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Pacific Bell Settles Disability Discrimination Lawsuit with EEOC

Pacific Bell Telephone Company, formerly known as AT&T Pacific Bell, will pay $15,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
July 12, 2018

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Oncor Sued for Disability Discrimination and Mandatory Medication Disclosure Policy

Dallas-based Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC violated federal law by terminating a data entry clerk who would not agree to abide by a medication disclosure policy that oversteps employees' rights, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today in federal court. The employee was required to sign a document promising to reveal all medications that "could" affect her job performance. When she refused, she was sent home and ultimately received a termination letter in the mail, the EEOC said.
July 12, 2018

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Dignity Health Sued by EEOC For Disability Discrimination

Dignity Health, operating Mercy Medical Center in Redding, Calif., violated federal law when it refused to provide accommodations to allow a 10-year employee to return to work after she suffered a sudden loss of vision, and instead fired her by selectively applying a previously unused vision requirement, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
July 11, 2018

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Werner Enterprises Sued by EEOC For Disability Discrimination in Hiring

Werner Enterprises, Inc., a truckload carrier headquartered in Omaha, Neb., violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it refused to hire an applicant as a truck driver because he is deaf, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit filed today.
July 11, 2018

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EEOC Sues Pulmonary Specialists of Tyler And Sleep Health for Disability Discrimination

Pulmonary Specialists of Tyler and Sleep Health violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by making an unlawful medical inquiry of employees, and terminating Billings/Collections Specialist Angela Abler because of her responses to the medical inquiry, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
July 11, 2018

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EEOC Sues Pacific Sunwear Of California, LLC

Pacific Sunwear of California (PacSun), a leading specialty retailer that sells casual apparel, accessories, and footwear designed to appeal to teens and young adults, violated federal law when it refused to consider an applicant in a wheelchair for a job, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
July 10, 2018

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TrueCore Behavioral Solutions to Pay $38,000 To Settle EEOC Equal Pay and Title VII Lawsuit

TrueCore Behavioral Solutions, a manager of programs and services at a juvenile correction facility in Alexander, Ark., will pay $38,000 as part of the settlement of a sex pay discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. During the relevant time frame, the company managing the correctional facility was known as G4S, but TrueCore purchased the assets and liabilities of G4S in June 2017.
July 6, 2018
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