MCDONALD’S FRANCHISE SUED BY EEOC FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
PRESS RELEASE 9-24-09 Management Allowed Disabled Worker to be Insulted and Threatened, Federal Agency Charges PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia-based McDonald’s franchise violated federal civil rights law when it condoned the harassment of a worker with an intellectual disability, the ...
- CHESAPEAKE ACADEMY TO PAY $79,750 FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
PRESS RELEASE 9-24-09 Elementary School Teacher Fired for HIV Condition, EEOC Charged BALTIMORE – Chesapeake Academy, a private elementary school in Arnold, Md., will pay $75,750 to settle an HIV-related disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Comm ...
- EEOC SUES ST. JOHN HEALTH SYSTEM FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
PRESS RELEASE 9-24-09 Operating Room Scrub Technician Removed From Position Due to Hearing Impairment, Federal Agency Charges ST. LOUIS -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed suit against St. John Health System, Inc., charging that the Tulsa, Okla., hospital viol ...
- JIM WALTER RESOURCES COAL COMPANY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST DEAF MINEWORKER
PRESS RELEASE 9-25-09 Mineworker Forced To Work In Areas Of The Mine Which Damaged His Hearing Aids, EEOC Charges BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Jim Walter Resources, the world's largest producer of Blue Creek coal, violated federal law by refusing to grant a reasonable accommodation to a deaf miner ...
- EEOC SUES BALANCE STAFFING FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
PRESS RELEASE 9-25-09 Staffing Firm Took Job From Qualified Woman Because of Her Blindness, Federal Agency Charges CHICAGO – In a lawsuit filed here today in federal court, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged that a nationwide staffing company unlawfully discri ...
- EEOC SUES AT&T FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
PRESS RELEASE 9-25-09 Telephone Company Refused to Hire Qualified Diabetic Applicant Because of Disability, Federal Agency Charges AUSTIN, Texas – AT&T Services, Inc., doing business as Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, L.P. (AT&T), a major telephone company, violated federal l ...
- EEOC SUES GARDEN RIDGE FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
PRESS RELEASE 9-25-09 Home Décor Retailer Refused to Hire Qualified Applicants Because of Hearing Impairments, Federal Agency Charged AUSTIN, Texas – Garden Ridge Corporation, a Houston-based home décor retail company with stores nationwide, violated federal law by discrimin ...
- ALLSUP’S CONVENIENCE STORES SUED BY EEOC FOR RETALIATION IN DISCRIMINATION CHARGE
PRESS RELEASE 9-28-09 Employee Fired After Cooperating in EEOC Investigation, Federal Agency Charged DALLAS – Allsup’s Convenience Stores, Inc. violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) when it fired an employee as retaliation for cooperating with a discrimination investiga ...
- SEARS, ROEBUCK TO PAY $6.2 MILLION FOR DISABILITY BIAS
PRESS RELEASE 9-29-09 Federal Court Approves Largest Monetary Amount Ever in Single EEOC ADA Suit; Employees Allegedly Terminated Based on Inflexible Workers' Compensation Leave Exhaustion Policy CHICAGO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the entry of a re ...
- LAS VEGAS TAXICAB COMPANY SUED FOR DISABILITY BIAS
PRESS RELEASE 9-29-09 Federal Agency Says Vegas Western Cab Unlawfully Refused to Hire a Qualified Amputee LAS VEGAS - Vegas Western Cab Company, a major taxicab company in the Las Vegas region, violated federal law by refusing to employ an applicant for a driver position because of his disabil ...
- EEOC SUES 99 RESTAURANT AND PUB FRANCHISE FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION
PRESS RELEASE 9-29-09 Restaurant Fired Server Who Complained About Harassment, Federal Agency Charges PHILADELPIA - A Trevose, Pa., restaurant franchise violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) when it fired an employee because he complained about harassment, the U.S. Equal Employmen ...
- PEPSI BOTTLING GROUP SUED BY EEOC FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
PRESS RELEASE 9-29-09 Driver With Disability Denied Reasonable Accommodation and Fired, Federal Agency Charges SAN FRANCISCO - The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. violated federal law by failing to accommodate and firing an employee with a disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ...
- HEALTH DELIVERY REFUSED TO RETURN DISABLED EMPLOYEE TO WORK, EEOC CHARGES
PRESS RELEASE 9-29-09 Woman Not Returned Because of History of Depression, Federal Agency Charges DETROIT – A Saginaw, Mich., provider of health services violated federal law by refusing to return an employee to work because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commiss ...
- AXIOM STAFFING SUED FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
PRESS RELEASE 9-30-09 Staffing Companies Refused to Hire Applicant with Back Impairment, EEOC Says BALTIMORE – Two staffing agencies with headquarters in Georgia, Axiom Staffing Group, Inc., and Axiom Staffing Group of Virginia, Inc., engaged in disability discrimination at their Hagersto ...
- CLAYTON GROCERY SUED BY EEOC FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
PRESS RELEASE 10-01-09 Store Failed to Hire Learning-Disabled Man, Federal Agency Charges ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Clayton Ranch Market, a grocery store in Clayton, N.M., violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) by refusing to hire a qualified applicant because he had a disability, t ...
- D.R. HORTON SUED BY EEOC FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
PRESS RELEASE 10-01-0 Major Builder Fired Employee With Severe Pregnancy Complications, Federal Agency Charges SEATTLE — A Fortune 500 home builder and land developer which identifies itself as the nation’s largest home builder refused to accommodate an employee’s pregnancy-re ...
- THE PICTURE PEOPLE, INC. HARASSED AND DISCHARGED DEAF EMPLOYEE
PRESS RELEASE 10-01-09 Photography Studio Refused to Accommodate and Retaliated Against Deaf Photographer, Federal Agency Charges DENVER – The Picture People, Inc., a nationwide chain of photography studios, refused to provide a reasonable accommodation, harassed, and retaliated against a ...
- DISABILITY SERVICES COMPANY SUED FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST DISABLED APPLICANTS
PRESS RELEASE 10-01-09 Creative Networks Failed to Provide Reasonable Accommodations to Hearing-Impaired Applicants, EEOC Alleges PHOENIX -- A company that provides services to the disabled illegally discriminated against disabled, hearing-impaired applicants, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportun ...
- EEOC FILES DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT AGAINST RIVERSTONE RESIDENTIAL / REALTY MANAGEMENT
PRESS RELEASE 10-5-09 Federal Agency Says Company Fired Successful Worker Because He Had a Disability PHOENIX -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed a disability discrimination lawsuit against Phoenix-area property management firms Riverston ...
- EEOC SUES TRICORE REFERENCE LABORATORIES FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
PRESS RELEASE 10-6-09 Medical Testing Facility Fired Employee Because of Diabetic Joint Disease, Federal Agency Charges PHOENIX -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed suit against TriCore Reference Laboratories, charging that the Albuquerque, N.M., diagnostic tes ...
