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Wal-Mart to Pay $90,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit

Rockford Store Unlawfully Fired Long-Term Employee Because of His Intellectual Disability, Federal Agency Charged ROCKFORD, Ill. – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay a former, long-term employee $90,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity […]

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Georgia Council for the Hearing-Impaired To Pay $10,000 to Settle EEEOC Retaliation Lawsuit

Organization Retaliated Against Employee for Filing EEOC Charge, Federal Agency Said ATLANTA – The Georgia Council for the Hearing-Impaired, Inc. (GACHI), a nonprofit organization in Decatur, Ga., that provides services for the deaf and hard of hearing, will pay $10,000 […]

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Xerox State Healthcare, LLC Will Pay $35,000 To Resolve EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

Healthcare Company Denied Applicant an Accommodation for Pre-Employment Drug Testing, Federal Agency Charged CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Xerox State Healthcare, LLC (“Xerox Healthcare”), a healthcare company that offers healthcare program administration services for programs such as long-term care and pharmacy benefits […]

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Amtrak to Pay $112,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

Federal Agency Charged Railroad Company Refused to Hire Qualified Machinist Due to Epilepsy SEATTLE — The Washington, D.C.-based National Passenger Railroad Corporation, better known as Amtrak, will pay $112,000 and provide other relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit […]

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Nabors Industries and C&J Energy Services Sued By EEOC for Racial Harassment and Retaliation

Oilfield Services Company Subjected Black Employees to Slurs and Mistreatment and Then Fired Employees for Reporting the Discrimination, Federal Agency Charged SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Bermuda-based oilfield services companies Nabors Industries, Ltd. and C&J Energy Services, Ltd., Civil Action 05:16-CV-758-FB, […]

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EEOC Sues Cushman & Wakefield for Disability Discrimination

Commercial Real Estate Services Company Fired Employee with Breast Cancer, Federal Agency Charges BALTIMORE – Cushman & Wakefield refused to provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee with breast cancer and instead fired her because of her disability violating federal […]

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Your Health Team, L.L.C. To Pay $20,000 To Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit

Home Health Care Company Terminated Employee Because of Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charged DALLAS – Your Health Team, L.L.C. (Your Health Team) has agreed to pay $20,000 and provide other significant relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the […]

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Dunkin’ Donuts Franchise to Pay $150,000 to Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

Doughnut Franchise Manager Sexually Harassed Young Female Employees, Some in Their Teens, and Retaliated Against Worker Who Resisted Advances, Federal Agency Charged NEW YORK – Hillcrest Marshall, Inc., which owns multiple Dunkin’ Donuts franchises in Westchester County, N.Y., will pay […]

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Sealed Air Sued By EEOC for Sex-Based Pay and National Origin Discrimination

Federal Agency Charges Sealed Air Corp., d/b/a Kevothermal LLC, Paid Female Production Supervisor Less Than Male, Imposed Language Restriction Albuquerque, NM. -Sealed Air Corporation, a protective packaging business, violated federal law by paying a female production supervisor lower wages than […]

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Brown & Brown Insurance Brokerage Firm Is Sued By EEOC in Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

Job Offer Rescinded After Company Learned of Applicant’s Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charged MIAMI – A Daytona Beach-based insurance brokerage firm violated federal law by rescinding a job offer to a woman because of her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity […]

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