Non-Hispanic Applicants Turned Away From Entry-Level Positions, Federal Agency Charges FRESNO – Helados La Tapatia, Inc., violated federal law when they failed to hire non-Hispanic applicants for entry-level positions because of their race/national origin, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission […]

Medical Device Manufacturer Fired Temporary Employee for Absences Related to Disability, Federal Agency Charged Greenwood, S.C. – Medtronic, Inc., a Minneapolis-based company that develops and manufactures medical devices, will pay $75,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability dis­crimination […]

PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Quinton Township Board of Education in Hammonton, N.J., reached a voluntary conciliation agreement to resolve a retaliation charge filed by a former employee, the federal agency announced today. Following an […]

Automobile Seat Frame Manufacturer Failed to Hire Applicants They Believed had a Disability, Federal Agency Charged JACKSON, Ms. – Faurecia Madison Automobile Seating, Inc., a manufacturer of automobile seat frames in Madison, Mississippi, has agreed to pay $825,000 and furnish […]

Hospital Subjected Deaf Woman to Disability Discrimination and Retaliation, Federal Agency Charged ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – St. Vincent Hospital (SVH), doing business as Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, will pay $98,000 and furnish other relief to settle […]

Caregiver Fired for Protesting Language with Racial Connotations, Federal Agency Charged SAN FRANCISCO – Nationwide senior care provider Brookdale Senior Living Communities, Inc. will pay $80,000 and provide other relief to settle a retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. […]

Consent Decree Requires Accommodations for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Package Handlers PHILADELPHIA – FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. will pay $3.3 million and provide programmatic relief to resolve a companywide disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission […]

PHILADELPHIA — Malvern, Pa.-based ACME Markets, Inc., a supermarket chain that operates 164 stores in Pennsylvania and five other states, will pay $60,000 and provide significant equitable relief to settle a disability discrimination charge filed by the U.S. Equal Employment […]

Hospital Subjected Deaf Woman to Disability Discrimination and Retaliation, Federal Agency Charged ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – St. Vincent Hospital (SVH), doing business as Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, will pay $98,000 and furnish other relief to settle […]

Company Failed to Act on Multiple Complaints About Assistant Manager, Federal Agency Charges DETROIT – Menard, Inc., which operates over 300 Menards home improvement stores in 14 states, violated federal law by subjecting female employees to sexual harassment at its […]