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Red Rock Western Jeep Tours Settles Age Discrimination Case

Red Rock Western Jeep Tours, Inc. has been ordered by a consent decree to pay $35,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced today.
March 23, 2010

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Federal Court Enters $50,000 Consent Decree Ending EEOC Suit Against Abbotsford Egg Processor

U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen L. Crocker of the federal district court in Madison yesterday entered a consent decree resolving a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Mr. B's of Abbotsford, Inc., formerly known as Abbotsford Egg Products.  The EEOC had charged that the Abbotsford, Wis., former egg processing company unlawfully fired a production employee, Nicki Heberle, because of her epilepsy, despite Heberle's ability to perform the essential functions of her job.
March 18, 2010

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Administaff to Pay $115,000 for Religious Bias

Administaff, Inc., a nationwide company which provides full-service human resources to small and medium-size businesses will pay $115,000 and furnish substantial remedial relief to settle a harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
March 17, 2010

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White Way Cleaners to Pay $42,250 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Chief Judge Michael J. Davis of U.S. District Court in Minneapolis has approved a consent decree settling a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the EEOC against White Way Cleaners for $42,250 and other relief.  White Way is a dry cleaning company located in St. Paul, with store locations in Minneapolis and St. Paul as well as pick-up and delivery service to the Twin Cities suburbs.
March 16, 2010

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Court Orders Frozen Food Giant Schwan's To Comply with EEOC Subpoena in Sex Bias Case

In a ruling issued late on March 8, 2010, Magistrate Judge Janie S. Mayeron of U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota ordered the Minnesota-based frozen food delivery company Schwan's Home Service to comply with a federal government subpoena by March 29, 2010.  The subpoena, issued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) pursuant to an investigation of a charge of sex discrimination filed by former Schwan's employee Kim Milliren, seeks personnel information about persons employed as general managers at Schwan's facilities nationwide from January 1, 2006 to the present.
March 10, 2010

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EEOC Sues Medical Transportation Company For Sex Harassment and Retaliation

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a class lawsuit here today charging that Jay Medicar Transportation tolerated the sexual harassment of a number of female employees by one of its senior managers and retaliated against one employee after she complained about the harassment. The company provides medical transportation services in the Chicago area.
March 5, 2010

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EEOC Settles Sexual Harassment & Retaliation Suit Against HD Supply In Wyoming

HD Supply, Inc., one of nation's largest wholesale suppliers of building materials, has agreed to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that a female office clerk was sexually harassed and ridiculed by a male co-worker at the company's facility in Gillette, Wyo.
March 2, 2010

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Walmart To Pay More Than $11.7 Million To Settle EEOC Sex Discrimination Suit

Walmart Stores will pay $11.7 million in back wages and com­pen­satory damages, its share of employer taxes, and up to $250,000 in administration fees and will furnish other relief, including jobs, to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
March 1, 2010

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Big Lots to Pay $400,000 for Race Harassment

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of its race harassment and discrimination lawsuit against Big Lots, Inc., the nation's largest broadline closeout retailer.  The settlement includes total monetary relief of $400,000 to be paid to least five employees along with a group of unidentified class members.  Big Lots also agreed to a two-year consent decree that calls for the implementation of a new policy, training, procedures and court monitoring to address harassment and discrimination in the workplace.
February 16, 2010

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Columbia Sussex Settles EEOC Sex Discrimination and Retaliation Suit

Columbia Sussex Corporation, which owns and operates hotel properties across the United States, has agreed to settle a sex discrimination and retaliation suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The settlement resolves the charge of a former banquet manager, Richard Knight, who claimed that Columbia Sussex fired him from its Sheraton Hotel in Baton Rouge, La., because of his sex, male, and because he complained that a female co-worker was not disciplined for the same purported infraction.
February 3, 2010

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Boeing Settles Two EEOC Sex Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuits for $380,000

Chicago-based The Boeing Company, an aerospace giant that manufactures military aircraft and commercial jetliners, has agreed to pay $380,000 and administer far-reaching injunctive measures to settle two lawsuits brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
February 1, 2010

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$428,500 Decree Ends Suit Against Eagle Wings for Sexual Harassment, Retaliation and Disability Bias

The federal district court in Urbana, Ill., today entered a consent decree under which Eagle Wings Industries, Inc. will pay $428,500 to a class of female employees who, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged, encountered sexual harassment at the company's Rantoul, Ill., facility.  This amount includes the attorney's fees for one of the class members.
January 27, 2010

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U.S. Security Associates Pays Nearly $80,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Security Associates, Inc. will pay $79,880 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.   The EEOC had charged the Roswell, Ga.-based security company with unlawfully subjecting a security guard to pregnancy discrimination and then firing her in retaliation for complaining about it – in addition to firing her husband, a coworker, for supporting her in the matter.
January 27, 2010

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EEOC Resolves Preliminary Injunction Action Against Aerotek, Inc. and Proceeds with Investigation

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has finally resolved an application for a preliminary injunction by securing the agreement of a major national employment agency to reverse instructions which EEOC alleged were previously given to non-management employees not to communicate with the EEOC without Aerotek's counsel present regarding an investigation of alleged employment discrimination.
January 25, 2010

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Memphis Goodwill Agrees to Pay $105,000 to Settle  EEOC Race Bias and Retaliation Lawsuit

Memphis Goodwill Industries, Inc., a non-profit agency, will pay $105,000 to settle a race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged in its suit (No. 2:08-cv-02621-BBD-cgc, filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee) that Memphis Goodwill fired a transportation director in retaliation for reporting alleged race discrimination and because of her race, black.
January 22, 2010

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Early Agreement on Decree Ends EEOC Race Case Against Medical Device Supplier

A federal judge has entered a consent decree resolving a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Conmed Linvatec, a Utica, N.Y.-based international medical device corporation specializing in orthopedics and general surgery.  Based upon an administrative investigation managed by EEOC Chicago District Director John Rowe, the agency had alleged that the company violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by terminating Paul Hickman from its Midwest office in Elmhurst, Ill., on account of his race.
January 20, 2010

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Monterey Gourmet Foods Sued for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

Monterey Gourmet Foods, Inc., a major producer of refrigerated gourmet food products, violated federal law when it allowed a supervisor to sexually harass four Latino workers at its Salinas plant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit.  The EEOC also alleged that the company unlawfully retaliated against each worker by terminating them after they reported the harassment.
January 13, 2010