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EEOC Sues USA Parking System For  Disability Discrimination

USA Parking System, Inc., a parking services company primarily in the hospitality industry, violated federal law by failing to hire a qualified valet attendant because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 26, 2018

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Target Sued by EEOC For Disability Discrimination

National retailer Target Corporation violated federal law when it failed to interview a qualified job applicant because he is deaf, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed recently.
September 24, 2018

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Pacific Bell Settles Disability Discrimination Lawsuit with EEOC

Pacific Bell Telephone Company, formerly known as AT&T Pacific Bell, will pay $15,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
July 12, 2018

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Werner Enterprises Sued by EEOC For Disability Discrimination in Hiring

Werner Enterprises, Inc., a truckload carrier headquartered in Omaha, Neb., violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it refused to hire an applicant as a truck driver because he is deaf, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit filed today.
July 11, 2018

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EEOC Sues Walmart Stores East for Disability Discrimination

Walmart Stores East, LP violated federal disability discrimination law by denying reasonable accommodations to deaf employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
June 4, 2018

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Capstone Logistics to Pay $50,000 To Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Capstone Logistics LLC, a Norcross, Ga.-based manufacturing and distribution company, will pay $50,000 and provide significant equitable relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
April 6, 2018

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EEOC Sues Halo Unlimited for Disability Discrimination

Halo Unlimited, Inc., dba Infant Hearing Screening Specialists, a Corona, Calif.-based company, violated federal law when it denied an accommodation to a pregnant employee with a disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), announced in a lawsuit filed today.
September 29, 2017

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EEOC Sues Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Texas for Disability Discrimination

BlueCross/Blue Shield of Texas, a Dallas health care company, violated federal law by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to a hearing-impaired applicant during the application process, resulting in her denial of hire, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
September 26, 2017

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Huntington Ingalls Sued By EEOC For Disability Discrimination

Newport News-based shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Incorporated violated federal discrimination law when it refused to hire a pipefitter after discovering his hearing impairment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. The lawsuit also alleges that the company failed to provide the pipefitter with a reasonable accommodation during the hiring process.
September 13, 2017

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EEOC Sues Cutter Mazda of Honolulu for Disability Discrimination

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced the filing of a lawsuit against Cutter Mazda of Honolulu alleging discrimination against a job applicant due to his disability. EEOC contends that Cutter Mazda denied an applicant a job based on his hearing impairment.
July 31, 2017

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EEOC Sues Capstone Logistics  For Disability Discrimination

Warehouse Refused to Hire Qualified Applicant Because He Is Deaf, Federal Agency Says

BALTIMORE - Capstone Logistics LLC, a leading provider of outsourced supply chain solutions to distribution centers in the grocery, food service, retail and other industries, violated federal law when it refused to hire an applicant because of his deafness, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

According to the EEOC's suit, George Harris, who is

July 14, 2017

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S&B Industry to Pay $110,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

A Fort Worth cellphone repair facility has agreed to pay $110,000 and provide other significant relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC charged in its suit that S&B Industry violated federal law by denying employment to two hearing-impaired applicants because of their disability. The EEOC's suit also alleged that S&B Industry violated the law by denying the two applicants a reasonable accommodation during the application process.
February 23, 2017

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EEOC Seeks Public Input on Proposed Enforcement Guidance on Harassment

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has voted to release for public input a proposed enforcement guidance addressing unlawful harassment under the federal employment discrimination laws. The proposed Enforcement Guidance on Unlawful Harassment is available for input until Feb. 9, 2017 at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EEOC-2016-0009.
January 10, 2017

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McDonald's to Pay $56,500 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

McDonald's Corporation and McDonald's Restaurants of Missouri will pay $56,500 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination suit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. EEOC had charged that McDonald's refused to interview a deaf job applicant at its Belton, Mo., restaurant because of his deafness.
October 18, 2016

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Use of Big Data Has Implications for Equal Employment Opportunity, Panel Tells EEOC

Big Data—the use of algorithms, "data scraping" of the internet, and other means of evaluating tens of thousands of pieces of information about an individual—is already being used to make hiring and other employment decisions, and both its use and its scope are expected to grow exponentially in the future, a panel of industrial psychologists, attorneys and labor economists told the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) at a public meeting held at agency headquarters in Washington, D.C. today.
October 13, 2016

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EEOC to Hold Third Public Meeting of Select Task Force on Workplace Harassment

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace will hold its third public meeting on Monday, December 7, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), at EEOC headquarters, 131 M Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.
December 2, 2015

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EEOC Sues S&B Industry for Disability Discrimination

S&B Industry, Inc., a Fort Worth cellphone repair facility, violated federal law by denying employment to two hearing-impaired applicants because of their disability, the U.S. Equal Employ­ment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit it filed today.  The EEOC's suit also alleged that S&B Industry violated the law by denying the two applicants a reasonable accommodation during the application process.
February 26, 2015