EEOC OBTAINS $1.29 MILLION JURY VERDICT AGAINST DUPONT FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
PRESS RELEASE 10-25-04 NEW ORLEANS - In a major legal victory for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has awarded a former veteran employee of E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. (DuPont) $1.29 million in an emp ...
- CIRQUE DU SOLEIL TO PAY $600,000 FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERFORMER WITH HIV
PRESS RELEASE 4-22-04 Charging Party Calls Firing from Entertainment Troupe'Worst Day of My Life' LOS ANGELES The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission today announced the settlement of an employment discrimination case under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) against Ci ...
- Worker with Bipolar Disorder to Receive $91,000 in Disability Discrimination Case Settled by EEOC
PRESS RELEASE 3-18-03 Employer's Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Rejected by Court in Rare EEOC Litigation on Issue of Psychiatric Disability DALLAS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today the settlement of a disability discrimination lawsuit against Lincoln, Nebra ...
- EEOC SUES McDONALD'S RESTAURANT FOR DISABILITY BIAS AGAINST EMPLOYEE WITH FACIAL DISFIGUREMENT
PRESS RELEASE 3-7-03 "All I ever wanted was a shot at the American Dream," says Charging Party Samantha Robichaud, pictured with EEOC Birmingham Trial Attorney Mason Barrett in front of the McDonald's Restaurant in Northport, Alabama. NORTHPORT, Ala. -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity C ...
- WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPANY TO PAY NEARLY $200,000 FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
PRESS RELEASE 3-5-03 Qualified Employee with Crohn's Disease Fired Unlawfully, EEOC Suit Says BALTIMORE - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $194,000 settlement of an employment discrimination lawsuit filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 19 ...
- Deaf Job Applicant to Receive $75,000 for Disability Bias in EEOC Settlement with Holiday Inn - Northglenn
PRESS RELEASE 2-18-03 Company to Also Conduct Comprehensive Training as Part of Consent Decree DENVER The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of an employment discrimination lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act of1990 (ADA) against J ...
- TARGET CORP. TO PAY $95,000, IMPLEMENT TRAINING FOR FAILURE TO ACCOMMODATE DISABLED WORKER
PRESS RELEASE 1-15-03 MINNEAPOLIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a disability discrimination lawsuit filed under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) against Target Corporation for $95,000 to be paid to Susan ...
- EEOC AND SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO. SETTLE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION SUIT
PRESS RELEASE 1-9-03 GREENSBORO, N.C. - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a disability discrimination lawsuit filed against Sears, Roebuck and Co. in Greensboro for in excess of $125,000 and other relief. The lawsuit (Civil Action No. 1: ...
- DONNELLEY TO PAY $150,000 TO PARAPLEGIC GRAPHICS TECHNICIAN FOR JOB BIAS
"The EEOC Consent Decree not only rights the wrongs against me, it also helps level the playing field for other disabled workers," said charging party David Mateski at the Chicago District Office. PRESS RELEASE 12-16-02 EEOC Consent Decree with Printing Giant Requires Anti-Discrimination Po ...
- EEOC SETTLES DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION SUIT AGAINST AEROSPACE GIANT HONEYWELL FOR $100,000
PRESS RELEASE 11-21-02 PHOENIX - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Commission or EEOC) announced today that is has resolved a disability discrimination lawsuit against aerospace giant Honeywell for $100,000 for a single charging party, as well as significant injunctive and rem ...
- MEMPHIS JURY RETURNS VERDICT AGAINST NORTHWEST AIRLINES IN EEOC DISABILITY CASE ON BEHALF OF DIABETIC APPLICANT
PRESS RELEASE 10-31-02 MEMPHIS - A federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee returned a verdict in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Plaintiff-Intervenor, Kevin Armstrong (Armstrong), in a lawsuit brought by the Agency ...
- EEOC SUES RENAISSANCE ROOFING FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
PRESS RELEASE 9-30-02 Federal Agency Says Belvidere Firm Harassed and Fired Mentally Retarded Worker CHICAGO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced this morning that it has filed a lawsuit in federal court in Rockford, Illinois, charging Renaissance Roofing, Inc. ...
- EEOC AND BNSF SETTLE GENETIC TESTING CASE UNDER AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
PRESS RELEASE 5-8-02 WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) today announced a mediated settlement for $2.2 million of EEOC's lawsuit which alleged that BNSF violated the Americans with Disabilities ...
- COMPREHENSIVE EEOC, WAL-MART SETTLEMENT RESOLVES DISABILITY LAWSUIT
PRESS RELEASE 12-17-01 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that a $6.8 million consent decree with retail giant Wal-Mart Stores was signed today by Federal District Court Judge Garland Burrell in Sacramento, Calif. The decree resolves the EEOC's laws ...
- WAL-MART AGREES TO AIR TV AD AND PAY $427,500 AFTER COURT FINDS RETAILER IN CONTEMPT OF COURT
PRESS RELEASE 9-20-01 PHOENIX - A federal court in Tucson held Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. in contempt and imposed sanctions on the company on June 13, 2001, for failure to comply with a court order resolving claims that Wal-Mart refused to hire Jeremy Fass and William Darnell because they are deaf ...
- EEOC SETTLES DISABILITY BIAS SUIT FOR $650,000 AGAINST UNITED BLOOD
PRESS RELEASE 8-21-01 Federal Agency Says Employer's Leave Policies Ran Afoul of Disabilities Act CHICAGO - Federal District Judge John W. Darrah entered a $650,000 Consent Decree here today ending a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) disability discrimination lawsuit against ...
- WAL-MART VIOLATES DISABILITIES ACT AGAIN; EEOC FILES 16TH ADA SUIT AGAINST RETAIL GIANT
PRESS RELEASE 6-21-01 PHOENIX - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed suit against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), accusing the world's largest retailer of failing to reasonably acco ...
- JUDGE SLAPS WAL-MART WITH MAJOR SANCTIONS FOR VIOLATING COURT ORDER IN EEOC DISABILITY BIAS CASE
PRESS RELEASE 6-14-01 Retail Giant to Pay $750,200 in Fines, Produce TV Ad, Reinstate Deaf Worker, Provide ADA Training PHOENIX - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Judge William D. Browning of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona has h ...
- EEOC FILES CONTEMPT MOTION AGAINST WAL-MART FOR VIOLATING CONSENT DECREE IN DISABILITY BIAS CASE
PRESS RELEASE 5-10-01 PHOENIX - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has asked Judge William D. Browning of the Federal District Court in Tucson, Arizona, to hold Wal-Mart Stores, Inc, the nation's largest retailer, in contempt of court and to sanction the company because i ...
- EEOC FILES CLASS SUIT AGAINST NORTHWEST AIRLINES FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
PRESS RELEASE 4-25-01 MINNEAPOLIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the filing of a nationwide class lawsuit against Northwest Airlines, Inc. (NWA), based in Eagan, Minnesota, under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The suit charge ...
