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EEOC Sues Tenet Healthcare / BBH SBMC / Shelby Baptist Medical Center for Disability Discrimination

Hospital Fired Employee for Requesting Accommodation for Back Injury Suffered on the Job, Federal Agency ChargesBIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corporation and its subsidiary, BBH SBMC, LLC, doing business as Shelby Baptist Medical Center, violated federal law by refusing […]

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EEOC Releases New Resource on Artificial Intelligence and Title VII

Outlines Considerations for Incorporating Automated Systems into Employment DecisionsWASHINGTON – Today the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a technical assistance document, “Assessing Adverse Impact in Software, Algorithms, and Artificial Intelligence Used in Employment Selection Procedures Under Title VII of […]

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EEOC Sues Swami’s Café and Honey’s Bistro for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

Restaurant Chain Allowed Sexual Harassment of Teenage Female Employees, Federal Agency ChargesENCINITAS, Calif. – Swami’s Café and Honey’s Bistro, a chain of casual counter and table-service restaurants, violated federal law by allowing a class of female employees to be subjected […]

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EEOC Sues Conshohocken-Based Neuromonitoring Company for Pay Discrimination and Retaliation

Medsurant Forced Female Technician to Quit for Protesting Being Underpaid Because of Her Sex, Federal Agency ChargesPHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania health care services company violated federal civil rights laws by paying a female technician less than males on the basis […]

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Kaiser to Pay $140,000 to Settle EEOC Racial Harassment Lawsuit

Settles Federal Charges It Ignored Employee’s Reports of Repeated Use of Racial SlurTACOMA, Wash. — Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington has agreed to pay $140,000 to an African American employee at its Tacoma Medical Center and provide other relief […]

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EEOC Releases Update to Covid-19 Technical Assistance

Addresses End of Federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency DeclarationWASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a number of updates to its COVID-19 technical assistance, “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, […]

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EEOC Sues Corner Bar for Pregnancy Discrimination

Bartender Loses Job After Informing Management That She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency ChargesAUSTIN, Texas – Corner Bar, which operates on South Lamar Boulevard in Austin, Texas, discriminated against a female bartender by reducing her hours and terminating her because she […]

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Shepherd Electric to Pay $185,806 to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination and Retaliation Suit

Electrical Supply Company Fired Two Black Managers Because of Their Race and Complaints About Race Discrimination, Federal Agency ChargedBALTIMORE – Shepherd Electric Co., Inc., a wholesale electrical distributor that operates in the Baltimore/Washington area, will pay $185,806 and furnish significant […]

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EEOC Sues Honolulu Restaurant and HR Company for Sexual Harassment of Male Employees

Restaurant Co-Owner Sexually Harassed Male Employees, Federal Agency ChargesHONOLULU – A Honolulu restaurant and its outsourced human resources company violated federal law by subjecting male employees to sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit […]

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EEOC Sues Charlotte IHOP for Religious Discrimination and Retaliation

Restaurant Refused to Honor Accommodation and Fired Employee Because of His Religion, Federal Agency ChargesCHARLOTTE, N.C. – Suncakes, LLC, a Texas-based company doing business as IHOP, violated federal law when it required an employee to work on Sundays despite a […]

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