Home Health Care Provider Fired Employee With Fibromyalgia and Osteoarthritis Because of Walking Restrictions, Federal Agency Charged MINNEAPOLIS – A Minneapolis-area home health care provider will pay $30,000 under a consent decree entered here which resolves a disability discrimination lawsuit […]

Women Working on John Jay College Expansion Treated Unfairly by Construction Contractor, Federal Agency Charged NEW YORK – Construction contractor Vamco Sheet Metals, Inc., will pay $215,000 as part of the settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the […]

Bishopville Plant Subjected African-American Employee to Racial Abuse and Fired Him for Complaining, Federal Agency Charges COLUMBIA, S.C. – Carolina Metal Finishing, LLC, a Bishopville, S.C.-based metal finishing company, subjected an employee to a racially hostile work environment and unlawfully […]

Physician Outsourcing Group Fired Employees for Reporting Sexually Charged Environment, Jury Found DALLAS – A Dallas federal court jury, on Friday, October 24, 2014, returned a verdict awarding almost half a million dollars to three former employees in a sexual […]

Mining Company Fired Foreman Because He Complained About Pervasive Harassment Based on His Polish Ancestry, Federal Agency Says BECKLEY, W.V. – Mining company Rhino Eastern LLC violated federal law when it subjected a mine foreman to pervasive national origin discrimination […]

Flight Attendants Were Instrumental in the Early Enforcement of Title VII’s Prohibition of Sex Discrimination, Panel Explains at 50thAnniversary Event in Chicago CHICAGO – Flight attendants were one of the first organized groups to challenge systemic-and routine-sex discrimination following the […]

Retailer Refused to Reasonably Accommodate Applicant With End-Stage Renal Disease, Federal Agency Charged BALTIMORE – Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P., will pay $72,500 and provide significant equitable relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission […]

Company Withdrew Job Offer Because of Wife’s Cancer, Federal Agency Charges ATLANTA – Waste Connections, Inc. of Houston violated federal law when it withdrew a job offer to an airplane pilot after it learned that his wife had cancer, the […]

Predecessor Company Refused to Hire African-Americans, Federal Agency Charged MIAMI – Prestige Transportation Service, LLC. a Miami company which provides transportation services to airline personnel to and from Miami International Airport, will pay $200,000 to settle a race discrimination and […]

Settlement Services Companies Revoked Part-Time Schedule and Terminated Employee Who Needed Dialysis, Federal Agency Charges BALTIMORE – Rockville, Md.-based First Title & Escrow, Inc. and its related companies that operate as a single employer violated federal law when they revoked […]