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Injunction, Attorney Fees Ordered Against EmCare in EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Case

Federal Judge Enters Final Judgment on Jury Award of Approximately Half a Million Dollars DALLAS – Upon consideration of a request by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis has directed EmCare, a physician outsourcing […]

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Sims Recycling and All-Star Personnel to Pay $25,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

International Recycling Company and Staffing Agency Refused to Assign Employee With Hearing Loss, Federal Agency Charged NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Sims Recycling Solutions, Inc., an international electronics recycling company, and All-Star Personnel, Inc., a local staffing agency, will pay $25,000 and […]

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EEOC Sues Seymour Midwest for Age Discrimination

Agency Alleges Company Rejected an Applicant Older than Its Ideal Age INDIANAPOLIS — Seymour Midwest, a Warsaw, Indiana, hand tool manufacturing company, violated federal law when it rejected a 58-year-old executive upon learning that he was older than the company’s […]

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Condo Association Sued for Sexual Harassment National Origin Discrimination and Retaliation

Management Company Also Sued; Vulnerable Workers Subjected to Abuse, Including Attempted Rape, and Retaliation for Complaining, EEOC Charged DENVER – Vail Run Resort Community Association, Inc., a condominium complex in Vail, Colo., and its management company, Global Hospitality Resorts, Inc., […]

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The Pines of Clarkston to Pay $42,500 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

Care Center for the Elderly Discharged Administrator After Learning of Her Epilepsy, Federal Agency Charged DETROIT – The Pines of Clarkston, Inc., part of a group of assisted living facilities in southeastern Michigan, will pay $42,500 and provide other relief […]

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Magnolia Health Sued by EEOC for Widespread Disability Discrimination

Class of Individuals Denied Jobs, Accommodations or Fired Due to Their Perceived or Actual Disabilities, Says Federal Agency FRESNO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced it filed a lawsuit against Magnolia Health Corporation and its affiliates […]

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Celadon Trucking Services, Inc. to Pay $200,000 to Settle Lawsuit

Celadon Unlawfully Subjected Applicants to Pre-Employment Medical Examinations INDIANAPOLIS – Celadon Trucking Services, Inc., a trucking company headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, has agreed in a consent decree to pay $200,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. […]

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Taprite Fassco to Pay $72,500 to Settle EEOC Sex, Disability and Retaliation Discrimination Suit

Company Demoted Employee Because of Arthritis and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Federal Agency Charged SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Taprite Fassco Manufacturing, Inc., a San Antonio-based manufacturer of CO2 regulators in the soda and beer industries, will pay $72,500 and furnish other […]

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Menomonie Restaurant Owner in Contempt of Court

Wisconsin Company Held in Contempt for Failure to Provide Information and Pay EEOC’s Attorney’s Fees MADISON, WISCONSIN – North Broadway Holdings, Inc., owner of a restaurant previously known as Sparx Restaurant, and currently operating as a Denny’s franchise in Menomonie, […]

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Court Prevents Peters’ Bakery from Firing Employee Alleging Discrimination in EEOC Suit

Federal Agency Obtains Preliminary Injunction to Protect Latina Clerk’s Job SAN JOSE, Calif. – Peters’ Bakery, a family-owned business in East San Jose, may not terminate a sales clerk whose allegations of ethnic and racial harassment and retaliation are the […]

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