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Asphalt Paving Systems to Pay $1.25 Million in EEOC Race Discrimination Lawsuit

TAMPA, Fla. – Asphalt Paving Systems, Inc. (APS), an asphalt paving company with offices in Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Tennessee, agreed to pay $1.25 million and furnish comprehensive injunctive relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, APS subjected 12 Black former employees and a class of other Black employees, to frequent, severe harassment because

August 28, 2024

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J.A. Croson Pays $1.6 Million to Settle EEOC Racial Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

TAMPA, Fla. – J.A. Croson, a Sorrento, Florida-based plumbing and HVAC contractor, agreed to pay $1.6 million and to provide other equitable relief to settle a race and national origin harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of 17 former Black and Hispanic J.A. Croson employees, the federal agency announced today.

In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged that the company subjected a class of Black and Hispanic

August 27, 2024

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ResourceOne to Pay $47,500 in EEOC Racial Harassment Lawsuit

TULSA, Okla. - Worldwide Printing and Distribution, Inc., doing business as ResourceOne, a Tulsa commercial printing, direct mailing and direct marketing company, will pay $47,500 and furnish other relief to resolve a harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in August 2022, a ResourceOne employee showed her supervisor results from an at-home DNA test kit indicating the employee’s ancestry from Cameroon

August 14, 2024

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Radiant Services to Pay $1.1 Million in EEOC Hiring Discrimination Lawsuit

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Gardena-based laundry facility Radiant Services Corporation will pay $1.1 million and furnish extensive injunctive relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) discrimination lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s related suit against BaronHR recently settled for $2.2 million and extensive injunctive relief remedies, bringing the total settlement to be distributed to class members to $3.3 million.

The EEOC’s lawsuit charged that since at least 2015, Radiant failed

August 7, 2024

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Beaumont Health to Pay $30,000 in EEOC Race Discrimination Lawsuit

DEARBORN, Mich. – Beaumont Health (now Corewell Health) will pay $30,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Beaumont terminated a Black home health aide after an unwitnessed verbal conflict with a white co-worker about a dishwasher. Afterwards, both employees discussed the incident with the director. Despite the existence of a progressive discipline

July 15, 2024

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Wheeler Trucking to Pay $65,000 to Resolve EEOC Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit

CLEVELAND – Nationwide automotive hauling and logistics company Wheeler Trucking, doing business as Wheeler Trucking Inc. and Wheeler Logistics, Inc. will pay $65,000 and furnish equitable relief to settle a race and religion lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Wheeler subjected Charles R. Lynch, III, a Torah Observant employee at its Sheffield, Ohio, location to discrimination when they revoked his religious accommodation that

June 21, 2024

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Iron Hill Brewery to Pay $115,000 in EEOC Race Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit

ATLANTA – Iron Hill Brewery of Buckhead, LLC, and Iron Hill Brewery, LLC, a chain of breweries and restaurants across several states, has agreed to pay $115,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC suit alleged Iron Hill discriminated against an African American employee of its Buckhead, Georgia, location when it fired him because of his race

June 18, 2024
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