Scharfenberger Law Blog

R Wings R Wild / Buffalo Wild Wings Settles Sex Discrimination Suit With EEOC for $30,000

Restaurant Refused to Hire Male Applicants for Bartender Positions, Federal Agency Charges LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – R Wings R Wild, LLC, doing business as Buffalo Wild Wings, will pay $30,000 to three claimants who were denied jobs in Little Rock, […]

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Maryland Insurance Administration to Pay $36,802 to Settle EEOC Equal Pay Act Suit

Female Fraud Investigators Were Paid Less Wages Than Males for Performing Equal Work, Federal Agency Charged BALTIMORE – The Maryland Insurance Administration, Maryland’s agency charged with regulating the insurance industry, will pay $36,802 in monetary relief and furnish important equitable […]

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EEOC Sues Safie Specialty Foods for Sexual Harassment And Retaliation

Company Owner Fires Four Employees that Reported or Verified Sexual Harassment by Favored Employee, Federal Agency Alleges. CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Safie Specialty Foods Company Inc., which pickles vegetables in Chesterfield Township, Michigan, violated federal law by failing to remedy […]

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Judgment Entered Against TRU Towing for Breaching EEOC Settlement Agreement

Towing Company Must Pay Person Alleging Discrimination Under Mediated Agreement NEW ORLEANS – A U.S. District Court on Tuesday entered judgment against a New Orleans based towing company for failing to respond to a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment […]

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Absolut Care to Pay $465,000 To Settle EEOC Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Suit

Health Care Company Failed to Accommodate and Instead Fired Pregnant Employees and Employees With Disabilities, Federal Agency Charged BUFFALO, N.Y. – Absolut Facilities Management, LLC, doing business as Absolut Care LLC, a family of nursing and health care facilities in […]

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Denton County to Pay $115,000 After Judgment in EEOC Equal Pay Lawsuit

Denton County Paid Female Doctor Less Than a Male Doctor in Health Department DALLAS – Denton County will pay $115,000 to a female former county doctor after a federal court entered judgment in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity […]

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MPW Industrial Services to Pay $170,000 To Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Lawsuit

Two Employees Racially Harassed at Work, Federal Agency Charged LOUISVILLE, Ky. — MPW Industrial Services, Inc., a Hebron, Ohio industrial cleaning company, will pay $170,0000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), […]

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Applebee’s Franchisee to Pay $100,000 To Settle EEOC Sex Discrimination and Retaliation Suit

Restaurant Employee Was Harassed and Fired After Complaining, Federal Agency Charged NEW YORK – Apple-Metro, Inc. and Hawthorne Apple, LLC, which operate an Applebee’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill in Hawthorne, N.Y., will pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to settle […]

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El Vallarta Restaurant Sued for Sexual Harassment

Teen Worker Was Touched Inappropriately, Forced to Quit, EEOC Alleges ST. LOUIS – El Vallarta, a Nebraska restaurant, violated Title VII when it allowed a supervisor and other workers to sexually harass a teenage female employee, the U.S. Equal Employment […]

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EEOC Statement on Joint Memorandum on Disability Self-Identification

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is pleased to announce the release of a joint memorandum with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to all federal Chief Human Capital Officers. The joint memorandum highlights revisions to OPM’s SF-256 […]

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