Company Fired Female Worker Based on Gender, Federal Agency Says

RALEIGH, N.C. – A Garner, N.C.-based engineering and design company will pay $10,250 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that Tyndall Engineering and Design, P.A. disciplined workers in a discriminatory fashion based on gender when it fired a female employee at

Panelists Discuss Importance of Caregiver-Friendly Policies During Recession

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a document on best practices to avoid discrimination against workers with caregiving responsibilities, and held a public meeting to discuss the importance of policies that protect caregivers in an economic downturn.

The technical assistance document, Employer Best Practices for Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities, is available online at http://www.eeoc/policy/docs/caregiver-best-practices.html.  The best practices document supplements Unlawful Disparate

EEOC Says Company to Pay $20,000 for Firing Expectant Mother

LITTLE ROCK – A North Little Rock, Ark.-based third-party receivables management company for health clubs will pay $20,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 

The EEOC's suit (Civil Action No. 4:08-CV-2816, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, at Little Rock) charged that ABC Financial Services fired Reshma

Hispanic, Black Employees Subjected to Racial and Ethnic Slurs, Agency Charged

MIAMI – National department store Nordstrom, Inc. will pay $292,500 to 10 former employees and furnish other remedial measures to settle a harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  EEOC had charged that the department store manager harassed Hispanic and black employees based on their national origin, race, and color, and retaliated against

Company Failed to Provide Interpreter for Hearing-Impaired Employee, Federal Agency Charges

MIAMI -- The Florida Institute for Neurologic Rehabilitation, Inc. (FINR) violated federal law when it denied a job to a hearing-impaired person because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed yesterday.

The EEOC's suit, Case No. 8:09cv716-T23MAP, filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District

Panelists to Discuss Work-Life Balance in an Economic Downturn;
EEOC to Issue Employer Best Practices Document

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity  Commission (EEOC) will hold a public meeting at 10 a.m. (Eastern Time), Wednesday,  April 22, to address best practices to avoid discrimination against workers  with caregiving responsibilities.  The  meeting, at agency headquarters, 131 M Street, N.E., is open for public  observation of the Commission’s deliberations, in accordance with the Sunshine  Act.

Following

Gary Plant Rescinded Job Offer Because of Disability, Federal Agency Charges

HAMMOND, Ind. – United States Steel Corporation, a Pittsburgh-headquartered steel manufacturing company, violated federal law by denying a job to an applicant because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. 

According to the EEOC's suit, U.S. Steel's Gary, Ind., plant rescinded an offer of employment

EEOC Said Trucking Dealership Denied Pay Increases to Black Diesel Technician

PHILADELPHIA – A Harrisburg, Pa.-based trucking dealership has agreed to pay $60,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that Transteck, Inc., doing business as Freightliner of Philadelphia, violated federal civil rights laws when it failed to give salary increases to a black diesel

Las empresas de Hogar de Ancianos imponen regla de Inglés-solamente a parlantes de español, mientras que permite otros idiomas en el trabajo, EEOC alego.

LOS  ANGELES - La  Comisión de Igualdad de  Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC) anunció el día de hoy que la empresa Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc.,  Skilled Healthcare, LLC, y otras compañías afiliadas  pagarán hasta $450,000 y proporcionarán alivio significante de recuperación a  un grupo de empleados hispanos que fueron

Nursing Home Companies Imposed English-Only Rule on Spanish Speakers While Permitting Other Foreign Languages in Workplace, EEOC Alleged

LOS ANGELES – Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc., Skilled Healthcare, LLC, and other affiliated companies, will pay up to $450,000 and provide significant remedial relief to a class of Hispanic employees at its nursing homes and assisted living facilities who were subject to harassment, different terms and conditions of employment, promotion, compensation, and treatment through