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Heartfelt Home Healthcare Services Settles Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit with EEOC

Home Health Care Company Fired Scheduling Coordinator Because of Pregnancy and Related Disability, Federal Agency ChargedERIE, Pa. – Heartfelt Home Healthcare Services, Inc., a Pennsylvania home healthcare provider, will pay $20,000 to a former employee and take significant steps to […]

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Nursing Facility Symphony of Joliet to Pay $400,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit

Pregnant Employees Were Denied Accommodations and Required to Submit to Unnecessary Medical ExaminationsCHICAGO – Symphony Deerbrook, LLC will pay $400,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over […]

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EEOC Sues PRC Industries for Racial Harassment and Retaliatory Termination

Black Workers Faced Racial Slurs and Retaliation, Federal Agency ChargesRENO, Nev. – E-commerce remanufacturer PRC Industries (PRC) violated federal law by tolerating racial harassment of two Black workers and firing them in retaliation for reporting the harassment, the U.S. Equal […]

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Jiashen You Named New Chief Data Officer for EEOC

WASHINGTON – Chair Charlotte A. Burrows of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has named Dr. Jiashen You as the agency’s new chief data officer and head of its Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics (OEDA), the federal agency […]

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EEOC Sues Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino for Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

Employees With Disabilities Denied Reasonable Accommodations, Federal Agency ChargesLAS VEGAS – DTG Las Vegas, LLC; Fifth Street Gaming, LLC; and DTG Las Vegas Manager, LLC (collectively doing business as “Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino”) violated federal law by failing to […]

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Alden Short and Hinson Jennings to Pay $85,000 to Settle EEOC National Origin Discrimination Suit

Property Management Company Settles Federal Charges of Harassing Three Hispanic EmployeesDALLAS – Alden Short and Hinson Jennings, a Dallas-based property management company, will pay $85,000 and furnish other relief to settle a national origin harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. […]

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EEOC Sues Sandia Transportation for Harassment of Female Employees

Owner Harassed Female Workers Based on Sex and Sexual Orientation, Federal Agency ChargesALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia Transportation LLC (Sandia), a non-emergency medical transportation company with its principal place of business in Albuquerque, New Mexico, violated federal law by subjecting several […]

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EEOC Sues Exact Sciences Laboratories for Age Discrimination in Hiring

Cologuard Manufacturer Rejected Qualified Applicant It Viewed as Too Old, Federal Agency ChargesDENVER – Exact Sciences Laboratories, LLC, manufacturer of the Cologuard colon cancer screening test, violated federal law by discriminating against a job applicant based on his age, according […]

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J&M Industries Sued by EEOC for Age Discrimination

Distribution Company Fired Employee Because She Turned 65, Federal Agency ChargesNEW ORLEANS – J&M Industries, Inc., a manufacturing and distribution company based in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, violated federal law when it fired an employee because of her age after she refused […]

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EEOC Sues T.C. Wheelers for Harassing and Driving Out Transgender Employee

Transgender Male Cook at Tonawanda Pizzeria Subjected to a Hostile Work Environment Based on Gender Identity, Federal Agency ChargesBUFFALO, N.Y. – T C Wheelers, Inc., which operates T.C. Wheelers Bar & Pizzeria in Tonawanda, New York, violated federal law when […]

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