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EEOC Sues Nix Hospitals System, LLC D/B/A Nix Healthcare System Services For  Pregnancy Discrimination

Nix Hospitals System, LLC d/b/a Nix Healthcare System ("Nix Hospital"), a provider of comprehensive medical services, including a full-service hospital and various medical facilities in San Antonio, discriminated on the basis of pregnancy when it fired an employee after denying her request for light duty accommodation for her pregnancy-related medical restrictions, but allowed such accommodation for nonpregnant employees similar in abilities or inabilities to work,  the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today. 
September 25, 2018

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EEOC Sues Dollar General for Sexual Harassment

Dollar General violated federal law when it subjected a store manager to a sexually hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
September 25, 2018

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EEOC Sues Austal USA For Disability Discrimination

Austal USA, LLC, a global designer and manufacturer of defense and commercial ships headquartered in Mobile, Ala., violated federal law when it applied its attendance policy to terminate a long-term employee who required intermittent leave to address complications of his diabetes, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
September 25, 2018

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EEOC Sues Blackwater Protection & Detective Agency for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

Blackwater Protection & Detective Agency, LLC, violated federal law by subjecting a female employee to sexual harassment and retaliatory termination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed yesterday. Miami-based Blackwater provides security services such as security officers, bodyguard services, private investigations, and security monitoring systems.
September 25, 2018

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EEOC Sues Pilgrim's Pride for Disability Discrimination

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (Pilgrim's), a leading provider of retail poultry products, violated federal law when it terminated an employee with a disabling heart condition who took leave for medical treatment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
September 24, 2018

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EEOC Sues Riddle Painting and Coatings For  Racial and Sexual Harassment

Riddle Painting and Coatings, an Arizona industrial and commercial painting company, violated federal law when it subjected employees to a hostile work environment based on race and sex, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed on Friday.
September 24, 2018

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EEOC Sues Crossmark For Disability Discrimination

Crossmark, Inc., a Plano, Texas-based sales and marketing services company that provides food demonstrators to Walmart and Sam's Clubs, violated federal law by discriminating against disabled employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. The suit claims that Crossmark's failure to accommodate a nationwide class of qualified disabled workers who needed to use a stool violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
September 24, 2018

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Community Care Health Network Sued by EEOC For Pregnancy Discrimination

Community Care Health Network, Inc., doing business as Matrix Medical Network in Scottsdale, Ariz., violated federal law by rescinding a job offer to Patricia Pogue after it discovered that she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed on Friday.
September 24, 2018

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EEOC Sues Operators of La Cantera Resort for National Origin Discrimination And Retaliation

The operators of the La Cantera Resort and Spa in San Antonio violated federal law by subjecting Hispanic banquet staff to a hostile work environment based on national origin and retaliated against its workers who opposed a restrictive language policy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.  La Cantera's operators are DH San Antonio Management, LLC and Destination Hotels and Resorts, LLC, collectively known as Destination.
September 24, 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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The Glenridge On Palmer Ranch Sued by EEOC For Pregnancy Discrimination

The Glenridge on Palmer Ranch, an upscale retirement community in Sarasota, Fla., violated federal law by refusing to hire and promote a woman because of her potential to become pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed Friday.
September 24, 2018

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Furniture Retailer Rooms to Go Adopts Revised Criminal Background Check Procedures In Cooperation With The EEOC

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Rooms To Go, a larger furniture retailer, have reached a voluntary conciliation agreement to resolve allegations of race discrimination raised by an unsuccessful black applicant whose offer of employment was rescinded as a result of Rooms To Go's background check policies, the federal agency announced today.  The agreement reflects the company's implementation of revised policies and practices to ensure that its pre-employment screenings comply with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (Title VII).
September 24, 2018

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EEOC Sues Wal - Mart For Disability Discrimination

Wal-Mart Stores Texas, LLC violated federal law when they interviewed a female applicant who is a congenital amputee but refused to refer her for hiring because they assumed she could not perform the job duties, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 24, 2018

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MSDS Consultant Services Sued by EEOC For Disability Discrimination And Retaliation

Clinton, Maryland-based federal contractor MSDS Consultant Services LLC violated federal law by failing to reasonably accommodate a project manager's post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and panic disorder, subjecting her to a hostile work environment, and firing her because of her disability and her complaints of discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed Thursday.
September 21, 2018

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EEOC Sues Wal-Mart For Pregnancy Discrimination

Walmart violated federal law when it refused to accommodate workers' pregnancy-related medical restrictions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
September 21, 2018

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Mariscos Altata To Pay $220,000 To Settle EEOC Sexual  And Age-Based Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

Phoenix restaurant Francisco Fine Foods LLC, doing business as Mariscos Altata, agreed to pay $220,000 and furnish other relief to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC charged the restaurant with severe sexual harassment, age discrimination, and retaliation against a group of women.
September 21, 2018

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EEOC Sues Party City For Disability Discrimination

Party City Corporation violated federal law by failing to hire a qualified employee with a disability at its Nashua, N.H. location, after it became aware that she required a job coach as a reasonable accommodation for her disability, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 19, 2018

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EEOC Sues Oceanic Time Warner Cable / Spectrum for Disability Discrimination

Oceanic Time Warner Cable LLC, doing business as Spectrum, violated federal law when it denied leave as an accommodation to a class of customer service representatives at its headquarters in Mililani, Hawaii, the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 19, 2018

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EEOC Sues Corizon Health Care Companies for Disability Discrimination

Nationwide health care companies Corizon Health Inc., and Corizon LLC (collectively, "Corizon") violated federal law by discriminating against employees with disabilities through the application of a 100% return-to-work policy and other unlawful practices, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. Corizon provides health care services to jail and prison inmates in 518 correctional facilities across 26 states, including Arizona.
September 19, 2018

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Medstar Washington Hospital Center And Medstar Health Sued by EEOC For Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

Washington Hospital Center Corporation, doing business as MedStar Washington Hospital Center, and MedStar Health, Inc. (together, "MedStar") violated federal law when they refused to reassign or otherwise bring back to work a patient care technician who was injured on the job, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 19, 2018

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Cloverland Farms Dairy Will Pay $75,000 To Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Cloverland Farms Dairy, the major milk producer in the Baltimore/Washington market, will pay $75,000 in monetary relief and furnish important equitable relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
September 19, 2018

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EEOC Sues First Metropolitan Financial Services for Equal Pay Act Violation

First Metropolitan Financial Services, Inc., a Memphis-based consumer loan and finance company, violated federal law when it paid a class of female branch managers less than their male colleagues for doing essentially the same work, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed on September 18, 2018.
September 19, 2018

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Big 5 To Pay $165,000 To Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Lawsuit

Sporting goods retailer Big 5 Corporation will pay $165,000 and provide other relief to settle a racial discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
September 18, 2018