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 ...
Midstate Construction to pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Harassment Lawsuit
PRESS RELEASE 6-21-10 Latino Workers Insulted Because of National Origin, Federal Agency Charged SAN FRANCISCO – A Petaluma, Calif., construction company will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a national origin discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opport ...
EEOC Sues FAPS, Inc. For Discriminatory Hiring Practices
PRESS RELEASE 6-17-10 Automotive Port Processing Company Fails to Hire African-Americans and Asks Improper Medical Questions on Applications, Federal Agency Charges NEWARK, N.J. -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a workplace discrimination suit today against FAPS, ...
Scrap Metal Company Agrees To Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Lawsuit
PRESS RELEASE 6-17-10 76-Year-Old Denied Hire Because of Age, Federal Agency Charged CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A Charlotte-area scrap metal processing company has agreed to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced ...
Balance Staffing to Pay $100,000 Under Decree in EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
PRESS RELEASE 6-16-10 Owner Took Job Back From Woman Because of Blindness, Federal Agency Charged CHICAGO – A federal judge entered a consent decree on June 15 requiring a nationwide staffing company to pay $100,000 to a blind woman against whom the company discriminated because of her bl ...
Two Sonic Franchises Sued By EEOC For Sexual Harassment To Pay $55,00
PRESS RELEASE 6-15-10 Teenaged Female Carhops Were Routinely Abused by Male Managers, Federal Agency Charged HOUSTON – Two Sonic Drive-In franchises in the Kingwood-Humble area with common ownership and management will pay $55,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. E ...
Federal Court Enters Consent Decree Resolving EEOC Sex Harassment Suit Against Biewer Sawmill
PRESS RELEASE 6-15-10 Supervisor Repeatedly Exposed Himself to Female Employees, Federal Agency Charged MADISON, Wis. – Judge William M. Conley of the federal district court in Madison has entered a consent decree resolving a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Comm ...