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GRK Fresh Greek to Pay $32,000 to Settle Sexual Harassment Suit

NEW YORK – GRK Fresh Greek, a small chain of New York City restaurants currently closed due to the pandemic, will pay $32,000 and take other steps to settle a sex harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to EEOC’s lawsuit, GRK's former district manager touched women in vulgar personal and sexual ways. He also talked about wanting them to lose weight or wear tighter

June 12, 2020

Press release

EEOC Sues CCC Group for Racial Harassment

ALBANY, N.Y. – CCC Group, Inc., violated federal law when it fostered a work environment rife with racist comments and discriminatory work conditions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed.

The San Antonio, Texas-based construction company operated a construction site in Ravena, N.Y., in 2016. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, white supervisors and employees regularly made unwelcome racist comments, used racial slurs, threatened black employees with nooses, and subjected African

June 3, 2020

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Upstate Niagara Cooperative to Pay $1.35 Million to Settle EEOC Sex Discrimination Lawsuit

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc., a Buffalo dairy cooperative that produces a variety of dairy products, will pay $1,350,000 to female applicants and will provide other relief to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, Upstate Niagara discriminated against female job applicants for production-related positions at three facilities in Buffalo and Rochester, from at least 2009 to the

February 10, 2020

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