A nationwide building services company providing services to Westfield's Montgomery Mall in Bethesda, Md., violated federal law when it fired an employee because he complained about race and sex discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

A Rockville, Md., medical transcription company violated federal law when it refused to hire a medical transcriptionist to a full-time job because of its stereotypes about people with multiple sclerosis, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

In a legal victory for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Bellco Credit Union, for the second time in two years, lost a court motion to dismiss the EEOC's lawsuit charging the company with firing a 61-year-old teller because of her age, the federal agency announced today.

Federal Magistrate Judge Aaron E. Goodstein today issued a decision denying the motion of Universal Brixius to dismiss a sex discrimination lawsuit against it by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

A Charlotte, N.C.-based equipment rental company will pay $64,641 to settle a religious harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) just days before the case was scheduled for a jury trial, the agency announced today. The EEOC had sued Sunbelt Rentals, Inc., the nationwide commercial rental company, on behalf of a Muslim worker who was allegedly discriminated against because of his Islamic faith at a company facility in Gaithersburg, Md.

Playing a key part in an Obama Administration-wide effort to advance opportunities for workers with disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold town hall meetings throughout the nation and offer workshops on new federal regulations and hiring procedures.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a pattern or practice discrimination lawsuit against Dominion Correctional Services, LLC and Corrections Corporation of America, both doing business as Crowley County Correctional Facility, for $1.3 million and significant remedial relief on behalf of 21 female former workers who were allegedly subjected to a sex-based hostile work environment and retaliation at an all-male, privately run medium security prison in Olney Springs, Colo.

Property Management Companies Harassed a Class of Hispanic Workers, Federal Agency Charges

     

BALTIMORE – Three  interrelated companies which provide property management services to apartment  complexes in Maryland and Virginia violated federal law when they  subjected a class of Hispanic workers to harassment and suspended or fired  employees who opposed the illegal practices, the U.S. Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

     

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PITTSBURGH -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today  announced the filing of a class lawsuit against Ruby Tuesday, Inc. under the  Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) on behalf of older job applicants  who were denied hire due to ageism.

     

  The EEOC alleges that since at  least January 2005, Ruby Tuesday, Inc. has refused to hire individuals who were  in the ADEA’s protected class (age 40

Staffing Company Terminated Women Because of Pregnancy, Federal Agency Says

     

BALTIMORE – CTI Global  Solutions Inc., a staffing agency headquartered in Largo,  Md., violated  federal law when it terminated a group of employees because of their pregnancy,  the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit  announced today.

     

“More than 30 years after the passage of the Pregnancy  Discrimination Act, the EEOC has seen a sharp increase