Sears Settles EEOC Age Discrimination Suit
PRESS RELEASE 7-14-10 Corpus Christi Store Denied 61-Year-Old Applicant Position Because of Age, Federal Agency Charged CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A Corpus Christi Sears store will pay more than $30,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal ...
EEOC Settles Retaliation Lawsuit Against Staffing Firm for $62,500
PRESS RELEASE 7-13-10 Adecco USA Inc. Fired Office Manager Who Supported Sexual Harassment Complaint of his Supervisor, Federal Agency Alleged ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a retaliation lawsuit against Adecco USA I ...
Health Delivery, Inc. To Pay $45,000 To Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
PRESS RELEASE 7-9-10 Refused to Rehire Employee with Record of Disability, Federal Agency Charged DETROIT – A Saginaw, Mich.-based health services provider will pay $45,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by U.S. Equal Employ ment Opportunity ...
Terminix Agrees to Pay $80,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit
PRESS RELEASE 7-7-10 Exterminator Forced Pregnant Technician to Take Medical Leave, Then Fired Her, Federal Agency Charged MEMPHIS – Major exterminator Terminix International will pay $80,000 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ( ...
O’Fallon Billboard Company to Pay $55,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit
PRESS RELEASE 7-6-10 Trinity Products Manager Sought to Replace Female Employee After She Complained About His Misconduct, Federal Agency Charged ST. LOUIS – Trinity Products, Inc., a manufacturer of billboards and signposts based in O’Fallon, Mo., will pay $55,000 to settle a sexual ...
Silgan Containers Required to Pay $45,000 to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Suit
PRESS RELEASE 7-2-10 North America’s Largest Metal Food Can Supplier Fired Man Because of Race, Federal Agency Charged CHICAGO – Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation, the largest manufacturer of metal food containers in North America, will pay $45,000 to settle a race discrimi ...
Cullman Company To Pay $100,000 To Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Lawsuit
PRESS RELEASE 7-1-10 Racially Hostile Work Environment Offends Black and White Employees at McGriff’s Truck Facility BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – McGriff Industries, Inc. and its subsidiary McGriff Transportation, Inc., which operated a truck transportation facility in Cullman, Ala., will pa ...
EEOC Reaches Voluntary Settlement for Sexual Harassment with Koreatown Restaurant
PRESS RELEASE 7-1-10 Chilbo Myunok to Pay $170,000 to Victims and Participate in Joint Outreach Training With EEOC to Korean Community Small Business Owners LOS ANGELES – Chilbo Myunok USA LLC, a Korea-based food company which owns a Los Angeles restaurant and a chain of fast-food stores i ...
Allstar Fitness Sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment
PRESS RELEASE 7-1-10 Supervisor Forced Sex on Latina Employee, Federal Agency Charges SEATTLE — Allstar Fitness, which operates fitness clubs in Washington and Oregon, violated federal law when its manager sexually harassed a female employee on multiple occasions, the U.S. Equal Employment ...
EEOC Sues La Crosse Pharmacy for Sex Harassment
PRESS RELEASE 7-1-10 Pinnacle Pharmacy Failed to Protect Female Employees from Harasser, Federal Agency Charged MADISON, Wis. – Omnicare, Inc., doing business as Pinnacle Pharmacy, violated federal law by subjecting a class of women to a sexually hostile work environment in its La Crosse, ...
Georgia Government Agencies To Pay $60,000 To Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Suit
PRESS RELEASE 6-29-10 Federal Agency Charged That State and County Government Agencies Terminated Employee Because of Her Age ATLANTA – The State of Georgia’s Department of Community Health and one of its local county districts, McIntosh County Health Department, will pay $60,000 ...
PETCO To Pay $145,000 For Failing To Accommodate Deaf Pet Groomer
PRESS RELEASE 6-29-10 Deaf Groomer Penalized for Inability to Speak While Her Customers Were Funneled to Non-Deaf Employees, EEOC Charged DENVER – Pet store giant PETCO Animal Supplies Stores, Inc. will pay $145,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit f ...
Cinram Wireless Pays $40,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination and Retaliation Suit
PRESS RELEASE 6-29-10 Company Refused to Accommodate Employee’s Sabbath and Fired Her for Objecting, Federal Agency Charged DALLAS – A Fort Worth, Texas CD and DVD manufacturing company has agreed to settle a religious discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equa ...
Aiken Fairfield Inn Operator Sued by EEOC For Unlawful Retaliation Against Employees
PRESS RELEASE 6-29-10 AIKEN, S.C. – The company that operates a Fairfield Inn & Suites hotel in Aiken, S.C., violated federal law by firing two employees, one as retaliation for complaining about discrimination and the other because it mistakenly believed she was doing so, the U.S. Equ ...
Major Washington Apple Grower Sued for Sexual Harassment
PRESS RELEASE 6-25-10 EEOC Obtains Restraining Order to Protect Witnesses YAKIMA, Wash. – One of the largest apple producers in the United States has been placed under a temporary restraining order (TRO) filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced ...
John Wieland Homes Settles EEOC Race And Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
PRESS RELEASE 6-23-10 Home Builder Agrees to Pay $378,500 and Hire More African-Americans and Women ATLANTA – John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods, Inc., an Atlanta-based home builder, has agreed to pay $378,500 to six claimants and hire at least ten African-Americans and women into man ...
EEOC Lawsuit Challenges Sexual Harassment and Retaliation at North Dakota Applebee’s
PRESS RELEASE 6-23-10 Agency Says General Manager Abused Women for Six Years And Punished Employees Who Complained BISMARCK, N.D. – The Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar – Bismarck South, owned and operated by Apple Core, Inc. and Food Management Investors, Inc. (FMI), vi ...
Sioux Falls Oral Surgery Clinic Pays $118,775 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Case
PRESS RELEASE 6-22-10 Siouxland Denied Jobs to Two Women Because They Were Expectant Mothers, Federal Agency Charged PHOENIX – Siouxland Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Associates, LLP of Sioux Falls, S.D., has agreed to pay $95,000 in punitive damages and attorneys’ fees, in addition t ...
Community College of Baltimore County to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Suit and Employee’s Retaliation Claims
PRESS RELEASE 6-21-10 College Refused to Hire 60-Year Old ESOL Advisor Based on Age, Agency Charged BALTIMORE – The Community College of Baltimore County will pay $50,000 and provide equitable relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Co ...
Plastics Molding Companies to Pay $190,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
PRESS RELEASE 6-21-10 EPI Subjected Female Workers to Verbal and Physical Abuse, Federal Agency Charges OXFORD, Miss. – A St. Louis-based plastic injection molding company will pay $190,000 and provide other relief to resolve a sexual harassment and constructive discharge lawsuit filed by ...