LA CRUZ AZUL (BLUE CROSS) OF PUERTO RICO TO PAY $200,000 IN DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT
PRESS RELEASE 12-6-00 Largest EEOC Disability Discrimination Settlement Ever in Puerto Rico SAN JUAN, PR -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced its largest settlement ever of a disability discrimination lawsuit in Puerto Rico, garnering $200,000 for one ind ...
- EEOC SETTLES ADA LAWSUIT FOR $220,000 AGAINST MAJOR ARKANSAS AUTO DEALERSHIP
PRESS RELEASE 8-31-00 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has settled a lawsuit filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) against Landers Auto Sales, Inc. (Landers), part of the United Auto Group, for discriminating a ...
- SUBWAY FRANCHISE TO PAY $166,500 FOR DISABILITY BIAS, JURY RULES IN EEOC LAWSUIT
PRESS RELEASE 7-27-07 Former Area Supervisor with Hearing Impairment Wins Harassment Case DALLAS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has received a favorable jury verdict of $166,500 in a disability harassment lawsuit brought against a Subway restaurant franchise, ...
- NEW EEOC PUBLICATION ADDRESSES EMPLOYMENT OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES
PRESS RELEASE 2-26-07 Latest Q&A Fact Sheet Explains How Americans with Disabilities Act Applies to Employment in the Health Care Industry WASHINGTON - Naomi C. Earp, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced the issuance of a new question-and-answer (Q ...
- APPEALS COURT ORDERS TRIAL OF EEOC DISABILITY SUIT AGAINST WAL-MART
PRESS RELEASE 2-13-07 Eighth Circuit Says Lower Court Erred in Dismissing Case KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit today ruled that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) may continue its disability discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mar ...
- EEOC AND CHASE REACH $2.2 MILLION SETTLEMENT IN DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION CLAIM
PRESS RELEASE 11-22-06 CHICAGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (Chase) today announced the $2.2 million settlement of a claim brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) against Bank One Corporation. The EEOC issued an admi ...
- APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS EEOC SEX DISCRIMINATION CLAIM AGAINST DIAL
PRESS RELEASE 11-20-06 Women Rejected for Jobs at Armour Sausage Plant Because of ‘Strength Test’ DES MOINES, Iowa – A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s decision that a pre-employment “strength test” discriminated against female applicants fo ...
- DENNY’S SUED BY EEOC FOR DISABILITY BIAS AGAINST CLASS OF WORKERS NATIONWIDE
PRESS RELEASE 9-28-06 At Issue: Failure to Provide Reasonable Accommodation for Medical Leave BALTIMORE -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it filed a federal discrimination lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) against Denny’ ...
- EEOC WINS DISABILITY BIAS SUIT AGAINST FEDEX
PRESS RELEASE 3-2-06 Jury Rules Federal Express Must Pay $108,000 for Failure to Accommodate Deaf Employee BALTIMORE -- A federal jury today found in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in its employment discrimination lawsuit against Federal Express Corporation ...
- SPS TEMPORARIES AND TWO CLIENTS TO PAY UP TO $580,000 IN CLASS ACTION LITIGATION SETTLEMENT WITH EEOC
PRESS RELEASE 11-17-05 Employers Charged with Bias Based on Race, Sex, Age, Disability and National Origin BUFFALO, N.Y. - SPS Temporaries, Inc. and two of its clients Jamestown Container and Whiting Door Manufacturing Corporation will pay up to $580,000 and take substantial steps to prevent ...
- EEOC EXPLAINS EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED
PRESS RELEASE 10-25-05 New Document Answers Frequently-Asked Questions, Challenges Stereotypes WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a question-and-answer document on the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to people in the work ...
- APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS EEOC DISABILITY SUIT AGAINST SEARS ROEBUCK FOR SECOND TIME
PRESS RELEASE 8-11-05 Seventh Circuit Again Reverses District Court Judgment In Favor Of Sears In Long-Running Federal Employment Discrimination Case CHICAGO -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, sitting in Chicago, has reversed a lower court decision which granted a judgment ...
- FEDERAL COURT SAYS EEOC DISABILITY BIAS LAWSUIT AGAINST SEARS ROEBUCK TO PROCEED
PRESS RELEASE 8-2-05 Discovery Allowed On Class Claim That Inflexible Leave Policy Failed To Reasonably Accommodate Disabled Employees CHICAGO -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced here today that it has received a decision from Federal District Court in Chicago ...
- NEW EEOC PUBLICATION ADDRESSES EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH CANCER UNDER DISABILITIES ACT
PRESS RELEASE 7-26-05 Issuance Coincides with 15th Anniversary of Landmark Anti-Discrimination Law WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a question-and- answer document on the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to persons with ...
- JUDGE UPHOLDS JURY VERDICT AGAINST DUPONT FOR $591,000 IN DISABILITY BIAS SUIT BY EEOC
PRESS RELEASE 6-9-05 ‘Malice' and ‘Reckless Indifference' by Company Cited in Court Ruling NEW ORLEANS – A federal court here has rejected the efforts of E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. (DuPont) to overturn an October 2004 jury verdict that found the company liable for maliciou ...
- EEOC WINS $8 MILLION JURY VERDICT FOR BLIND WORKER IN DISABILITY BIAS CASE AGAINST ECHOSTAR
PRESS RELEASE 5-6-05 DENVER - After a three-day trial, a 12-person jury returned an $8 million verdict in federal court today for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a lawsuit alleging that EchoStar Communications Corp. (EchoStar) violated the Americans with Disabilitie ...
- UNITED AIRLINES TO PAY $850,000 FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
PRESS RELEASE 3-16-09 United’s Policy Denied Employees With Disabilities Opportunity to Work Overtime, EEOC Charged SAN FRANCISCO — United Airlines has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit alleging that the Chicago-based company’s overtime policy violated the Americans With Disa ...
- GOVERNOR’S VILLAGE AND NAVIGROUP SETTLE DISABILITY BIAS CASE FOR $75,000, OTHER RELIEF
PRESS RELEASE 3-17-09 CLEVELAND – The operators of an assisted living facility in Mayfield Village will pay $75,000 and provide remedial relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. In ...
- SONIC DRIVE-IN FRANCHISEE SUED FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
PRESS RELEASE 4-13-09 EEOC Says Restaurant Denied Job to Applicant Because of Speech Impediment NEW ORLEANS – A New Iberia, La.-based Sonic restaurant franchisee violated federal law by discriminating against an applicant because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Co ...
- MEDICAL HEALTH GROUP, INC. SUED BY EEOC FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
PRESS RELEASE 4-1-09 Woman Battling Breast Cancer Fired When She Attempted to Return to Work, Federal Agency Charged BALTIMORE – A White Marsh, Md., medical practice violated federal law when it refused to return an employee to work who had recovered from breast cancer surgery, the U.S. E ...
