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First Metropolitan Financial Services to Pay $100,000 to Settle EEOC Pay Discrimination Lawsuit

Female Branch Manager Paid Less Than Males in Same Position, Federal Agency Charged TUPELO, Miss. – First Metropolitan Financial Services, Inc. has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve a pay discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission […]

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EEOC Sues Virginia IHOP Owner for Sexual Harassment and Constructive Discharge

Restaurant General Manager Sexually Harassed Women, Including Teen Workers, Federal Agency Charges BALTIMORE – Koerner Management Group, Inc., doing business as IHOP (KMG), a Virginia based corporation that owns 12 IHOP restaurant franchises, subjected women, including teen workers, to sexual […]

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Carefree of Colorado to Pay $100,000 to Settle EEOC Disability and Retaliation Suit

Awning Manufacturer Would Not Hire Applicant Because She Is Deaf, Federal Agency Charged DENVER – Carefree/Scott Fetzer Company, doing business as Carefree of Colorado, will pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed […]

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Valley Tool to Pay $32,500 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit

Company Fired Employee After Learning About Her Disability and Disability-Related Complaint, Federal Agency Had Charged OXFORD – Valley Tool, Inc., a precision machine shop facility located in Water Valley, Miss., has agreed to pay $32,500 to resolve a disability discrimination […]

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Flower Mound Medical Practice to Pay $375,000 After Judgment in EEOC Title VII Lawsuit

Employees Subjected to Religious Discrimination and Retaliation DALLAS – Tim Shepherd M.D., P.A. and Bridges Healthcare, P.A., doing business as Shepherd Healthcare, a medical practice in Flower Mound, Texas, will pay $375,000 and furnish other relief after a federal court […]

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Flower Mound Medical Practice to Pay $375,000 After Judgment in EEOC Title VII Lawsuit

Employees Subjected to Religious Discrimination and Retaliation DALLAS – Tim Shepherd M.D., P.A. and Bridges Healthcare, P.A., doing business as Shepherd Healthcare, a medical practice in Flower Mound, Texas, will pay $375,000 and furnish other relief after a federal court […]

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Official Security Resolves Race Discrimination Charge with EEOC

Security Company Failed to Consider Applicant Because of Ethnic Hairstyle LAS VEGAS – Official Security, a Las Vegas-based security company, has settled a federal charge of race discrimination filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency […]

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Optimal Solutions & Technologies Will Pay $60,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Logistics Service Provider Fired Administrator with a Benign Brain Tumor, Federal Agency Charged BALTIMORE – Optimal Solutions & Technologies, Inc. (OST), a provider of cyber, engineer­ing, logistics and managed services, will pay $60,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to resolve […]

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Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Pays $115,000 to Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Suit

State Psychiatric Hospital Refused to Hire Older Applicant and Forced an Employee to Quit Because of Age, Federal Agency Charged DETROIT – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, which operates the Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital, will pay a total […]

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Allied Universal to Pay $110,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

Security Company Discharged a Uniformed Security Guard in Baton Rouge Due to Her Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charged NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Security Associates, Inc., a security company doing business as Conshohocken, Pa.-based Allied Universal, has agreed to pay a uniformed […]

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