Cable Companies Denied Employees with Disabilities Reasonable Accommodations Federal Agency Charged HONOLULU, Hawaii – Oceanic Time Warner Cable LLC and Charter Communications, Inc. (Oceanic) agree to pay $800,000 and provide other injunctive relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed […]
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Oceanic Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, Inc. to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit
October 3rd, 2020 ::
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PML Services to Pay $60,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
October 2nd, 2020 ::
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IHG Army Hotel at Fort McCoy Fired Employee With Epilepsy After She Had a Seizure, Federal Agency Charged MILWAUKEE – The company that operates the IHG Army Hotel at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin will pay $60,000 to settle a disability […]
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October 1st, 2020 ::
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Chef Fired Female Cook for Denying Him Sex, Federal Agency Charges NEW YORK – The head chef at Liberty Warehouse, a popular Brooklyn, N.Y., wedding venue, subjected female kitchen staff to sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation, the U.S. Equal […]
Read whole storyDollar Tree Distribution, Inc. Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination
September 30th, 2020 ::
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Company Refused to Accommodate or Hire Deaf Applicant, Says Federal Agency SEATTLE — Dollar Tree Distribution, Inc., violated federal law when it failed to accommodate or hire a deaf applicant for an entry level warehouse job at its Ridgefield, Washington […]
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September 25th, 2020 ::
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Sandwich Shop Denied Job to Hard-of-Hearing Applicant, Federal Agency Charges INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – A southern Indiana fast-food sandwich shop violated federal law by rejecting a hard-of-hearing applicant because of his hearing and resultant speech impairments according to a lawsuit filed […]
Read whole storyKindred at Home Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination and Retaliation
September 24th, 2020 ::
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Home Health Services Provider Placed Employee on Unpaid Leave After She Requested a Limited Period of Telework, Federal Agency Charged ATLANTA – Gentiva Health Services, Inc. d/b/a Kindred at Home (“Kindred”), a provider of home health services, including nursing and […]
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September 23rd, 2020 ::
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Staffing Firm Denied Disability Accommodation for a Building Superintendent With Cancer History and Reflux Disease, Federal Agency Charges SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Swift Technical Services, LLC, doing business as Airswift, a Houston-based staffing firm focused on the oil and gas […]
Read whole storyKroger Company Sued by EEOC For Religious Discrimination
September 21st, 2020 ::
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Conway, Ark., Grocery Store Fired Two Workers Because of Their Religious Objections to Kroger’s New Dress Code, Federal Agency Charges LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Kroger Company, doing business as Kroger Store No. 625 in Conway, Ark., violated federal law […]
Read whole storyEEOC Sues Lexus of Cool Springs for Sex Discrimination
September 20th, 2020 ::
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Tennessee Dealership Fired Service Consultant Because of Her Gender, Federal Agency Charges NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Performance of Brentwood, L.P., doing business as Lexus of Cool Springs, an automobile dealership, violated federal law when it subjected a female service consultant to […]
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September 18th, 2020 ::
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Hotel Manager Targeted Female Housekeepers, Federal Agency Charges SEATTLE, Wash. — The owner of a Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham, a hotel located near the Seattle-Tacoma airport in Kent, Wash., violated federal law when it allowed a manager to sexually harass […]
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