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SelectCare Benefits Network Sued by EEOC for Same-Sex Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

SelectCare Benefits Network, Inc., an Austin-based broker of medications for disadvantaged people, violated federal law by subjecting a female employee to a sexually hostile work environment and then retaliating against her after she complained, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
June 25, 2013

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Luminant Mining Company LLC Settles EEOC Disability Lawsuit

Luminant Mining Company LLC, a Dallas, Texas coal mining company, will pay $150,000 to a former equipment operator to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 
May 31, 2013

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Jury Awards More Than $1.5 Million in EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Suit against New Breed Logistics

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A jury has rendered a verdict of more than $1.5 million in the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against New Breed Logistics, a North Carolina-based logistics services provider, the agency announced today.   The verdict followed a seven-day trial before U.S. District Court Judge S. Thomas Anderson on behalf of four claimants and included awards of $177,094 in back pay, $486,000 in compensatory damages and $850,000 in punitive damages for the discrimination victims.
May 10, 2013

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EEOC Sues Dynamic Medical Services for Religious Discrimination

Dynamic Medical Services, Inc., a Miami company owned by Dr. Dennis Nobbe and which provides medical and chiropractic services, violated federal law by requiring employees to attend courses that involved Scientology religious practices, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
May 9, 2013

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Fabricut to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Disability and Genetic Information Discrimination Lawsuit

Fabricut, Inc., one of the world's largest distributors of decorative fabrics, will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability and genetic information discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  This is the first lawsuit ever filed by the EEOC alleging genetic discrimination.
May 7, 2013

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Hire Dynamics Sued by EEOC for Retaliation

Hire Dynamics, LLC, a major staffing and professional recruitment company headquartered in Duluth, Ga., violated federal law by retaliating against an employee because he filed a discrimination charge, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
April 23, 2013

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AVT to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Case

Applied Vacuum Technology (AVT), a Waconia, Minn.-based company that manufactures a full line of vacuum hardware, will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit  by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.   The case is EEOC v. Applied Vacuum Technology, Inc., Case No. 12-cv-02473 SRN/FLN, filed in the District of Minnesota.
April 16, 2013

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EEOC Sues Olympia Construction

Olympia Construction, Inc. violated federal anti-discrimination laws when its project superintendent and a supervisor racially harassed three African-American employees at one of its Selma construction sites, according to a lawsuit filed March 29, 2013 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).  Olympia Construction, headquartered in Albertville, Ala., develops and builds housing for families and senior citizens in eight states throughout the South and Southeastern United States.
April 16, 2013

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EEOC Chair Issues Statement on Equal Pay Day 2013

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 is Equal Pay Day, the day that marks the end of the extra period of time that the average woman in the U.S. must work in order to earn what the average man earned during the previous year.
April 9, 2013

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EEOC to Participate in Live Twitter Chat on Equal Pay Day Tuesday

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will participate in a "Tweet Chat" on Tuesday, April 9 from 1-2 p.m. ET to discuss the pay gap between women and men. The Equal Pay Tweetchat, using the hashtag #talkpay, is sponsored by the National Women's Law Center.
April 8, 2013

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Bojangles' Franchise Sued by EEOC For Religious Discrimination

Bo-Cherry, Inc., a North Carolina corporation that operates several Bojangles' restaurants in the Charlotte metro area, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate an employee's religious beliefs and then fired him because of his religion, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
April 4, 2013

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Leading Senior Assisted Living Company Settles Religious Discrimination Suit with EEOC

Texas – Senior Living Properties, LLC, which owns 35 senior assisted living facilities in Texas, will pay $42,500 and furnish extensive injunctive relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged the company with denying a religious accommodation to an employee.
March 18, 2013

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EEOC Sues QSI / Stellar Management Group for Sex Discrimination

Stellar Management Group, Inc., doing business as QSI, a contract sanitations services company that provides sanitation services to meat processing facilities in middle Georgia, violated federal law when it fired a female supervisor because of her sex, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
March 12, 2013

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Jury Verdict for EEOC Against Western Trading Company In Disability Case

A unanimous jury in federal court in Denver yesterday found for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in its disability discrimination lawsuit against Western Trading Company, Inc., an Army-Navy surplus company in metro Denver (EEOC v. Western Trading Co., Inc., Case #10-cv-02387-MJM-MJW).  The jury awarded $109,000 for Tyler Riley, an employee who was fired because of his seizure disorder. 
March 11, 2013

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EEOC Wins Second Victory Against RadioShack in Retaliation Case

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) won another victory in federal court in Denver on Feb. 27 in its employment discrimination lawsuit against major communications equipment retailer RadioShack.  Judge Lewis Babcock entered a judgment for a variety of relief, including back pay in accordance with a September jury verdict, liquidated damages, front pay, and an additional award to offset the increased taxes that will be incurred as a result of receiving the entire award in a lump sum of approximately $675,000.
February 28, 2013