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Mechanical Design Systems, Inc. to Pay $210,000 to Settle EEOC Pay Discrimination Lawsuit

BALTIMORE -- Mechanical Design Systems, Inc. (MDS), a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) design and installation services company with offices in Clinton, Maryland and operating in the greater Washington, D.C. metro area, has agreed to pay $210,000 and provide other relief to settle a pay discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) the federal agency announced today.

According to EEOC’s lawsuit, female project managers were paid less than male colleagues

May 9, 2023

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EEOC Sues LeachGarner for Sex Discrimination

BOSTON – LeachGarner, Inc., a metallurgical manufacturer and supplier, violated federal law when it discriminated against a class of female employees by segregating its manufacturing workforce by sex and paying them less than male production workers at its Attleboro, Massachusetts facility, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

The EEOC alleges that, since at least January of 2017, LeachGarner routinely assigned female manufacturing employees to lower-paying jobs. The manufacturing

May 9, 2023

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EEOC Sues Alternate Solutions Health Network and Inova Home Health for Pay Discrimination

WASHINGTON - Inova Home Health, LLC (IHH), which is owned in-part and managed by Alternate Solutions Health Network, LLC (ASHN), provides home healthcare coordination services to patients at the Inova Health System in northern Virginia, including through the services of their Post-Acute Care Coordinators (PACCs).  IHH and ASHN violated civil rights laws by paying female PACCs less than male PACCs the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According

February 27, 2023

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EEOC Sues University of Texas at Permian Basin Under The Equal Pay Act

MIDLAND, Texas – The University of Texas at Permian Basin violated the Equal Pay Act by paying lesser wages to a female assistant/associate professor of accounting than it paid to two males hired to perform the same job, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. 

The female professor began her employment on the UTPB Midland campus during the 2015-16 academic year. Her job duties included teaching at least three

September 28, 2022

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EEOC Sues Maryland HVAC Company for Pay Discrimination

BALTIMORE -- Mechanical Design Systems, Inc. (MDS), an HVAC design and installation services company with offices in Clinton, Maryland and operating in the greater Washington, DC metro area, violated civil rights law by paying female Project Managers less than male Project Managers on the basis of sex the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to EEOC’s lawsuit, female Project Managers were paid less than male colleagues for

September 28, 2022

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EEOC Sues Thomas B. Finan Center for Equal Pay Act Violations

BALTIMORE – The Maryland Department of Health’s Thomas B. Finan Center in Cumberland, a state residential psychiatric care center, has been violating federal law by paying its sole male Therapeutic Recreator more than all four female Therapeutic Recreators at the same facility, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the Finan Center hired the male to a subordinate position and promoted him noncompetitively three

September 28, 2022

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EEOC Sues Lacey’s Place for Pay Discrimination

CHICAGO -- Lacey’s Place LLC Series Midlothian, doing business as Lacey’s Place, which owns and operates more than 30 video gaming parlors in Illinois, violated civil rights law by paying female district managers lower wages than male district managers on the basis of sex, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to EEOC’s lawsuit, female district managers were paid less than their male coworkers since at least

August 11, 2022

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EEOC Sues Verona Area School District for Pay Discrimination

CHICAGO – Verona Area School District (VASD), which serves Verona and parts of Fitchburg and Madison, Wisconsin, violated federal law when it paid female special education teachers and a school psychologist lower wages than male employees doing the same work, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, since the 2019-20 school year, VASD has paid nine female special education teachers lower salaries than

January 25, 2022
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