Ukiah winery Dunnewood Vineyard, owned by Constellation Wines U.S., Inc., agreed to pay $75,000 and to implement preventative measures to settle a lawsuit for national origin harassment brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed three lawsuits this week  alleging sexual harassment and abuse of farmworkers—a group which is particularly vulnerable due to isolated working conditions and lack of familiarity with the protections of the law.  The lawsuits are part of an ongoing effort to protect workers in agricultural industries.

Una granja de Hermiston, Ore., que se autodenomina la cultivadora más grande de América violó la ley federal cuando un supervisor apoyó el abuso domestico de una empleada mediante el acoso y represalias en el lugar de empleo la U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commision (EEOC) afirmó en un litigio presentado hoy.

El cultivador de Eastern Washington, Roy Farms,  violó la ley federal al permitir que un supervisor acosara sexualmente a los trabajadores masculinos, afirma la U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) en una demanda presentada hoy.

National Food Corporation, el mayor proveedor de huevos al Pacific Northwestern y MidwesternUnited States y East Asia, infringió la ley federal  por permitir a un supervisor exigir sexo a una empleada del establecimiento, como precio para poder mantener su empleo,  la U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EE0C)  afirmó en una demanda presentada hoy.

Eastern Washington grower Roy Farms violated federal law by allowing a supervisor to sexually harass male laborers, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

National Food Corporation, a major supplier of eggs to the Pacific Northwestern and Midwestern United States and East Asia, violated federal law by allowing a supervisor to demand sex from a female employee as the price of keeping her job, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

New Hanover Regional Medical Center will pay $146,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that the center violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by prohibiting applicants and employees from working if they were taking legally prescribed narcotic medications.

A Hermiston, Ore., farm which calls itself America's largest onion grower violated federal law when a supervisor reinforced the domestic abuse of a female employee with workplace harassment and retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

Unit Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary, Unit Drilling Company, violated federal law when they refused to hire women to work for the company's drilling operations, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed in Salt Lake City on Friday.  One of the largest onshore drilling companies in the United States, Unit maintains its headquarters in Tulsa, Okla., and, according to its website, operates 127 drilling rigs in approximately 13 Western and Midwestern states.