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Angelo's Pizza & Grill Settles EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit for $35,000

Angelo's Pizza and Grill, Inc. and Kefalas Enterprises, Inc., the former and current owners of Angelo's Pizza and Grill, a full-service family restaurant located in upstate New York, will pay seven women $35,000.00 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. 
September 27, 2013

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EEOC Examines Rights, Challenges of People with Disabilities on Rehab Act Anniversary

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) observed the 40th anniversary of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act yesterday, a breakthrough federal law for people with disabilities by hearing a variety of experts – including U.S. Senator Tom Harkin – discuss the state of rights and protections for disabled Americans.
September 27, 2013

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EEOC Sues Benny Boyd Car Dealership for Disability Discrimination and Harassment

A Lubbock, Texas automobile dealership violated federal disability discrimination law by denying a partnership to a general manager because of his multiple sclerosis, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.  The EEOC further alleges that Randall Hurst was subjected to a hostile work environment based on his disability, and forced to quit as a result of the lost pay and harassment. 
September 26, 2013

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River View Coal to Pay $245,000 to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Suit

River View Coal, LLC, will pay a total of $245,000 to a class of African-American applicants and furnish other relief to settle a class race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
September 26, 2013

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EEOC Sues Cardiac Science Corporation for Retaliation

Cardiac Science Corporation, a company which manufactures and markets diagnostic and therapeutic cardiology products and services, violated federal law by refusing severance pay to employees who file discrimination charges with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the EEOC charged in a new lawsuit.
September 26, 2013

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EEOC Sues Winebrenner Transfer for Retaliation

Hagerstown, Md.-based commercial trucking company Winebrenner Transfer, Inc., unlawfully fired a female driver because she complained about pay discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
September 25, 2013

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EEOC Sues Wells Fargo for Same-Sex Sexual Harassment

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. violated federal law when it allowed a manager and employee to create a sexually hostile work environment for a class of female employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
September 25, 2013

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EEOC Sues Bank of America for Disability Discrimination Against Deaf Worker

Bank of America Corporation, one of the country's largest financial institutions, violated federal law when it denied a deaf worker's repeated reasonable accommodation requests for a sign language interpreter and then fired her due to her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
September 25, 2013

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Zoria Farms and Z Foods Sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

Z Foods, Inc., doing business as Zoria Farms, and its predecessor company, Zoria Farms, Inc., subjected its female workers to ongoing sexual abuse, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.  The Madera, Calif., dried fruit producer also unlawfully fired a class of workers in retaliation for reporting the abuse, the EEOC said.
September 25, 2013

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New "Digest of EEO Law" Issued by EEOC

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the latest edition of its federal sector Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law, which is available online at http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/digest/index.cfm.  This quarterly publication, prepared by the EEOC's Office of Federal Operations (OFO), features recent Commission decisions and federal court cases of interest.  The latest edition also includes a special article on Abuse of Process. 
September 25, 2013

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EEOC Sues Angel Medical Center for Disability Discrimination

Angel Medical Center, Inc., a full-service critical access hospital located in Franklin, N.C., unlawfully refused to accommodate a nurse's need for cancer treatments and subsequently fired her because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. 
September 25, 2013

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Georgia Council for the Hearing-impaired  Sued by EEOC  for Retaliation

The Georgia Council for the Hearing-Impaired, a nonprofit agency that provides services for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, violated federal law by subjecting an employee to retaliation after he filed a discrimination charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency charged in a lawsuit it recently filed.
September 24, 2013

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U-Haul to Pay $750,000 to Settle EEOC Racial Harassment & Retaliation Suit

U-Haul has agreed to pay $750,000 to eight African-American current and former employees and to provide other relief to settle a race and retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
September 24, 2013

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Jomar / Seko Worldwide Sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment

An international cargo and freight transportation company, Jomar Transportation Inc., doing business as Seko Worldwide, violated federal law by subjecting a female employee to a pattern of sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit recently filed.
September 24, 2013

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Abercrombie & Fitch Settles Two Pending EEOC Religious Discrimination Suits

Clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch has agreed to pay $71,000 and to change its policies to settle two separate religious discrimination lawsuits on behalf of Muslim teens wearing hijabs (religious headscarves), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.  This settlement follows last week's ruling finding Abercrombie liable for religious discrimination in one case, and an April 2013 ruling dismissing its undue hardship claims in the other suit. 
September 23, 2013

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EEOC Sues Cleaning Authority of Plainfield For Disability Harassment

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit today alleging that Mont Brook, Inc., doing business as The Cleaning Authority of Plainfield, violated federal civil rights laws by harassing an employee because of her disability and unlawfully inquiring about her disability.  The defendant, based in Plainfield, Ill., provides residential house cleaning services in the southwest suburbs of Chicago, according to its website.
September 23, 2013