WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it is inviting the public to provide input on its ongoing review of significant existing EEOC regulations to determine whether they should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed. […]

Xenia File Sharpening Company Denied Applicant a Job Because It Regarded Him as Disabled, Federal Agency Charged INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Save Edge, Inc., a Xenia, Ohio-based industrial file sharpening company, will pay $30,000 to a rejected job applicant and furnish […]

Federal Agency Charged Company Fired Employee Because He Was HIV-Positive NEWNAN, Ga. – Gregory Packaging, Inc., a nationwide manufacturer and distributor of juice products to school districts and medical institutions, will pay $125,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought […]

Regional Center for Border Health Fired Employee Because She Complained About Sexual Harassment, Federal Agency Charges SOMERTON, Ariz. – The Regional Center for Border Health, Inc., a Yuma-area health center, violated federal law by firing an employee after she complained […]

African-American Detailer Abused With Racial Slurs, Jokes, Federal Agency Charged DETROIT – Lafontaine Cadillac, Buick, GMC, Inc., a Highland, Mich.-based automobile dealership, will pay $75,000 to settle a racial harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), […]

Federal Agency Charged Employee Was Fired in Retaliation for Complaining About Employer’s Refusal to Provide Reasonable Accommodation for Scoliosis ATLANTA – Jamison Shaw, Inc., a hair salon based in Atlanta, will pay $27,500 to settle a disability discrimination and retaliation […]

Includes Key Federal Sector Decisions, Special Article on Harassment WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that the latest edition of its federal sector Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law, is now available online. This quarterly […]

OFO Director Says Proactive Prevention is Best Medicine to Stop Discrimination WASHINGTON — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Office of Federal Operations (OFO), today announced the issuance of the 2015 Federal Training Course Calendar, which is available online. […]

Company’s Breach of Earlier Consent Decree Led to Award to Federal Agency CHICAGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed notice in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois that the Jewel-Osco chain of grocery […]

Trucking Company Subjected a Class of Drivers to Unlawful Medical Inquiries, Federal Agency Charged DETROIT – PAM Transport, Inc. has been ordered to pay 12 of its former truck drivers a total of $477,399 in a disability discrimination lawsuit brought […]