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NAPOLI'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT SUED BY EEOC FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF TEEN WORKERS

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Napoli's Italian Restaurant discriminated against a 17-year old server and other female teen workers by subjecting them to sexual harassment in the form of lewd comments, propositions and touching, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today in federal court.  Napoli's Italian Restaurant is located in Maryville, Mo. 

According to the EEOC's suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, Civil

September 30, 2009

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NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY SUED BY EEOC FOR SEX DISCRIMINATION

Railway Failed to Promote Woman to Yardmaster Position, Federal Agency Charges

     

BALTIMORE  – One of the nation’s premier transportation companies engaged in unlawful sex  discrimination when it refused to provide a female employee with training  necessary to obtain a pro­motion to a yardmaster position, the Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

     

The  railroad removed Kathryn Class from yardmaster training and replaced her with

September 30, 2009

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EEOC SUES MILWAUKEE FORGE FOR RACE DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION

Forging Company Punished Employees for Complaining About Racial Harassment, Federal Agency Charges

     

MILWAUKEE – In a lawsuit filed here today in federal court, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged that Milwaukee Forge, a Milwaukee forging company, violated federal law by subjecting black employees to a hostile work environment, disciplining them more harshly than white employees, subjecting them to different terms and conditions of employment, and by retaliating against black employees

September 30, 2009

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EEOC SUES STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY

Document Services Company Failed to Stop Sex-Based Harassment, Federal Agency Charges

YORK, Pa.- A leading national document services provider based in Dayton, Ohio failed to take appropriate action to stop the sex-based harassment of a female employee at its facility in York, Pa., the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

According to the EEOC's suit, Penny Zink, of York, began working for the Standard Register Company in February

September 30, 2009

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NATIONAL SECURITY GUARD COMPANY SUED FOR PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION

EEOC Charges U.S. Security Associates, Inc. with Unlawfully Discriminating Against Expecting Mother and Coworker Husband

ATLANTA – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the filing of a lawsuit against Roswell, Ga.- based U.S. Security Associates, Inc., one of the nation's biggest national security guard companies, for violating federal law when a manager subjected a female security guard to pregnancy discrimination and then terminated her in retaliation for complaining about it – in

September 30, 2009

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EEOC SUES CTI GLOBAL SOLUTIONS FOR PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION

Staffing Company Terminated Women Because of Pregnancy, Federal Agency Says

     

BALTIMORE – CTI Global  Solutions Inc., a staffing agency headquartered in Largo,  Md., violated  federal law when it terminated a group of employees because of their pregnancy,  the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit  announced today.

     

“More than 30 years after the passage of the Pregnancy  Discrimination Act, the EEOC has seen a sharp increase

September 30, 2009

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RUBY TUESDAY, INC. SUED BY EEOC FOR AGE BIAS AGAINST CLASS OF OLDER APPLICANTS IN PA. AND OHIO

     

PITTSBURGH -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today  announced the filing of a class lawsuit against Ruby Tuesday, Inc. under the  Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) on behalf of older job applicants  who were denied hire due to ageism.

     

  The EEOC alleges that since at  least January 2005, Ruby Tuesday, Inc. has refused to hire individuals who were  in the ADEA’s protected class (age 40

September 30, 2009

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AXIOM STAFFING SUED FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION

Staffing Companies Refused to Hire Applicant with Back Impairment, EEOC Says

     

BALTIMORE – Two staffing  agencies with headquarters in Georgia, Axiom Staffing Group, Inc., and Axiom  Staffing Group of Virginia, Inc., engaged in disability discrimination at their  Hagerstown, Md., facility when they refused to hire an  applicant because of her back impairment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity  Commission (EEOC) announced in a lawsuit today.

     

The EEOC said  that when

September 30, 2009

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FINCH AIR CONDITIONING SUED BY EEOC FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF FEMALE EMPLOYEES

Owner Regularly Engaged in Sexually Inappropriate and Unwelcome Conduct Toward Female Employees, Federal Agency Charges

     

HOUSTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a class lawsuit today against Finch Air Conditioning of La Porte, Texas, in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division.  In the suit (Civil Action No. 4:09-cv-03156), the EEOC alleged that certain female employees at this family-owned and operated business were subjected to

September 30, 2009

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ABM INDUSTRIES SUED BY EEOC FOR NATIONAL ORIGIN DISCRIMINATION

Agency Charges Latino Janitors Harassed, Scrutinized and Terminated

     

SAN FRANCISCO —  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit today against New York City-based janitorial services giant ABM Industries (NYSE:ABM), charging that supervisors at the company discriminated against Latino janitors working at several commercial buildings in downtown San Francisco, and retaliated against some of these employees after they filed charges with the EEOC.

