suit Against San Antonio Restaurant on Behalf of Female Victims, Including Teen, Subjected to Sexual Touching, Comments, Gestures, and Requests for Sexual Favors

     

SAN ANTONIO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit against Luby's Restaurants Limited Partnership, doing business as Luby's San Antonio #19 (Luby's), for $135,000 and significant remedial relief on behalf of a class of female workers who

Black Janitor Was Fired Because of Race, Federal Agency Charged

     

EL PASO, Texas – ABM Janitorial Services-South Central, Inc. has agreed to pay $46,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 

           

According to the EEOC's lawsuit (Civil Action No. EP-08-CA-0220, filed in the El Paso Division of U.S. District Court

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

African American Employees Almost Unknown at Scrub, Inc., Federal Agency Charges

CHICAGO – Scrub, Inc., a Chicago janitorial  services provider, violated federal law by discriminating against African  Americans in hiring, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)  charged in a race discrimination lawsuit announced today.

The EEOC’s  administrative investigation which preceded the lawsuit revealed that although  African American workers were a significant segment of Scrub’s labor market and  applied for jobs in large numbers, they

EEOC Issues Technical Assistance Document on Waivers for Severance Agreements

WASHINGTON – Highlighting the "devastating impact" of age discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today held a public hearing on recent developments under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), including the effect on older workers of widespread layoffs, threats to employee benefits, and controversial recent court decisions.  The Commission will consider expert panelists' proposals for regulatory and legislative action, and today issued

Property Service Company Disciplined a Group of Latino Employees, Falsely Assuming They Attended Immigration Rally, Federal Agency Charged

           

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – ResCom Services, Inc., a Vista, Calif.-based property service company, will pay $115,000 and furnish other relief to  settle a national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that Latino employees were discriminated against when

Temp Agency Reserved Certain Jobs for Men Only, EEOC Charged

           

BOSTON -- National employment agency chain Preferred Labor LLC, doing business as Preferred People Staffing, has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  Preferred Labor agreed to settle the lawsuit after selling its entire temporary day labor business to another employment agency. 

 

Judge Rejects Department of Developmental Services' Protective Order Request

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity  Commission (EEOC) today announced that federal Magistrate Judge Sandra M.  Snyder has issued a court order requiring that the Department of Developmental  Services (DDS) not interfere with the EEOC’s investigation of the California state agency,  which provides services and support to persons with developmental disabilities. DDS allegedly threatened witnesses with  criminal prosecution if they cooperated with the EEOC’s

Popular Banquet Facility and Country Club Routinely Harassed Female Employees, Refused to Hire Blacks and Sued Victims as Retaliation, Federal Agency Charged

     

CHICAGO – A popular Hickory Hills, Ill., banquet facility and country club will pay up to $690,000 to settle two lawsuits, charging sex and race discrimination and retaliation, brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

           

Federal District Judge

Koper Furniture Harassed Employee Because of Dark Color and Fired Him for Complaining, Federal Agency Charged

     

SAN JUAN, P.R. – Koper Furniture violated federal law when it permitted a store manager to harass a dark-complexioned Puerto Rican employee because of his skin color and fired him for complaining, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. 

           

Koper operates several furniture

Settlement With Military Contractor Provides Compensation and Training

     

PHOENIX -- A Phoenix-based international military contractor will pay $110,000 and furnish other relief to settle lawsuit charging a sex and age discrimination and unlawful retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

     

The EEOC's suit (Case No. 2:07-CV-01656-PHX-ECV) in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona charged that Simula, Inc. discriminated against temporary

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

         

PHOENIX – An eight person federal jury has returned a unanimous verdict in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a sexual harassment lawsuit against AutoZone, Inc., the Memphis, Tenn.-based national auto parts retail giant, the EEOC announced today.

           

The jury ruled that AutoZone violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by subjecting employee Stacy Wing to a