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EEOC OBTAINS $290,000 FOR FEMALE WORKERS WHO WERE SEXUALLY HARASSED BY MALE NURSE

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
3-20-09

First Street Surgical Center Settles Discrimination Lawsuit; Remedial Relief Included

HOUSTON – A Houston-area surgical center will pay $290,000 and provide significant remedial relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the federal agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that First Street Surgical Center, L.P. and First

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EEOC SEEKS TO JOIN NATIONWIDE SEX DISCRIMINATION SUIT AGAINST RENT-A-CENTER

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
3-12-01

ST. LOUIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a motion to intervene in a nationwide sex discrimination class action lawsuit against Rent-A-Center, Inc. The Commission claims that Rent-A-Center unlawfully fired women or forced them to quit, refused to hire women, and discriminated against females in the terms and conditions of their employment. The Commission also alleges that Rent-A-Center failed to keep proper

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ALLIED AVIATION TO PAY NEARLY $2 MILLION FOR HARASSMENT OF BLACK AND HISPANIC WORKERS

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
3-11-08

EEOC Resolves Class Case Involving Nooses, Racial Slurs and Graffiti at Airport Facility

DALLAS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a race and national origin harassment lawsuit for $1.9 million and significant remedial relief against Allied Aviation Services, Inc. on behalf of African American and Hispanic workers who were the targets of racial slurs, graffiti, cartoons, and hangman’s nooses

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JURY AWARDS $110,000 VERDICT AGAINST HOUSTON DRY CLEANERS FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF A TEENAGER AND OTHER EMPLOYEES

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
2-8-08

EEOC Says 19 Year-Old Propositioned by Owner, Kept Against Her Will During Car Ride

HOUSTON — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that a federal district court jury returned a verdict yesterday for the EEOC in the amount of $110,000 against a Houston dry cleaner for sexual harassment. The EEOC had charged that the owner of Bellair Cleaners, Inc., doing business as Park

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EIGHTH CIRCUIT AFFIRMS JURY VERDICT IN EEOC RELIGIOUS BIAS CASE

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
12-31-08

Appellate Court Declines to Review Jury Verdict in EEOC Religious Bias Case On Behalf of Jehovah’s Witnesses

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that a federal appeals court has declined to review a jury verdict in an EEOC religious discrimination case against telecommunications giant AT&T. The decision by the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds the jury finding that AT&T

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TEXAS CAR DEALERSHIP TO PAY $140,000 TO SETTLE SAME-SEX HARASSMENT SUIT BY EEOC

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
10-28-02

Male Employees Subjected to Groping and Lewd Sex-Based Remarks by Male Managers

DALLAS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Ron Clark Ford, Inc. has agreed to pay six former male employees $140,000 to settle a same-sex harassment lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In addition to the monetary relief for former employees William Blount, Joe Charles