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Press release

Moore & Morford to Pay $80,000 to Settle EEOC Sex Harassment and Retaliation Suit

Pittsburgh – Moore & Morford, Inc., a steel-fabrication company in South Greensburg, Pa., will pay $80,000 to settle a sex harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Moore & Morford employees subjected a female welder to a hostile work environment because of her sex. The EEOC charged that male employees repeatedly called the female welder various offensive, sex-based epithets

December 22, 2020

Press release

Norfolk Southern to Pay $2.5 Million to Settle EEOC Systemic Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

PITTSBURGH, P.a. – Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company (Norfolk Southern) will pay $2.5 million dollars to 37 workers and furnish significant non-monetary relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Norfolk Southern’s medical department medically disqualified workers from employment based on a range of actual or perceived disabilities, or a history of such disabilities

July 28, 2020

Press release

Deborah Kane Chosen as New Director of EEOC’s Pittsburgh Area Office

PITTSBURGH – Deborah Kane has been chosen as the new area director of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) Pittsburgh Area Office, the federal agency announced today. As the director of the EEOC Pittsburgh Area Office, Kane will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the office and supervising the office staff.

“I am very pleased that Deborah will be the director of our Pittsburgh Area Office,” said EEOC Philadelphia District Director Jamie

June 29, 2020

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