Company Fired Employee Due to Lung Issues, Federal Agency Charged NEW ORLEANS — Mid South Extrusion, Inc., a flexible packaging company based in Monroe, La., has agreed to pay $70,000 in lost wages and damages and provide other significant relief […]
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Mid South Extrusion to Pay $70,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
EEOC Sues Goodwill Industries for Failure to Provide Disability Accommodations
Employer Refused to Provide Accommodations for Janitor With Cognitive Disability, Federal Agency Charges NEW YORK – Goodwill Industries of New York and New Jersey, which provides job opportunities to people with disabilities, violated federal law when it failed to provide […]
Read whole storyEEOC Sues Plantation IHOP Franchise for Sexual Harassment
Owner/General Manager Sexually Harassed Female Employees, Federal Agency Charges FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A Plantation, Florida IHOP restaurant franchise violated federal law when its owner and general manager subjected a class of female employees to sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal […]
Read whole storyBlue Cross/Blue Shield of Texas to Pay $75,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Health Care Company Refused to Hire Deaf Applicant Because of Her Disability, Federal Agency Charged DALLAS – BlueCross/Blue Shield of Texas (BCBS), a Dallas health care company, will pay $75,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit […]
Read whole storyFriedman Realty Group to Pay $60,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit
Real Estate Investment Firm Fired Employee Because of Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charged CAMDEN, N.J. — Friedman Realty Group, Inc., a Gibbsboro, N.J.-based real estate investment firm that owns and manages apartment communities, retail shopping centers and professional office buildings, will […]
Read whole storySys-con, LLC to Pay $70,000 to Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Female Employees Subjected to Sexual Harassment, Assault and Retaliation by Supervisor, Federal Agency Charged BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Sys-Con, LLC, a Sys-Con, LLC, a Montgomery, Ala.-based general contractor, will pay two former female employees a total of $70,000 and furnish other […]
Read whole storyEEOC Sues Party City Corporation for Sex and Disability Discrimination
Retailer Unlawfully Fired Pregnant Employee Upon Receipt of Medical Information, Federal Agency Charges HOUSTON – Party supply retail chain Party City Corporation violated federal law when a Texas store fired a pregnant employee after she presented the company with physical […]
Read whole storyAsurion to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Customer Service Support Provider Refused to Hire Applicant Because She Is Paraplegic, Federal Agency Charged JACKSON, Miss. – Asurion, LLC, an international customer service support provider for electronic devices based in Nashville, Tenn., has agreed to pay $50,000 and furnish […]
Read whole storyFidelity Home Energy Sued by EEOC for National Origin Discrimination
Home Improvement Contractor Discriminated Against Customers, Created Hostile Work Environment for Afghan Employee SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Leandro-based home improvement contractor Fidelity Home Energy, Inc. violated federal law by creating a hostile work environment due to national origin that […]
Read whole storyCRST to Pay $47,500 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit
Federal Agency Charged That Trucking Giant Refused to Hire Veteran Because He Uses a Service Dog CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – CRST Expedited, Inc. / CRST International, Inc. will pay $47,500 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination and […]
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