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541. University Of Louisiana At Monroe To Pay $450,000 To Settle EEOC Age Discrimination And Retaliation Suit
     PRESS RELEASE 4-20-10 University Rejected Retired Professor Because of Age and Retaliation for Prior Discrimination Suit, Federal Agency Says HOUSTON — The University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM), which operates under the Board of Supervisors of the University of Louisiana System, ...
542. EEOC Settles Lawsuits for Sex and Race Harassment Against Preston Hood Chevrolet
     PRESS RELEASE 4-21-10 Biloxi Car Dealer to Pay $120,000 to Resolve Multiple Charges GULFPORT, Miss. – Biloxi, Miss.-based Preston Hood Chevrolet has agreed to pay a total of $120,000 to settle two employment discrimination lawsuits, one for sexual harassment and one for race harassme ...
543. EEOC Obtains $122,500 from Houston Construction Company for Religious, Race and National Origin Discrimination
     PRESS RELEASE 4-22-10 Pace Services Treated Islamic, Black and Hispanic Employees Unfairly, Federal Agency Charged HOUSTON – A Houston-area construction company will pay $122,500 and provide additional remedial relief to resolve a discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment ...
544. Lafayette College Agrees To Pay $1 Million To Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit
     PRESS RELEASE 4-23-10 'Loss Prevention Supervisor' Physically Assaulted and Verbally Abused Women, Federal Agency Said PHILADELPHIA – Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., has agreed to pay $1,000,000 and furnish significant remedial relief to settle a federal sexual harassment lawsui ...
545. Selden Fire District To Pay $263,360 To Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Suit
     PRESS RELEASE 4-23-10 Long Island Fire District Barred Firefighters Over 55 From Receiving Service Credits in Retirement Benefits Program, Federal Agency Charged NEW YORK – The Selden Fire District Selden in Suffolk County, Long Island, will pay $263,360 to settle a class age discrimin ...
546. MCEA To Pay $80,000 To Settle EEOC Retaliation Suit
     PRESS RELEASE 4-26-10 Agency Said Local Union Discriminated Against Workers Because They Protested Discrimination at Workplace BALTIMORE – The Maryland Classified Employees Association (MCEA) union will pay $80,000 to settle a retaliation discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equa ...
547. Federal Court Enforces EEOC Investigative Subpoena Against Bolingbrook Meat Processor
     PRESS RELEASE 4-27-10 Judge Holds Federal Agency May Pursue Issue of Hiring Discrimination After Complaint That Quantum Foods Fired Hispanic Man Because of His National Origin CHICAGO – Federal District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly has ordered that Bolingbrook, Ill.-based Quantum Foods, ...
548. Atlanta Nightclub Sued by EEOC for Pregnancy Discrimination
     PRESS RELEASE 4-27-10 Dreamz ATL Violated Federal Law by Firing Expectant Mother, Federal Agency Charged ATLANTA – In a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged that Dreamz ATL, a large nightclub in Atlanta, violated fe ...
549. EEOC Sues Allegiance Industries for Gender Discrimination
     PRESS RELEASE 4-27-10 Female Supervisor Fired by District Manager Who Wanted a Man in Her Position, Federal Agency Charged ATLANTA – Allegiance Industries, Inc., a cleaning service with work sites throughout the Atlanta area, violated federal law when it fired a female supervisor bec ...
550. Meridian, Mississippi Nursing Home to Pay $40,000 to Settle Discrimination Lawsuit
     PRESS RELEASE 5-3-10 Poplar Springs Refused to Consider Applicant Because of Age and Race, Federal Agency Charged GULFPORT, Miss. -- Poplar Springs Nursing Center, LLC, a Meridian, Miss., nursing home, will pay $40,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age and race discrimination lawsu ...
551. EEOC Collects on $471,000 Jury Award after Winning Appeal from Waterproofing Company In Sex Harassment Case
     PRESS RELEASE 5-5-10 Teens Were Among 13 Victims of Abuse at Everdry’s Rochester Location, Agency Charged NEW YORK – The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that Everdry Marketing and Management has paid $471,096 in damages, plus $86,581 in post-judgment ...
552. Perdue Farms Settles EEOC Age Discrimination Suit
     PRESS RELEASE 5-12-10 Chicken Processor Denied 66-Year-Old Worker a Job Because of Her Age, Federal Agency Charged LEWISTON, N.C. – Perdue Farms, Inc. will pay $25,500 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency ...
553. Overland Park Restaurant Sued By EEOC For Sexual Harassment Of Teen Worker
     PRESS RELEASE 5-20-10 18-Year-Old Forced to Quit Because of Boss’s Sexual Touching and Advances, Federal Agency Charged KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Cactus Grill, Inc., violated federal law when it allowed a manager to sexually harass an 18-year-old server at its restaurant in Leawood, Ka ...
554. Orkin Pest Control Sued By EEOC For Age And Religious Discrimination In Hiring And Advertising
     PRESS RELEASE 5-20-10 Agency Says Company Refused to Hire Older Workers and Advertised for Mormon Applicants PHOENIX – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that it has filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing pest control company Orkin of discr ...
555. Pollard Agency Pays $49,556 To Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
     5-20-10 Federal Agency Charged Security Guard Was Fired Because of Mennonite Head Scarf ATLANTA – The Pollard Agency, a Fruithurst, Ala.-based contract security company, will pay more than $49,000 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportun ...
556. Morley Missouri Construction Company Settles Racial Harassment and Retaliation Suit with EEOC
     PRESS RELEASE 5-24-10 Dollins Construction Punished Black Workers for Complaining About Noose Display, Racist Comments, Federal Agency Charged ST. LOUIS – Dollins Construction Company of Morley, Mo., has settled a race harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity ...
557. EEOC Sues City of Boone, Iowa For Age Discrimination
     PRESS RELEASE 5-24-10 City Rejected Older Applicant for Less-Qualified Younger One, Federal Agency Says DES MOINES – The City of Boone, Iowa violated federal law by hiring a 25-year-old rather than a more qualified 62-year-old because of the latter’s age, the U.S. Equal Employment ...
558. EEOC Obtains $50,000 from Texas Transportation Brokerage Companies for Retaliation
     PRESS RELEASE 5-25-10 Employee Fired for Complaints About Harassment, Federal Agency Charged HOUSTON – Two Dallas/Fort Worth-area transportation brokerage companies will pay $50,000 and provide additional remedial relief to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Empl ...
559. The Bell Company Sued by EEOC for Sex Discrimination and Retaliation
     PRESS RELEASE 5-26-10 Company Fired Worker for Complaints About Gender-Based Abuse, Federal Agency Charges BALTIMORE -- The Bell Company / The Bell Company, LLC, violated federal law when it fired a skilled female equipment operator and materials handler for complaining about discrimination be ...
560. Creative Networks Settles EEOC Retaliation Lawsuit for $110,000
     PRESS RELEASE 5-26-10 Disability Services Company Fired Employee Over Discrimination Charge and Threatened Witness, Federal Agency Charged PHOENIX – Creative Networks, LLC, a company which provides services to the disabled, has agreed to pay $110,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. ...