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Supercuts Sued For Religious Discrimination

TheU.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a federal lawsuit charging Supercuts hair salon with religious discrimination for requiring a stylist employed at their Pleasant Hill, Calif. salon to work on her Sabbath and firing her when she refused to violate her religious beliefs.
October 1, 2010

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Walmart Sued For Religious Discrimination

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a federal lawsuit against retail giant Walmart for disciplining and threatening to fire an assistant manager at its Colville, Wash., store when he refused to violate his religious beliefs.
October 1, 2010

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EEOC Sues Port Authority Of NY & NJ For Gender Pay Disparity And Age Discrimination

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the bi-state agency which runs several of the largest transportation hubs in the northeast, violated federal law by paying its female non-supervisory attorneys less than male attorneys, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday.
September 30, 2010

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EEOC Sues Spud Seller, Inc. For Alleged   Sex Harassment By Supervisor

The Spud Seller, Inc., located outside Monte Vista, Colo., created a hostile work environment by allowing one of its supervisors to continue to sexually harass female employees well after complaints had been made, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 30, 2010

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Securitas Sued For Sexual Harassment And Retaliation

Securitas Security Services, USA, Inc., ("Securitas"), a uniformed security and patrol services violated federal law by subjecting a female employee to a sexually hostile work environment and then discharging her after she complained, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") charged in a lawsuit filed today. Securitas employs over 260,000 people in 40 countries.
September 30, 2010

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Fox News Sued by EEOC for Retaliation

New York-based Fox News Network LLC, which owns and operates the Fox News Channel based in Washington, D.C., retaliated against news reporter Catherine Herridge after she complained to Fox that she was subjected to disparate pay and unequal employment opportunities because of her gender and age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced in a lawsuit filed today.
September 30, 2010

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Professional Fitness Sued for Retaliation

Raleigh-based BF-Southeast, LLC, doing business as Professional Fitness, violated federal law by discharging a female employee because she complained about sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday. 
September 30, 2010

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EEOC Sues Findlay Honda for Race Harassment, Discrimination & Retaliation

Shack-Findlay Automotive, LLC d/b/a Findlay Honda and Findlay Automotive Group, Inc. violated federal law by subjecting its black employees to discrimination, harassment and retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday against the chain of automotive dealerships. 
September 30, 2010

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EEOC Files Disability Discrimination Suit Against Thrivent Financial

A major financial services company, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans of Appleton, Wis., violated federal law by making public a temporary employee's confidential medical information, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 30, 2010

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EEOC Sues Nassau County For Firing 71-Year-Old Lifeguard

The Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museums violated federal law by suspending and then firing a 71-year-old lifeguard who failed a swim test, while younger lifeguards who failed the same test were allowed to continue working, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
September 30, 2010

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EEOC Sues Altec Industries for Religious Discrimination

Altec Industries, Inc., a Birmingham, Ala. based manufacturing company, violated federal law by failing to hire a class of Sabbatarian applicants because of their religion, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
September 30, 2010

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Indiana Health Care Service Sued by EEOC for Pregnancy Discrimination

An Indiana health care service corporation operating a dental clinic in South Bend violated federal law when it fired an employee because she was pregnant and about to go on maternity leave, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.  According to the EEOC's suit (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Indiana Health Centers, Inc., Civil Action No. 3:10-cv-412-PF), Indiana Health Centers, Inc. terminated a dental hygienist shortly after her supervisor learned she was pregnant.
September 30, 2010

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Eastside Hampton Inn Franchise Sued by EEOC for Race Discrimination and Retaliation

A local hotel has denied employment to black housekeeping applicants,  offered lower pay and hours to black housekeeping staff, terminated black housekeeping staff who complained of the less favorable treatment, and destroyed employment records since at least September 2, 2008, according to a lawsuit filed on September 30, 2010 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
September 30, 2010

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Two Railroad Companies Sued by EEOC for Retaliation

Watco Companies, Inc. and Kansas City Southern Railway Company, wholly owned by Kansas City Southern (KCS), violated federal law by retaliating against a former employee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed on September 30, 2010.  Watco, based in Pittsburg, Kan., is a short-line railroad and provides switching services to other railroads, including Kansas City Southern Railway, which is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.  KCS is one of Watco's largest and most important clients.
September 30, 2010

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East Hawaii Veterinary Center Sued By EEOC For Sexual Harassment, Retaliation

East Hawaii Veterinary Center, LLC, a veterinary clinic in Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii, violated federal law by sexually harassing, firing and/or forcing out a class of female employees due to their gender, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday.
September 30, 2010

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EEOC Sues Promens For Sex Discrimination, Harassment And Retaliation

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit today charging that global plastics manufacturerPromens, Inc., formerly known as Bonar Plastics, Inc., violated federal law by sexually harassing female employees and retaliating against employees who complained. The EEOC also asserted that the company segregated employees by sex in that it assigned women and men to different departments of its West Chicago facility. The molding department to which women were assigned paid lower wages and provided employees with less opportunity for advancement than other jobs at the facility.
September 29, 2010

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Ingram Readymix Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination

Ingram Readymix, Inc., a private concrete manufacturing company with 27 concrete plants in South Central Texas and over 500 employees, violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) when it discharged an employee because he told his supervisor that he had a disability and would be needing to take short periods of leave in the upcoming weeks for medical treatment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
September 29, 2010

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EEOC Sues Ricoh for Harassment and Retaliation

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced it has filed a lawsuit against Ricoh Americas Corporation for subjecting an African employee and two Hispanic employees to harassment based on their national origin at one of its work sites in Greensboro, N.C.  The lawsuit further charged that the African employee was harassed based on his race.  The company then suspended and fired the three employees after they made several complaints to Ricoh's managers about the harassment, the EEOC said.
September 29, 2010

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Rafael's Italian Restaurant Sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment

Rafael's Italian Restaurant, a Tennessee restaurant chain, violated federal law by subjecting a class of female employees, including some teenagers, to sexual harassment at a Tullahoma, Tenn., restaurant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
September 29, 2010

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Piggly Wiggly Owner/Operator Sued by EEOC for Race and Gender Discrimination

A Hartsville, Tenn., company that owns and operates five groceries in middle Tennessee and Kentucky violated federal law by refusing to hire a class of African-Americans and males as employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed September 28, 2010.
September 29, 2010

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Home Instead Senior Care Sued for Race Bias

Hi Care, Inc. d/b/a Home Instead Senior Care, which provides home care services for seniors in Anne Arundel and Howard counties illegally engaged in a pattern and practice of race-based assignments of its caregiver employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a lawsuit filed today.
September 29, 2010

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EEOC Sues Integrated Broadband Services for Race and National Origin Discrimination

Integrated Broadband Services, a provider of operational support software and back office services deployed by cable and broadband operators worldwide, violated federal law when it fired a black Tanzanian analyst because of her race and national origin, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
September 29, 2010

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Briggs Equipment, Inc. Sued by EEOC for Race Discrimination

Briggs Equipment, Inc. ("Briggs"), a Dallas-based company and North America's largest industrial and construction equipment distributor, discriminated on the basis of race by condoning a racially-hostile work environment, imposing disparate discipline and ultimately terminating an employee because of his race—African-American--the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 29, 2010