           

EEOC's

September 30, 2009

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SUNNY FARMS LANDFILL SUED BY EEOC FOR RACIAL HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION AGAINST BLACK WORKERS

FOSTORIA, Ohio -- Sunny Farms Landfill subjected its African American employees to race-based harassment and retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. 

           

According to the EEOC's suit (Case No. 3:09-CV02239), filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Sunny Farms subjected both Willie Norwood and Toby Shepherd to unlawful racial harassment and retaliation, including allegedly condoning the repeated

September 29, 2009

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ZACHRY CONSTRUCTION SUED FOR RETALIATORY DISCHARGE OF FEMALE EMPLOYEE

Employee Fired for Wearing Jewelry After Complaining About Women's Access to Bathroom Facilities, Federal Agency Charges

SAN ANTONIO - Zachry Industrial, Inc. formerly known as Zachry Construction Corporation, a privately owned construction and industrial maintenance service company based in San Antonio, Texas, violated federal law when it fired a female employee in retaliation for filing a report of sex-based discrimination at her job site as well as a federal charge of discrimination, the U.S. Equal

September 29, 2009

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EEOC SUES PIZZA PUB FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF TEEN

OKLAHOMA CITY - Pizza Pub, Educominc, LLC, doing business as Pizza Pub, Core Curriculum of America, Inc., Curriculum Solutions, Inc. and Active Learning Academy, Inc. - operating as a joint employer or an integrated enterprise – allowed the sexual harassment of a 17-year-old female worker, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today in federal court.  Pizza Pub and the other entities are located in Buffalo, Okla. 

According to the

September 29, 2009

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AMINO TRANSPORT SUED BY EEOC FOR RETALIATORY FIRING

Employee Fired for Complaints About Harassment, Federal Agency Charges

HOUSTON - An employee who opposed workplace harassment was fired by a group of Texas transportation brokerage companies in violation of federal law, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. 

The EEOC sued Amino Transport (Civil Action No. 4:09-cv-03142) in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, charging that the company retaliated against Joshua Male.  In July 2008

September 29, 2009

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EEOC SUES TRINITY PRODUCTS, INC. FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION

ST. LOUIS – Trinity Products, Inc., a manufacturer of billboards and sign posts located in O'Fallon, Mo., violated federal law when a supervisor sexually harassed a female worker and then replaced her when she complained to company managers, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a discrimination lawsuit filed today in federal court. 

According to the EEOC's suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Case No. 4:09-cv-01617

September 29, 2009

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SEARS, ROEBUCK TO PAY $6.2 MILLION FOR DISABILITY BIAS

Federal Court Approves Largest Monetary Amount Ever in Single EEOC ADA Suit; Employees Allegedly Terminated Based on Inflexible Workers' Compensation Leave Exhaustion Policy

     

CHICAGO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the entry of a record-setting consent decree resolving a class lawsuit against Sears, Roebuck and Co. (Sears) under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) for $6.2 million and significant remedial relief.

           

The

September 29, 2009

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PEPSI BOTTLING GROUP SUED BY EEOC FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION

Driver With Disability Denied Reasonable Accommodation and Fired, Federal Agency Charges

     

SAN FRANCISCO - The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. violated federal law by failing to accommodate and firing an employee with a disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a workplace discrimination lawsuit it filed today. 

     

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, Eldridge Davis, age 46 and African American, worked for Pepsi since October 7, 1996, and

September 29, 2009

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B&B DRIVE-IN / SONIC OF KOKOMO SUED BY EEOC FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION

Female Employee Fired for Complaining About Sexual Harassment, Federal Agency Charges

     

INDIANAPOLIS - B&B Drive-In, doing business as Sonic of Kokomo, a fast food restaurant in Kokomo, Ind., violated federal law by subjecting one of its cooks to sexual harassment and then firing her for complaining about the harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

           

According to the

September 29, 2009

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EEOC FILES SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWSUIT AGAINST SHUMATE SAWMILL

Female Employees Subjected to Sexual Comments and Touching, Federal Agency Says

LEXINGTON, Va.  – Lexington, Va., Sawmill Operator George C. Shumate, Inc. violated federal law by allowing a male president and company owner to sexually harass female employees and by firing one of the victims for complaining, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. 

     

According to the EEOC's complaint against Shumate Sawmill, Monique Ingram and

September 29, 2009

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EEOC SUES TRC GLOBAL SOLUTIONS FOR RETALIATION

Corporate Relocation Firm Fired Employee for Discrimination Complaints, Federal Agency Charges

     

MILWAUKEE – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed suit against TRC Global Solutions, Inc., a Milwaukee firm providing relocation services to corporate clients throughout the country, charging that it unlawfully fired a personal move associate because of her complaints of race discrimination. 

           

According to the EEOC's suit, Princess Barksdale filed an internal

September 29, 2009