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EEOC Wins Jury Verdict of More than $20 Million for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

A federal jury has returned a unanimous verdict awarding a total of $20,251,963 to eight former employees of Four Amigos Travel, Inc. and Top Dog Travel, Inc., a former Florida vacation agency with offices in Largo, Orlando and Lake Lauderdale, Fla., who suffered sexual harassment and retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
May 1, 2013

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Presrite Corporation to Pay $700,000 and Offer 40 Jobs to Settle EEOC Class Action Lawsuit

Presrite Corporation, a manufacturing company headquartered in Cleveland that makes gears and other industrial parts, will pay $700,000, offer jobs to no fewer than 40 women, and commit to other injunctive relief to settle a systemic class action lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
April 30, 2013

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GEO Group to Pay $140,000 to Settle Sexual Harassment Suit Filed by EEOC and ACRD

The GEO Group, Inc., a prison management company, will pay a total of $140,000 to two women and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the Arizona Civil Rights Division (ACRD) and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agencies announced today.  In a successful collaboration between the EEOC and ACRD, the case was co-litigated by the two law enforcement civil rights agencies.  GEO is a large private corporation headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla., that runs over a hundred private prison facilities across the country.
April 29, 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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Alia Corp. To Pay $100,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Alia Corporation, a franchisee with over 20 fast-food chain restaurants throughout Central California, agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
April 18, 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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EDSI to Pay $70,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy & Disability Discrimination Suit

Engineering Documentation Systems, Inc. (EDSI) agreed to pay $70,000 and to implement anti-discrimination measures to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleging retaliation, pregnancy and disability discrimination, the federal agency announced today. 
April 15, 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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Landau Uniforms Settles EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit for $80,000

Landau Uniforms, Inc., a Mississippi-based company that manufactures and distributes medical scrubs and other health care-related clothing, will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
April 8, 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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EEOC Sues Winfield Rubber for Retaliation

Winfield Rubber Manufacturing Co., Inc. violated federal law when it retaliated against one of its managers for firing an employee for sexual assault, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
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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Village of North Syracuse and Towns of Cicero and Clay Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Suit

The Village of North Syracuse, the Town of Cicero and the Town of Clay have agreed to settle a class age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  Those localities, as well as the North Syracuse Fire Department, the Cicero Fire Department, the Clay Volunteer Fire Department, the Moyers Corner Fire Department, and the Cicero Fire District, will pay a group of firefighters lost pension benefits as well as provide several firefighters increased future monthly pension amounts.
April 2, 2013

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East Coast Waffles Settles EEOC Lawsuit for Retaliation

East Coast Waffles, Inc., an Atlanta-based company which owns and operates more than 100 Waffle House restaurants in Florida and Virginia, has agreed to settle a retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
March 28, 2013

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EEOC Sues Presbyterian Healthcare for Disability Discrimination

Presbyterian Healthcare Associates Corp., one of the largest health care institutions in North Carolina, violated federal law by refusing to hire an applicant for a phlebotomist position because of an impairment to his left knee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. 
March 26, 2013