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EEOC Sues USF Holland for Sex Discrimination
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – USF Holland, LLC, a trucking company providing transportation and delivery services to customers throughout North America, violated federal law when it refused for decades to hire qualified females for truck driving positions because of their sex, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
USF Holland operates over 50 terminals in the United States. The EEOC alleges the discrimination occurred at Holland’s Olive Branch, Miss., terminal.
According
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Cincinnati-Area Group of Korean Restaurants to Pay $75,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Cincinnati-area restaurant group will pay $75,000 to a former employee and implement other relief to settle a federal lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
According to the EEOC lawsuit, the male owner and chef of 3501 Seoul, LLC, SushiNati, LLC, and The Korea House, LLC subjected a female employee to unwelcome and offensive sexual harassment, including an offer of money in exchange for
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EEOC Sues Jordan Carriers for Disability Discrimination
JACKSON, Miss. – Jordan Carriers, Inc., an over-the-road transportation company headquartered in Natchez, Miss., which hauls commodities throughout the eastern United States, violated federal law by refusing to hire an applicant because of a previous back injury, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, an experienced truck driver applied for a flatbed truck driver position and was offered the position contingent upon completion
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Dillard’s to Pay $900,000 to Resolve EEOC Race Discrimination Lawsuit
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Department store chain Dillard’s, Inc. will pay $900,000, revise itsjobposting process, and furnish other relief to settle an EEOC lawsuit charging failure to promote African American employees based on race, the federal agency announced today.
According to EEOC’s lawsuit, Dillard’s, which is headquartered in Little Rock, failed to post supervisory and management positions at its retail locations nationwide and failed to promote African American employees into those positions.
Such alleged conduct
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EEOC Requests Public Comment on Changes to Conciliation Process
WASHINGTON –The Federal Register today published the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on conciliation. The EEOC is proposing to amend its procedural rules in order to enhance the effectiveness and accountability of the conciliation process. The public now has 30 days to provide comments on the NPRM.
Under section 706 of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Congress instructed that after the Commission finds
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Oceanic Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, Inc. to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit
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 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Oceanic denied employees with disabilities reasonable accommodation as required under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), failed to engage in the interactive process, and instead fired them.
Such alleged
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Thompson Construction Group to Pay $115,000 to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Lawsuit
RALEIGH, N.C. – Thompson Construction Group, Inc., a heavy industrial contractor based in Sumter, S.C., will pay $115,000 and provide other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
The EEOC had charged that Thompson Construction Group violated federal law when it fired an African American employee because of his race. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the employee worked as a pipefitter
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PML Services to Pay $60,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
MILWAUKEE – The company that operates the IHG Army Hotel at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin will pay $60,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, PML Services, LLC, which does business as IHG Army Hotels on Fort McCoy, fired an employee with epilepsy after she experienced a seizure at home after work. The EEOC alleged that the
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EEOC Sues Scottsdale Healthcare Hospitals / Honorhealth for Disability Discrimination
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Scottsdale Healthcare Hospitals, doing business as HonorHealth, which provides medical care at a number of hospitals and medical facilities in the Phoenix area, failed to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday. The EEOC also alleged that HonorHealth fired employees or forced them to quit because of their disabilities or because they needed accommodations.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit
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EEOC Sues Sealy Management Company for Sex Harassment and Retaliation
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Sealy Management Company, Inc., a property sale, rental, and management company headquartered in Tuscaloosa, Ala., which owns and manages apartments in Alabama and three other states, violated federal law when it created a sexually hostile work environment and retaliated against a female assistant manager who complained, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the assistant manager learned that her supervisor and
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Bryce Corporation to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Equal Pay Lawsuit
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Bryce Corporation, an integrated manufacturer which produces flexible packaging products for food, household, graphic arts and consumer products, will pay $50,000 and provide other relief to resolve an equal pay lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
The EEOC’s complaint charged that Bryce failed to pay equal pay for equal work when Bryce hired a male senior business analyst and paid him $18,000 more
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EEOC Sues The Harlan Company for Refusing to Hire Pregnant Receptionist
ST. LOUIS – The Harlan Company, a St. Louis-based construction company, violated federal law when it refused to hire an applicant for a receptionist job because she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, The Harlan Company interviewed the applicant and decided she was the best qualified person for an open receptionist position. The company offered her the job and confirmed her
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McClellan Plant Sued by EEOC for Race Harassment
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Paper products manufacturers Schwarz Partners LP and Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) violated federal law by tolerating racial harassment of two African American workers at a manufacturing plant located in McClellan, Calif., the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
According to EEOC’s suit, co-workers and a shift supervisor commonly used racial slurs and taunts, even broadcasting these phrases over the plant’s radio system. The African American
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Lugar de Bodas Demandado por La EEOC por Acoso Sexual de Personal de Cocina Femenino
NEW YORK – El chef principal de Liberty Warehouse, un lugar popular de celebración de bodas en Brooklyn, Nueva York, sometió al personal de cocina femenino a discriminación sexual, acoso sexual y represalias, acusó la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC) de EE.UU. en una demanda presentada ayer.
