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EEOC Sues Kanbar Property Management for  Age Discrimination

Kanbar Property Management LLC (KPM), which manages several down­town Tulsa commercial office buildings, violated federal law by terminating one of its long-time and well-qualified property managers because of her age, 53, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
July 24, 2012

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Court Orders Hawaii HealthCare Professionals and Its Owner to Pay over $190,000 for Age Discrimination

Hawaii Healthcare Professionals, Inc. – also known as Hawaii Professional HomeCare Services, Inc. – and its owner have been ordered to pay $193,236 to a woman allegedly fired due to her age, in a default judgment awarded by U.S. District Judge Alan C. Kay in Hawaii, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.  The judgment resolves an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the EEOC against the Honolulu-based home health care services company in 2010. 
July 19, 2012

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Guardsmark Settles Harassment Suit with EEOC

Security firm Guardsmark will pay $25,000 and furnish other relief to settle a harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
May 21, 2012

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Advance Components Settles EEOC Age Discrimination Lawsuit

A Carrollton, Texas-based distributor of specialty fasteners with sales territories that span the country will pay $200,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
May 18, 2012

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Star Tex Gasoline & Oil Distributors Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Lawsuit

Star Tex Gasoline & Oil Distributors, a wholesale supplier of diesel, fuels, gasoline, lubricants and oils based in Corpus Christi, will pay $10,000 and provide other equitable relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
May 16, 2012

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Marymount Manhattan College Sued by EEOC for Age Discrimination

Marymount Manhattan College refused to hire a choreography instructor for a tenure-track assistant professorship because of her age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.  Marymount is a private liberal arts college in New York City.
April 18, 2012

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New York Law Firm Settles EEOC  Age Discrimination Suit

Kelley Drye & Warren, a law firm with over 300 attorneys, has agreed to end its policy of requiring partners to give up their equity in the firm once they reach 70 years of age and to pay $574,000 to an attorney who continued to practice at the firm after he turned 70, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
April 11, 2012

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Stuart J. Ishimaru to Resign from Commission

Stuart J. Ishimaru, a member of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) since 2003, announced that he will resign his position as Commissioner this month. Mr. Ishimaru was nominated by President George W. Bush and is currently serving his second term that expires July 1, 2012.
April 11, 2012

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EEOC Issues Final Rule on "Reasonable Factors Other than Age" Under the ADEA

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued the "Final Regulation on Disparate Impact and Reasonable Factors Other than Age" (RFOA)  under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA). The final rule was coordinated with other federal agencies and reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).  The rule was posted for public inspection today and will be published in the Federal Register on Friday, March 30.
March 29, 2012

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Brooks County, Texas Settles EEOC Retaliation Discrimination Suit

Brooks County, Texas will pay $20,000 and furnish other relief to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that the county government unlawfully retaliated against an employee for filing an age discrimination complaint.
February 16, 2012

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Unlawful Discrimination Based on Pregnancy and Caregiving Responsibilities Widespread Problem, Panelists Tell EEOC

At a time when most pregnant women want and need to work, and more American workers struggle to balance work and family, discrimination against pregnant women and workers with caregiving responsibilities remains a significant problem, experts told the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission at a public meeting today.  The meeting follows up on Commission meetings in 2007, when the Commission issued its groundbreaking "Enforcement Guidance on Unlawful Disparate Treatment of Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities" and in 2009 when the Commission issued "Employer Best Practices for Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities."
February 15, 2012

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Private Sector Bias Charges Hit All-Time High

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received a record 99,947 charges of employment discrimination and obtained $455.6 million in relief through its administrative program and litigation in Fiscal Year 2011, the agency announced today.
January 25, 2012

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EEOC Sues Hutchinson Sealing Systems For Age Discrimination

A large Auburn Hills, Mich.-based manufacturer of parts for the automotive, aerospace, defense, and marine industries violated federal law by laying off various engineers on the basis of their age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
January 20, 2012

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Bank of Albuquerque Discriminated on the Basis of Age and Sex, EEOC Alleges in Lawsuit

BOK Financial Corporation, doing business as the Bank of Albuquerque, unlawfully discharged managers Elizabeth Morantes and Yolanda Fernandez because they were women over 40 years of age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today. The EEOC's lawsuit also alleges that another employee, Betty Brewer, was disciplined because of her sex and age.
January 4, 2012

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EEOC Launches Small Business Task Force

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today launched an internal task force that will focus on expanding and improving outreach and technical assistance to small businesses. The Small Business Task Force, led by Commissioner Constance S. Barker, will work to find ways in which the agency could better collaborate with the small business community to ensure compliance with federal anti-discrimination laws.
December 15, 2011

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Butterball Sued By EEOC For Harassment, Firing Of HIV-Positive Employee

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today that Butterball, LLC, a Garner, N.C.-based turkey processing company, violated federal law by subjecting an employee to a hostile work environment based on the fact that she has Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), and firing her because of that disability.
December 1, 2011