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Horizontal Well Drillers Sued by EEOC For Age And Disability Discrimination In Hiring

Oklahoma Oil Drilling Company Also Made Unlawful Inquiries Into Applicants’ Past Workers’ Compensation Claims and Committed Other Violations, Federal Agency Charges ST. LOUIS – Horizontal Well Drillers (HWD), an oil and gas drilling company with its corporate offices in Purcell, […]

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Life University Sued By EEOC for Race Discrimination and Retaliation

Two Black Employees Targeted for Discipline Because of Their Race, Then Fired for Complaining About Discrimination, Federal Agency Charges ATLANTA – Life University, Inc., the largest chiropractic college in the United States, located in Marietta, Ga., violated federal law when […]

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Ford Motor Company to Pay up to $10.125 Million To Settle EEOC Harassment Investigation

Blacks and Women Subjected to Harassment at Two Chicago Facilities, Federal Agency Found CHICAGO – Ford Motor Company has agreed to pay up to $10.125 million to settle sex and race harassment for a group of individuals which was investigated […]

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EEOC Sues Dependable Health Services For Disability Discrimination

Health Care Staffing Agency Fired Phlebotomist With Sickle-Cell Anemia, Federal Agency Charges BALTIMORE – Dependable Health Services, Inc., a health care staffing agency, violated federal law when it fired an employee with sickle-cell anemia instead of reinstating her or reassigning […]

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EEOC Sues UPS Freight for Violating the Americans With Disabilities Act

Company Treats Disabled Drivers Worse Than Drivers With DWIs, Suit Charges ST. LOUIS – UPS Freight violated federal law by treating a truck driver who was unable to drive because of a minor stroke worse than it treated drivers unable […]

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EEOC Sues Candid Lithio for Sex Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation

Female Employee Subjected to Sex Discrimination and Discharged Along with Co-Workers Associated with Her, Federal Agency Charges LAS VEGAS – Candid Lithio, a creative design services company violated federal law when they subjected a female employee to sex discrimination, sexual […]

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UPS to Pay $2 Million to Resolve Nationwide EEOC Disability Discrimination Claims

Shipping Giant’s Rigid Leave Policies Forced Out Employees Who Needed Accommodations, Federal Agency Charged CHICAGO – International shipping giant United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) has agreed to pay $2 million to nearly 90 current and former UPS employees to resolve […]

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EEOC Sues AT&T Pacific Bell for Disability Discrimination

Company Failed to Provide Interpreter for Deaf Employee, Federal Agency Charges FRESNO, Calif. – AT&T Pacific Bell, a California telecommunications company, violated federal law when it denied an employee’s request for a sign language interpreter, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity […]

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R&L Carriers, Inc. and R&L Shared Services, LLC Sued by EEOC for Sex-based Discrimination

Companies Refused to Hire Qualified Females as Dockworkers and Loaders, Federal Agency Charges INDIANPOLIS – Wilmington, Ohio based companies, R&L Carriers, Inc. and R&L Shared Services, LLC, refused to hire qualified females as dockworkers/loaders in violation of federal law, the […]

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Eagle Parking Sued by EEOC for Sex and Age Discrimination

Manager Refused to Hire a 60-Year Old Female Applicant Because of His Belief That She Could Not Handle the ‘Physicality’ of the Job, Federal Agency Charges ATLANTA – Eagle Parking, LLC., a full-service parking management company headquartered in Atlanta, violated […]

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