La demanda por la EEOC alega que desde al menos 2015, el chef principal de Liberty Warehouse sometió a una clase de personal
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Wedding Venue Sued by EEOC Over Sexual Harassment of Female Kitchen Staff
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 Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday.
The EEOC’s lawsuit alleges that since at least 2015, Liberty Warehouse’s head chef has subjected a class of female kitchen staff to sexual harassment and sex discrimination that included throwing objects at them, belittling them, and
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Keith E. Sonderling Juramentado Como Comisionado Y Vicepresidente De La EEOC
WASHINGTON – Keith E. Sonderling fue juramentado hoy como Comisionado de la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC) de los Estados Unidos, anunció la agencia esta mañana. Sonderling fue nominado por el presidente Trump el 17 de julio de 2019, y volvió a ser nominado el 16 de marzo del 2020 y fue confirmado el 22 de septiembre del 2020 por una votación del Senado de 52 a 41 para servir
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Keith E. Sonderling Sworn in as EEOC Commissioner and Vice Chair
WASHINGTON – Keith E. Sonderling was sworn in today as Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced this morning. Sonderling was nominated by President Trump on July 17, 2019, re-nominated on March 16, 2020, and was confirmed on September 22, 2020 by a Senate vote of 52-41 to serve as Commissioner, for a term expiring July 1, 2024. Sonderling was also designated by President Trump to serve as Vice Chair
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Oregon Veterinary Clinic Sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment
PORTLAND, Ore. — Veterinary clinic Hannah’s Inc., operating as Hannah the Pet Society, violated federal law by allowing a manager to sexually harass a female nurse in her early 20s, creating conditions so intolerable that she had to quit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
Despite a history of harassment complaints against the Tigard clinic’s male chief of staff, the EEOC found that the company failed to take
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EEOC Sues Golden Entertainment / Rocky Gap Resort for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation
BALTIMORE – Las Vegas, Nev.-headquartered Golden Entertainment, Inc., trading as Rocky Gap Casino Resort in Flintstone, Md., violated federal law when it allowed a female bartender to be sexually harassed and then retaliated against her after she opposed the illegal conduct, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
According to the lawsuit, a male bartender at Rocky Gap Casino repeatedly made sexually offensive remarks to a female bartender
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Dollar Tree Distribution, Inc. Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination
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 facility, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today.
According to the EEOC, a Dollar Tree Distribution supervisor deliberately conducted the interview in a manner in which the applicant could not fully understand the supervisor, even though the applicant had clearly
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EEOC Sues Nature’s Medicines and AMMA Investment Group for Sexual Harassment
BALTIMORE – Maryland Health Management, LLC, doing business as Nature’s Medicines, and AMMA Investment Group, LLC violated federal law when they subjected employees to sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today. Nature’s Medicines is a retail distributor of medical cannabis products and paraphernalia. AMMA Investment Group, LLC, performed business operations, including human resources and payroll functions, for Nature’s Medicines.
The EEOC charges that the general manager
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EEOC Sues American Glory for Race and Sex Harassment and Retaliation
NEW YORK – American Glory Restaurant Corp. violated federal law by subjecting its employees to racial and sexual harassment and by retaliating against an employee who objected to the racial harassment he experienced, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. American Glory operates restaurant locations in Hudson and Tannersville, N.Y.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, American Glory’s owner and president repeatedly subjected Black employees to racist comments and slurs
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EEOC Sues Quest Diagnostics for Religious Discrimination
DALLAS — Quest Diagnostics, a provider of medical diagnostic information services that aid in the diagnosis and detection of diseases, violated federal law when it refused to accommodate the religious beliefs of a long-term employee and subsequently fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the employee, a phlebotomist, is a practicing Seventh-day Adventist who began working for Quest Diagnostics in 2008
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Ralphs Settles EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit for $30,000
SAN DIEGO – Ralphs Grocery Company, a national chain of retail grocery stores, has agreed to pay $30,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
The EEOC’s lawsuit charged Ralphs with subjecting a female courtesy clerk to discrimination based on pregnancy while she was employed at a store in the Point Loma area of San Diego. The EEOC said the store denied