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Applebee’s Franchisee to Pay $100,000 To Settle EEOC Sex Discrimination and Retaliation Suit

Restaurant Employee Was Harassed and Fired After Complaining, Federal Agency Charged NEW YORK – Apple-Metro, Inc. and Hawthorne Apple, LLC, which operate an Applebee’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill in Hawthorne, N.Y., will pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to settle […]

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El Vallarta Restaurant Sued for Sexual Harassment

Teen Worker Was Touched Inappropriately, Forced to Quit, EEOC Alleges ST. LOUIS – El Vallarta, a Nebraska restaurant, violated Title VII when it allowed a supervisor and other workers to sexually harass a teenage female employee, the U.S. Equal Employment […]

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EEOC Statement on Joint Memorandum on Disability Self-Identification

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is pleased to announce the release of a joint memorandum with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to all federal Chief Human Capital Officers. The joint memorandum highlights revisions to OPM’s SF-256 […]

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EEOC And Justice Department Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Prevent and Address Harassment of Employees in State and Local Governments

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division today signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to prevent and address workplace harassment in state and local government. The EEOC and the […]

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Logic Staffing Sued by EEOC For Disability Discrimination

Staffing Agency Rejected Warehouse Worker For Being Deaf, Federal Agency Charges TACOMA, Wash. – A Western Washington staffing and recruiting company violated federal law when it refused to consider a qualified job applicant because he is deaf, the U.S. Equal […]

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Court Reaffirms Imposition of Order Preventing UPS Freight from Paying Disabled Drivers Less

Federal Judge Finds Company’s Arguments for Lifting Injunction Unavailing ST. LOUIS – A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas ruled on November 1, 2018, that UPS Freight’s attempt to vacate its July 2018 order […]

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Whole Foods Market to Pay $65,000 To Settle EEOC Disability Suit

Employee Fired because of her Disability, Federal Agency Charged RALEIGH, N.C. – Whole Foods Market Group, Inc., doing business as Whole Foods Market, headquartered in Austin, Texas, will pay $65,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit […]

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GB Flowood Operations to Pay $25,000 To Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

Female Employee Not Permitted to Wear Skirt Instead of Pants, Federal Agency Charges BIRMINGHAM, Ala.– GB Flowood Operations, LLC, which operates a Flowood, Miss., restaurant under the name “Georgia Blue,” will pay a former employee $25,000 and furnish other relief […]

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EEOC Sues Lancaster’s BBQ & Wings for Racial Harassment And Constructive Discharge

Black Employee Had to Quit Due to Racial Slurs and Harassment, Federal Agency Charges STATESVILLE, N.C. – Joe’s Old Fashioned Bar-B-Que, Inc., doing business as Lancaster’s BBQ & Wings, a North Carolina corporation, violated federal law when it subjected a […]

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Murex Petroleum Corp. to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Racial Harassment Lawsuit

Oil and Gas Company Subjected Employee to Racial Harassment, Federal Agency Charged MINNEAPOLIS – A Texas-based oil and gas company operating in Tioga, N.D., will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a racial harassment lawsuit filed by the […]

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