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Greektown Casino to Pay $140,000 To Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Detroit Casino Refused to Grant Extended Leave and Fired Employee with Stress-Anxiety Disorder, Federal Agency Charged DETROIT – A Detroit casino operator will pay $140,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by U.S. Equal Employment […]

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Security Services Company to Pay $90,000 To Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Suit

Muslim Security Guard Was Denied Accommodation, Federal Agency Charges SAN DIEGO – Universal Protection Services, LP, dba Allied Universal Security Services, a nationwide private security services company, will pay $90,000 and furnish other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit […]

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Busse Combat Knife Company Sued by EEOC For Disability Discrimination

Wauseon Company Fired Employee After Learning of His Anxiety Disorder, Federal Agency Charges TOLEDO, Ohio – A Wauseon, Ohio, knife manufacturer violated federal law by discharging an employee because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged […]

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Volvo Group North America To Pay $70,000 To Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Car Manufacturer Refused to Hire Laborer Because He Was a Recovering Drug Addict in Medically Supervised Treatment Program, Federal Agency Charged BALTIMORE – Volvo Group North America, LLC, will pay $70,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a federal […]

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Pioneer Health Services to Pay $85,000 To Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Mississippi Health Care Company Illegally Fired Employee After She Underwent Liver Transplant Surgery, Federal Agency Charged JACKSON, Miss. — Pioneer Health Services, Inc., a Mississippi corporation that provides inpatient and outpatient health care services, has agreed to pay $85,000 to […]

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Aloha Auto Group to Pay $30,000 To Settle EEOC Retaliation Suit

Employee Fired for Advising Other Employees to File Hostile Work Environment Complaints, Federal Agency Says HONOLULU, Hawaii – Aloha Auto Group, Ltd. will pay $30,000 and provide other relief to settle a lawsuit for retaliatory discrimination filed by the U.S. […]

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GEO Group to Pay $550,000 To Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

Class of Female Staffers Abused at Private Correctional Facilities, Federal and State Agencies Charged PHOENIX – The GEO Group, Inc., operator of the Central Arizona Correctional Facility (CACF) and Arizona State Prison-Florence West Facility (Florence West) in Florence, Ariz., will […]

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Indi’s Fast Food Restaurant to Pay $340,000 To Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

Female Employees Subjected to Egregious Sexual Harassment, Federal Agency Charged INDIANAPOLIS — Louisville, Ky.-based restaurant chain Indi’s Fast Food Restaurant, Inc. (Indi’s) will pay $340,000 to 15 former female employees, some of whom were teenagers while employed by Indi’s, and […]

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Trans Ocean Seafoods To Pay $75,000 To Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit

Mixtec Clam Diggers Faced Explicit Sexual Harassment, Federal Agency Charged SEATTLE – Northwestern Washington-based Trans Ocean Seafoods, Inc., doing business as New England Shellfish, will pay $75,000 to three female former employees and implement other relief to settle a federal […]

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Montrose Memorial Hospital to Pay $400,000 To Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Lawsuit

Longtime Workers Were Fired or Forced to Quit Due to Their Age, Federal Agency Charged MONTROSE, Colo. — Montrose Memorial Hospital will pay $400,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment […]

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