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R3 Government Solutions to Pay $82,500 to Resolve EEOC Discrimination and Retaliation Suit

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – R3 Government Solutions, LLC, a federal contractor, will pay $82,500 and provide other relief to settle a race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, R3 discriminated and retaliated against a Black woman who worked for R3 as a recruiter. The EEOC alleged the recruiter opposed what she believed were R3’s discriminatory hiring practices, which included rejecting candidates because of their

June 9, 2023

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Parris Pizza Company to Pay $150,000 to Settle EEOC Race Harassment Lawsuit

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Parris Pizza Company, LLC, the former owner of a Domino’s Pizza franchise in Olean, New York, has agreed to pay $150,000 and provide other relief to resolve a racial harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, beginning in at least 2019, Parris Pizza permitted Black employees to be harassed by White coworkers.  The mistreatment included two shift managers’

June 1, 2023

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EEOC Sues Culver’s Restaurants of Cottage Grove for Multiple Forms of Harassment

MINNEAPOLIS – R & G Endeavors, Inc., a fast-food franchisee doing business as Culver’s Restaurants of Cottage Grove, violated federal law when it subjected employees to a hostile work environment based on race, sex, sexual orientation, and disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in two lawsuits filed today. The litigation also charges the Minnesota company with denying a long-serving employee with a disability equal pay and pay raises because of his disability

May 23, 2023

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Kaiser to Pay $140,000 to Settle EEOC Racial Harassment Lawsuit

TACOMA, Wash. — Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington has agreed to pay $140,000 to an African American employee at its Tacoma Medical Center and provide other relief to resolve a racial harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Kaiser permitted an African American employee to be harassed by her coworker’s repeated use of a version of the n-word, even after

May 16, 2023

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Shepherd Electric to Pay $185,806 to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination and Retaliation Suit

BALTIMORE – Shepherd Electric Co., Inc., a wholesale electrical distributor that operates in the Baltimore/Washington area, will pay $185,806 and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commis­sion (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Shepherd Electric discriminated against two Black managers at the company’s Laurel, Maryland warehouse. After one of the managers com­plained the company disciplined Black employees

May 12, 2023

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EEOC Sues Sunnybrook Union for Race Discrimination

CHICAGO, Ill. – Sunnybrook Education Association, IEA-NEA, (“Sunnybrook Union”), a labor union representing teachers and educational support personnel in the Sunnybrook School District, violated federal civil rights law by blocking the promotion of an African American custodian to the role of head custodian because of his race, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

The EEOC said that Sunnybrook Union grieved the promotion of a Black employee of Sunnybrook School

May 4, 2023

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Whiting-Turner to Pay $1.2 Million to Settle EEOC Racial Harassment and Retaliation Suit

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, a construction management and general contracting company headquartered in Baltimore, will pay $1.2 million to a class of Black former workers and furnish other relief to settle a race harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought against it by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Whiting-Turner served as the prime contractor for the con­struction of the Google Data Center in

May 4, 2023

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EEOC Sues LM Wind Power for Race Harassment and Retaliation

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – LM Wind Power Blades, Inc, a wind turbine blade manufacturer, violated federal law when it subjected an African American employee to a racially hostile work environment and then retaliated against him for complaining, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed May 4, 2023.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the African American employee was the target of sustained racial hostility from white employees and supervisors, which included

May 4, 2023
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