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Aurora Health Care Will Pay $80,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Health Care Company Withdrew Job Offer to Applicant Because of Her MS, Federal Agency Charged MILWAUKEE – Aurora Health Care, Inc., a large hospital and health care organization, will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination […]

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Roto Rooter to Pay $100,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Charge

Employer Fired Iraq War Veteran Because of Service-Related Disabilities, Agency Claimed MINNEAPOLIS — In a conciliation agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Roto Rooter Services Company will pay $100,000 to resolve a disability discrimination charge filed with […]

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Daimler Trucks North America Agrees to Pay $40,000 in EEOC Retaliation Lawsuit

Company Fired Female Employee for Complaining About Sexual Harassment, Federal Agency Charged CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Daimler Trucks North America, LLC, a Delaware corporation that operates a manufacturing plant in Mt. Holly, N.C., will pay $40,000 and provide substantial injunctive relief […]

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EEOC Considers Past, Looks Toward Future

Commission Meeting Celebrates Progress During EEOC’s 50-Year History and Acknowledges More Work Needs to Be Done WASHINGTON-Much work lies ahead to achieve true equality of opportunity in today’s workplaces, but new and effective strategies are demonstrating the potential to break […]

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Indi’s Fast Food Restaurant Sued by EEOC For Sexual Harassment

Restaurant Subjected Female Employees to Egregious Sexual Harassment Including Requests for Sex, Federal Agency Charges INDIANAPOLIS — Louisville, Ky.-based restaurant chain Indi’s Fast Food Restaurants, Inc. subjected a class of female employees to pervasive sexual harassment in violation of federal […]

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Nursing Center Sued by EEOC for Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination

NHC Healthcare/Clinton, LLC Failed to Provide Pregnant Employee with a Reasonable Accommodation and Subsequently Fired Her, Federal Agency Charged GREENVILLE, S.C. – NHC Healthcare/Clinton, LLC, a licensed nursing center that provides a wide array of skilled nursing, therapeutic and rehabilitative […]

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EEOC Sues Dunkin’ Donuts for Disability Discrimination

Restaurant Fired Manager Days Before Medical Leave for Cancer Surgery, Federal Agency Charges BALTIMORE – OHM Concessions Group, LLC, which operates Dunkin’ Donuts stores at Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI), violated federal law when it refused to provide a regional manager […]

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EEOC Sues Wal-Mart for Disability Discrimination And Harassment

Agency Says Retailer Denied Accommodations to and Harassed a Disabled Cancer Survivor CHICAGO – Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. violated federal law by failing to provide reasonable accommodations to an employee at its Hodgkins, Ill., store who was disabled by bone cancer […]

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EEOC Sues Windings for Race Discrimination

Federal Agency Alleges Company Failed to Hire Bi-Racial Applicant Because of His Race MINNEAPOLIS – A manufacturing company based in New Ulm, Minn., violated civil rights law by failing to hire an applicant who is bi-racial (African-American and white) because […]

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Holiday Systems Voluntarily Settles EEOC Sex Harassment & Retaliation Charges After Agency Finds Violation

LAS VEGAS – Holiday Systems International, a Las Vegas-based travel wholesaler, has agreed to settle alleged sex harassment and retaliation charges filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The settlement was reached after […]

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