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81. NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPT. TO PAY $450,000 FOR AGE BIAS
    PRESS RELEASE 10-23-08 EEOC Says County Attempted to Force Out Senior Marine Bureau Police Officers NEW YORK - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Nassau County on Long Island will pay $450,000 and agree to significant injunctive relief to settle an ag ...
82. WYNDHAM HOTEL CHAIN TO PAY $370,000 FOR SAME-SEX TEEN HARASSMENT
    PRESS RELEASE 10-23-08 EEOC Settles Suit for Young Men Who Were Sexually Abused SEATTLE - Hotel giant WorldMark by Wyndham will pay $370,000 and furnish significant remedial relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency ...
83. SUPREME COURT DENIES FEDEX BID TO REVIEW PUNITIVE DAMAGES AWARD UNDER DISABILITIES ACT
    PRESS RELEASE 10-8-08 Justices Decline to Review Jury Award in EEOC Case on Behalf of Deaf Worker WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that the Supreme Court has denied a petition for review by Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) of a ruling ...
84. DILLARD’S SUED FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
    PRESS RELEASE 9-30-08 EEOC Says Retail Giant Requires Employees to Reveal Confidential Medical Information SAN DIEGO – Dillard Store Services, Inc. (Dillard’s), the nationwide chain of department stores, unlawfully discrimin­ates against employees by requiring them to disclose ...
85. STERLING JEWELERS SUED FOR SEX DISCRIMINATION
    PRESS RELEASE 9-24-08 EEOC Says Jewelry Retail Giant Discriminated Against Thousands of Women Nationwide BUFFALO, N.Y. – Sterling Jewelers Inc., the largest specialty retail jeweler in the country, violated federal law by discriminating against a large class of female employees at stores ...
86. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Titles I and V
    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is the text of Titles I and V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-336) (ADA), as amended, as these titles will appear in volume 42 of the United States Code, beginning at section 12101. Title ...
87. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Sections 501 and 505 EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is the text of Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Pub. L. 93-112) (Rehab. Act), as amended, as these sections will appear in volume 29 of the United States Code, beginning at ...
88. What are "prohibited personnel practices?"
    Twelve prohibited personnel practices, including reprisal for whistleblowing, are defined by law at § 2302(b) of title 5 of the United States Code (U.S.C.). A personnel action (such as an appointment, promotion, reassignment, or suspension) may need to be involved for a prohibited personn ...
89. The Civil Rights Act of 1991
    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EDITOR'S NOTE: The text of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 (Pub. L. 102-166), as enacted on November 21, 1991, appears below with the following modifications: The text of the sections of the CRA that amend the laws enforced by EEOC (i.e., Title V ...
90. SCHOTT NORTH AMERICA, INC. TO PAY $1.45 MILLION TO SETTLE EEOC SEX BIAS SUIT
    PRESS RELEASE 6-10-09 Company Laid Off Class of Women Workers Based on Gender, Federal Agency Said SCRANTON, PA. — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a major settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit for $1,450,000 and significant equitable relief ag ...
91. AUTOZONE, INC. TO PAY $65,000 FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT; EEOC SECURES UNANIMOUS JURY VERDICT
    PRESS RELEASE 6-11-09 PHOENIX – An eight person federal jury has returned a unanimous verdict in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a sexual harassment lawsuit against AutoZone, Inc., the Memphis, Tenn.-based national auto parts retail giant, the EEOC ann ...
92. BROOKS RUN MINING CO. AND NEAL & ASSOCIATES SETTLE EEOC SEX DISCRIMINATION SUIT FOR $115,000
    PRESS RELEASE 6-11-09 Women Security Officers Laid Off and Transferred to Punish Them for Reporting Abuse, Federal Agency Charged CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Brooks Run Mining Company and staffing firm Neal & Associates will pay $115,000 to settle a sex-based discrimination lawsuit filed by ...
93. DELPHI CORPORATION AGREES TO SETTLE EEOC LAWSUIT OVER PROHIBITED MEDICAL INQUIRIES
    PRESS RELEASE 5-20-09 Sick Leave Policy Violated ADA, Agency Charged NEW YORK — Delphi Corporation, one of the world’s largest suppliers of automotive parts, will pay $80,000 and agree to injunctive relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Emp ...
94. JACOBS TECHNOLOGY TO PAY $60,000 FOR AGE BIAS
    PRESS RELEASE 5-21-09 EEOC Said Government Contractor Fired Older Employee BALTIMORE – A government contractor that provides technology services to the U.S. Army at its Aberdeen, Md., location will pay $60,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the ...
95. CLUB GABYS SUED BY EEOC FOR AGE BIAS
    PRESS RELEASE 5-22-09 EEOC Says Pembroke Pines Restaurant/Lounge Forced Out Older Employees MIAMI – A restaurant, lounge, night club and liquor store in Pembroke Pines, Fla., violated federal law when it discriminated against older employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commis ...
96. CONOCOPHILLIPS SETTLES RELIGIOUS BIAS LAWSUIT
    PRESS RELEASE 5-28-09 EEOC Said Company Refused to Allow Employee to Attend Sunday Church Services NEWARK, N.J. – Oil Company ConocoPhillips has agreed to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency ann ...
97. AREA ERECTORS, INC. TO PAY $630,000 TO CLASS OF BLACK WORKERS IN RACE DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT
    PRESS RELEASE 5-29-09 EEOC Settles Race and Retaliation Suit Against Rockford, Ill.-based Construction Firm CHICAGO – Area Erectors, Inc., a construction company headquartered in Rockford, Ill., will pay $630,000 and provide significant remedial relief to settle a race discrimination clas ...
98. EXTRA SPACE MANAGEMENT TO PAY $95,000 FOR DISABILITY BIAS AGAINST EMPLOYEE WITH COSMETIC DISFIGUREMENT
    PRESS RELEASE 5-28-09 EEOC Settles ADA Suit for Fired Maintenance Worker BALTIMORE -- A Gaithersburg, Md.-based storage facility will pay $95,000 and furnish other substantial relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), ...
99. CEISEL MASONRY TO PAY $500,000 FOR HARASSMENT OF HISPANIC WORKERS
    PRESS RELEASE 5-22-09 EEOC Settles National Origin and Race Bias Class Suit on Eve of Trial CHICAGO – Ceisel Masonry will pay half a million dollars to settle a race and national origin discrimina­tion lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commis­sion (EEOC), ...
100. MAVERICK TUBE TO PAY $175,000 TO SETTLE EEOC RETALIATION LAWSUIT
     PRESS RELEASE 5-14-09 Company Fired Employee for Complaining About Manager’s Racist Comments, Federal Agency Charged HOUSTON – Conroe, Texas-based Maverick Tube Corporation will pay $175,000 to settle a retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportun ...