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501. Big Lots to Pay $400,000 for Race Harassment
     PRESS RELEASE 2-16-10 EEOC Alleged Black Employees Were Subjected to Racial Jokes and Slurs By a Hispanic Supervisor and Co-Workers LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of its race harassment and discrimination lawsuit a ...
502. UPS Freight to Pay $46,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
     PRESS RELEASE 2-17-10 Transport Company Fired Rastafarian Employee Because of His Religion-Required Dreadlocks and Beard, Federal Agency Charges HARRISBURG, Pa. — UPS Freight, one of the one of the nation’s largest trucking companies, will pay $46,000 and provide equitable reli ...
503. EEOC Solicits Comments on Proposed Rule Concerning “Reasonable Factors Other than Age” Under the ADEA
     PRESS RELEASE 2-18-10 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) addressing the meaning of “reasonable factors other than age” (RFOA) under the Age Discrimination in Emp ...
504. EEOC Sues Pinnacle Amusements for Racial Harassment
     PRESS RELEASE 2-22-10 Party Rental Company Subjected Black Employees to Racial Slurs, Federal Agency Charges CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today that Pinnacle Amusements, Inc. of Charlotte, N.C., violated feder ...
505. EEOC Asks Court to Enforce Subpoena Served on San Antonio Law Firm in Sex Harassment Case
     PRESS RELEASE 2-24-10 Malaise Firm Refuses to Provide Information Relevant to Investigation of Employee’s Charge of Sexual Misconduct and Retaliation, Federal Agency Says SAN ANTONIO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a subpoena enforcement acti ...
506. Western Slope Sand & Gravel Company Pays Nearly Half Million to Settle EEOC Sex Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit
     PRESS RELEASE 2-24-10 Woman and Two Supportive Men Fired After Sex Discrimination Complaint, Federal Agency Charged DENVER – Oldcastle SW Group, Inc., doing business as United Companies of Mesa County, has agreed to pay $498,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination ...
507. Walmart To Pay More Than $11.7 Million To Settle EEOC Sex Discrimination Suit
     PRESS RELEASE 3-1-10 Kentucky Distribution Facility Denied Jobs to Female Applicants on a Systemic Basis, Federal Agency Charged INDIANAPOLIS –Walmart Stores will pay $11.7 million in back wages and com­pen­satory damages, its share of employer taxes, and up to $250,000 in admi ...
508. $50,000 Consent Decree Resolves EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Against Direct Wines
     PRESS RELEASE 3-2-10 Beverage Distributor Unlawfully Fired Employees Who Needed Medical Leave, Federal Agency Charged CHICAGO – Federal District Judge John W. Darrah has signed a consent decree under which Direct Wines, Inc., formerly known as Beverage Solutions, Inc., a Lake Forest, ...
509. McDonald’s Franchise to Pay $90,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
     PRESS RELEASE 3-2-10 Disabled Worker Physically Threatened and Harassed, Federal Agency Said PHILADELPHIA – Alstrun LLP, which used to own and operate a Philadelphia McDonald’s, will pay $90,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a federal discrimination laws ...
510. EEOC Settles Sexual Harassment & Retaliation Suit Against HD Supply In Wyoming
     PRESS RELEASE 3-2-10 Sex-Based Misconduct Continued Despite Complaints to Manager, who Condoned and participated in Harassment, Federal Agency Charged GILLETTE, Wyo. – HD Supply, Inc., one of nation’s largest wholesale suppliers of building materials, has agreed to settle a se ...
511. St. Louis Construction Company Settles Disability Discrimination Suit with EEOC
     PRESS RELEASE 3-3-10 A&A Contracting Fired Worker Because of Health History, Federal Agency Charged ST. LOUIS -- A&A Contracting, a St. Louis construction company, has agreed to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), ...
512. Valley Isle Motors to Pay $32,500 for Refusing to Hire Applicant with Perceived Disability
     PRESS RELEASE 3-3-10 Car Dealership Dropped Job Offer After Drug Test Results Revealed Use of Prescription Meds, EEOC Charged HONOLULU – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a lawsuit filed against Valley Isle Motors Ltd, a Maui-ba ...
513. EEOC Sues Medical Transportation Company For Sex Harassment and Retaliation
     PRESS RELEASE 3-5-10 Federal Agency Says Jay Medicar Allowed Harassment of Female Employees CHICAGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a class lawsuit here today charging that Jay Medicar Transportation tolerated the sexual harassment of a number of fem ...
514. Court Orders Frozen Food Giant Schwan’s To Comply with EEOC Subpoena in Sex Bias Case
     PRESS RELEASE 3-10-10 Company Must Now Supply Information to Cooperate With Federal Agency’s Investigation of Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Retaliation MINNEAPOLIS – In a ruling issued late on March 8, 2010, Magistrate Judge Janie S. Mayeron of U.S. District Court f ...
515. Pollard Agency Sued By EEOC For Religious Discrimination
     PRESS RELEASE 3-10-10 Security Company Fired Woman Because of Mennonite Head Scarf, Agency Charged ATLANTA – The Pollard Agency, a Fruithurst, Ala.-based contract security company, unlawfully discriminated against an employee because of her religion, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportun ...
516. Les Schwab Tire Centers Agrees To Pay $2,000,000 To Settle Hiring Discrimination Case Involving Females
     PRESS RELEASE 3-11-10 SEATTLE -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has resolved its gender-based hiring class lawsuit against Les Schwab Tire Centers of Washington, et al., and Les Schwab Tire Warehouse, Inc. for $2,000,000 and other correc ...
517. U.S. / Titan Concrete to Pay $135,000 to Settle EEOC National Origin, Age and Retaliation Lawsuit Against Subsidiary, Titan Concrete Industries
     PRESS RELEASE 3-11-10 Thai-American Worker Harassed and Demoted, Federal Agency Charged MEMPHIS – Houston-based U.S. Concrete will pay $135,000 to settle a national origin, age and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against its Mem ...
518. Large Arizona Bottling Company Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
     PRESS RELEASE 3-12-10 Kalil Unlawfully Fired Employee Because of Diabetes, Federal Agency Charged TUCSON, Ariz. -- Kalil Bottling Co., a large Arizona soft drink bottling and distribution company, has agreed to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment O ...
519. White Way Cleaners to Pay $42,250 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit
     PRESS RELEASE 3-16-10 St. Paul Dry Cleaner Unlawfully Fired Worker Because of Pregnancy, Agency Charged MINNEAPOLIS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Chief Judge Michael J. Davis of U.S. District Court in Minneapolis has approved a consent ...
520. Administaff to Pay $115,000 for Religious Bias
     PRESS RELEASE 3-17-10 Nationwide Staffing Company Subjected Jewish Employees to Verbal and Physical Harassment, EEOC Charged BALTIMORE – Administaff, Inc., a nationwide company which provides full-service human resources to small and medium-size businesses will pay $115,000 and furnish s ...