Women Pressured for Sex, Degraded by Senior Management Official, Agency Charged JACKSON, Miss. – A Jackson-area Save-A-Lot grocery store operated by Venture, Inc. will pay $325,000 and furnish other relief to settle a class sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the […]
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Save-A-Lot Settles EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit for $325,000
EEOC Sues Kmart for Disability Discrimination
Hyattsville Store Rejected Applicant Who Needed a Reasonable Accommodation For His Kidney Condition, Federal Agency Charges BALTIMORE – Kmart Corporation, a leading national retailer, violated federal law by refusing to employ as a store associate an individual with a disability […]
Read whole storyKanbar Property Management to Pay $140,000 to Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Lawsuit
Veteran Property Manager for Kanbar’s Tulsa Skyscrapers Replaced With ‘Younger and Prettier’ Property Managers, Federal Agency Charged TULSA, Okla. – Kanbar Property Management LLC (KPM), the property management company for several downtown commercial office buildings in Tulsa, will pay $140,000 […]
Read whole storyAbercrombie & Fitch Liable for Religious Discrimination in EEOC Suit, Court Says
Judge Finds Firing Muslim Employee for Wearing Hijab Was Illegal SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge has found clothing giant Abercrombie & Fitch liable for religious discrimination when it fired Muslim employee Umme-Hani Khan for wearing her hijab (religious headscarf), […]
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Ranir LLC Settles EEOC Reasonable Accommodation Suit Grand Rapids Dental Products Company Refused Use of Special Cane for Employee With Severe Arthritis, Federal Agency Charged DETROIT – A Grand Rapids, Mich. dental products manufacturer settled a disability discrimination lawsuit brought […]
Read whole storyWyoming Electric Sued for Sexual Harssment
EEOC Sues Wyoming Electric and Communications Contractor for Sexual Harassment, Retaliation Cheyenne Company Failed to Address Sexual Harassment, Later Fired Woman Who Complained, Federal Agency Charged DENVER -A Cheyenne, Wyo., contracting company unlawfully retaliated against its only female electrician after […]
Read whole storyHoliday Inn Sued for Pregnancy Discrimination
Mississippi Holiday Inn Franchisee Sued by EEOC for Pregnancy Discrimination Company Fired Employee Due to Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charges MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Jiji, Inc., a Holiday Inn franchisee located in Batesville, Miss., violated federal law when it fired an employee […]
Read whole storyEEOC Sues Medical Center for Age Discrimination
Hospital Refused Job to Man Because of Perceived Disability, Federal Agency Says WEIRTON, W.V. — Weirton Medical Center, a community hospital in Weirton, W.V., refused to select a long-time employee for a vacant maintenance department position because of his age […]
Read whole storyEEOC Sues Performance Food Group for Nationwide Sex Discrimination in Hiring
BALTIMORE – A national marketer and distributor of national and proprietary-branded food and food-related products engaged in a pattern or practice of failing to hire female applicants for operative positions at distribution centers nationwide, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission […]
Read whole storyEEOC Files Class Genetic Information Discrimination Suit Against Corning Rehab Center
Founders Pavilion Violated Federal Law by Asking for Genetic Information From Applicants and Employees, Federal Agency Charges NEW YORK – The Founders Pavilion, Inc., a Corning, N.Y., nursing and rehabilitation center, violated federal law by asking for genetic information during […]
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