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MedicOne Medical Response to Pay $450,000 to Resolve Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

Nashville, Tenn.—MedicOne, an operator of three ambulance services in Tennessee with  facilities in Mississippi and Illinois and headquartered in Farmers Branch, Texas, will pay $450,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC, MedicOne violated federal law when it allowed supervisors and members of upper management to sexually harass several female paramedics and retaliated

November 30, 2021

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Sprouts Farmers Market to Pay $280,0000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suits

DENVER, Colo. – SFM, LLC, doing business as Sprouts Farmers Market — which operates grocery stores in Colorado and other states — will pay $280,000 to three Deaf injured parties and provide other significant relief to settle lawsuits filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Raymond Clark, the federal agency announced today. The lawsuits charged that Sprouts denied employment to applicants because of their disabilities and that Sprouts denied them reasonable accommodation

October 15, 2021

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EEOC Sues Christopher’s Dodge Ram for Sexual and Racial Harassment, Retaliation

DENVER -- Chris the Crazy Trader, Inc., doing business as Christopher’s Dodge Ram in Golden, Colorado, violated federal law by subjecting female and male employees to sexually hostile work environments and subjecting Black/African and Latinx/Hispanic employees to a racially hostile work environment, among other unlawful discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed Sept. 30, 2021.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Christopher’s Dodge Ram employees and managers called female employees

October 1, 2021

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EEOC Sues Whiting-Turner Contracting for Racial Harassment and Retaliation

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company violated federal civil rights laws when it subjected Black laborers to a racially hostile work environment and then fired some of them after they complained about the harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, from at least May 2018 through the fall of 2019, while Whiting-Turner worked as a general contractor on the Google data center

October 1, 2021

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EEOC Sues Skils’kin for Race Discrimination and Retaliation

CHEYENNE, WY– Skils’kin, a non-profit focused on disabilities and employment that operates in Washington, Montana, Oklahoma, and Wyoming, violated federal law by subjecting an African American employee, to race discrimination and retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC, Skils’kin subjected Bryan Wheels to a hostile work environment based on his race, retaliated against him for complaining about race discrimination while working on a crew

September 30, 2021

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Lexus of Cool Springs to Pay $60,000 to Settle EEOC Sex Discrimination Lawsuit

NASHVILLE – Performance of Brentwood, L.P., doing business as Lexus of Cool Springs, a car dealership in the greater Nashville area, agreed to pay $60,000 to resolve a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC’s lawsuit had charged that Lexus of Cool Springs subjected a female service con­sultant to different treatment than similarly situated male co-workers, and then fired her because of her sex

February 10, 2021

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