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EEOC Sues Ephraim McDowell Health For Sex Discrimination And Retaliation

Federal Agency Charges That Hospital Denied Former Female Employee Promotion Because of Sex and Retaliated Against Her After Filing EEOC ComplaintINDIANAPOLIS – Ephraim McDowell Health, Inc. (EMH), headquartered in Danville, Kentucky, violated federal law by denying a female employee a […]

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Golden Entertainment, Inc. To Pay $100,000 To Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

Casino Managers Failed to Act When Bartender Reported Sexual Assault and Sexually Explicit Comments by Fellow BartenderBALTIMORE – Golden Entertainment, Inc., the former owner and operator of Rocky Gap Casino in Flintstone, Maryland, has agreed to pay $100,000 and implement […]

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EEOC Sues Iron Hill Brewery for Race Discrimination and Retaliation

Federal Agency Charges Buckhead Restaurant Fired Employee Because of His Race and For Reporting Mistreatment of OthersATLANTA – Iron Hill Brewery of Buckhead, LLC, and Iron Hill Brewery, LLC, a chain of breweries and restaurants, illegally discriminated against an African […]

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Dillard’s Pays $70,000 in EEOC Lawsuit for Retaliation

Settles Federal Charges Department Store Fired High-Performing African American Employee Because of Discrimination ComplaintATLANTA – Dillard’s, Inc., a national department store chain based in Little Rock, Arkansas, will pay $70,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment […]

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Ohio Amusement Park to Pay $50,000 in EEOC Age Discrimination Suit

Cedar Point Settles Federal Charges It Denied Seasonal Workers Aged 40 and Over Employee Housing Based on AgeCLEVELAND – Cedar Fair, L.P., doing business as Cedar Point, and Magnum Management Corporation, which own, operate, and staff the Sandusky, Ohio-based Cedar […]

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EEOC Releases Two Reports on the Federal Workforce and Disabilities

Programs to Hire and Aid Federal Workers With Disabilities May Be Little Known and UnderusedWASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released two reports on people with disabilities in the federal workforce. “Promising Practices for Using Schedule […]

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Hobe Sound Nursing Home Operators to Pay $67,500 to Settle EEOC National Origin Discrimination Lawsuit

Haitian Applicant Denied Employment at Nursing Home After Being Subjected to Discriminatory Comments by Owner and Manager, Federal Agency ChargedMIAMI – Nursing home operators Hobe Sound OPCO and related companies Hobe Sound Realty, TOH Holdings, and HSRE, have agreed to […]

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Charter Communications to Pay $60,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

MILWAUKEE – Charter Communications, LLC, a broadband connectivity company and cable operator also known as Spectrum, will pay $60,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability accommodation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal […]

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Seattle Children’s Hospital to Pay $125,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Charge

EEOC Investigation Found Hospital Was Aware of Harassment and Failed to ActSEATTLE – Seattle Children’s Hospital has agreed to pay $125,000 in compensatory damages and back pay to a former employee and provide other injunctive relief following an investigation by […]

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EEOC Releases Data Dashboard for 2017 & 2018 Pay Data Collection

Men Are More Likely to Be in Higher Pay Bands Than WomenOverall Median Pay Band by Sex. Link goes to chart data. Visualization showing the national median pay band was higher for men than women in 2017 and 2018 pay […]

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