Federal Agency Steers Hiring Case of Driver With Amputation to Early Resolution AMARILLO, Texas – An Amarillo, Texas-based fuel transport company has agreed to pay $65,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. […]
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EEOC and Flying Star Transport Settle ADA Claims for $65,000
Decostar Industries Sued By EEOC For Religious Discrimination
Carrollton Auto Parts Manufacturer Fired Employee Over Sabbath Request, Federal Agency Charged ATLANTA – Decostar Industries, Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of automotive parts based in Carrollton, Ga., violated federal law by discriminating against an employee because of her religion, […]
Read whole storyDownhole Technology to Pay $120,000 To Settle EEOC Suit for Race-Based Harassment and Retaliation
Fracking Company Fired Black Employee After He Complained That Coworkers Used a White Hood to Harass Him, Federal Agency Charged HOUSTON -A Houston manufacturer of equipment used in hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) has agreed to pay a former employee $120,000 and […]
Read whole storySealy of Minnesota to Pay $175,000 to Resolve EEOC Finding of Unlawful Racial Harassment
Senior Management Failed to Take Action on Complaints Involving Noose, KKK Hood, Racist Epithets and Jokes at Work, Federal Agency Charged MINNEAPOLIS – Sealy of Minnesota has agreed to pay $175,000 to resolve a charge of racial harassment filed with […]
Read whole storyAmerican Dental Association to Pay $1.95 Million to Resolve EEOC Discrimination Finding
Federal Agency Found Reasonable Cause to Believe Two Association Execs Were Discharged in Retaliation for Voicing Concerns About Potential Discrimination CHICAGO – The American Dental Association, which is headquartered in Chicago, has agreed to pay $1.95 million to resolve two […]
Read whole storyIDEX Corporation to Pay $380,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Illinois-Based Global Company Fired Regional Manager in Florida Because of His Cancer, Federal Agency Charged MIAMI – IDEX Corporation, a Lake Forest, Ill.-based manufacturer and supplier of fluidics systems with locations nationwide, will pay $380,000 and furnish significant relief to […]
Read whole storyEEOC Sues Bornt & Sons and Barraza Farm Service For Sexual Harassment
Holtville Company’s Farm Manager Sexually Bullied Female Farmworkers and Fired Workers Who Complained of Widespread Abuse, Federal Agency Charges SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Bornt & Sons, Inc. and its former farm labor contractor Barraza Farm Service, LLC and Barraza Farm […]
Read whole storyEEOC Sues SLS Hotel in Miami Beach For Discriminatory Firing Of Black Haitian Kitchen Workers
Terminations Were Based on Race, Color and National Origin, Federal Agency Charged MIAMI – The SLS Hotel in Miami Beach’s South Beach violated federal law by firing black Haitian dishwashers because of their race, color and national origin, the U.S. […]
Read whole storyU.S. Steel Subsidiary to Pay $150,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination and Retaliation Suit
Houston Company Revoked Job Offer to Nazirite Applicant Whose Religion Forbids Cutting Hair From Scalp, Federal Agency Charged HOUSTON – A Houston manufacturing facility has agreed to pay $150,000 and to provide other significant relief to settle a religious discrimination […]
Read whole storyABL Management to Pay $35,000 to Settle Retaliation Lawsuit with EEOC
Company Fired Panama City Employee After He Reported Male Supervisor Sexually Harassed Him, Federal Agency Charged BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – ABL Management, Inc., a Baton Rouge, La.-based food management company, will pay $35,000 and furnish other relief to settle a retaliatory […]
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