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JBS Carriers Sued by EEOC For  Disability Discrimination

Trucking firm JBS Carriers, based in Greeley, Colo., violated federal law by using pre-employment screening procedures that improperly screen out truck driving job applicants on the basis of disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
October 1, 2018

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EEOC Sues Family Dollar of Michigan For Disability Discrimination

Family Dollar Stores of Michigan, LLC, a Michigan-based discount retailer which has discount stores throughout the state, violated federal law by failing to employ a man because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
October 1, 2018

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EEOC Files Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Against Chenmed, LLC And PMR Virginia Holding, LLC 

ChenMed, LLC and PMR of Virginia Holding, LLC are Delaware Corporations doing business in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the City of Norfolk.  ChenMed, LLC and PMR of Virginia Holding, LLC, violated federal law when they terminated one of their employees for her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 28, 2018

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EEOC Sues Rancho San Miguel Market for Disability Discrimination

Local grocery outlet, PAQ, Inc., dba Rancho San Miguel Market, violated federal law when it fired a deli clerk after she requested an accommodation for a disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced in a lawsuit filed today.
September 28, 2018

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The Krystal Company Sued by EEOC For Disability Discrimination

The Krystal Company, the owner and operator of a quick-serve hamburger restaurant chain headquartered in Dunwoody, Georgia, unlawfully discriminated against an employee when it refused to accommodate her disability and fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today in Atlanta, Georgia.
September 28, 2018

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EEOC Sues IHG Army Hotels For Disability Discrimination

PML Services, LLC, which operates the IHG Army Hotel in Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, violated federal law when it fired an employee for being absent while recovering from a seizure, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 27, 2018

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EEOC Sues Kaydon Corporation  For Disability Discrimination

Kaydon Corporation, a Delaware corporation headquartered in Muskegon, Mich., violated federal law when it denied an employee of its Sumter, S.C., plant leave following a heart attack and then discharged him, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. Kaydon's Sumter plant manufactures ball bearings for use in medical systems, industrial machinery, semiconductors and aerospace/defense markets.
September 27, 2018

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EEOC Sues SoftPro For Disability Discrimination

SoftPro, LLC, a Delaware corporation headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., that provides real estate closing and title insurance software solutions, violated federal law when it discharged an employee after learning he had been receiving treatment for addiction to opioids, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 27, 2018

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Lockheed Martin Sued by EEOC For Disability Discrimination And Retaliation

Lockheed Martin Corporation and Lockheed Martin Enterprise Operations (together, "Lockheed") violated federal law when they refused the requests of an administrative assistant with post-concussive syndrome and mild traumatic brain injury for permission to use a transcription or recording device and for other accommodations and then fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
September 27, 2018

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EEOC Sues USA Parking System For  Disability Discrimination

USA Parking System, Inc., a parking services company primarily in the hospitality industry, violated federal law by failing to hire a qualified valet attendant because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 26, 2018

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EEOC Sues Bath & Body Works, LLC For  Disability Discrimination

Bath & Body Works, LLC, a national retail chain selling bath and beauty products violated federal law by refusing to consider a reasonable accommodation requested by an employee with a disability, and then constructively discharging her because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 26, 2018

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EEOC Sues Titus-Will Ford For  Disability Discrimination

Titus-Will Ford, a Tacoma car dealership, violated federal law when it fired an employee immediately after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 26, 2018

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EEOC Sues Spencer Gifts for Disability Discrimination

Spencer Gifts, LLC (Spencer), a Delaware corporation that operates novelty gift stores throughout the United States and Canada, violated federal law when it denied extended disability leave to one of its employees and then fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 26, 2018

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EEOC Sues Imperial Trading for Failing to Accommodate Disabled Employees

Imperial Trading Company, LLC, a wholesale distributor which supplies convenience stores in the Southeast, violated federal law by refusing to provide reasonable accommodations for disabled employees and instead fired them, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") alleged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 26, 2018

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Cooking Round the World Sued by EEOC For Disability Discrimination

Educational after-school camp Cooking Round the World (CRTW) violated federal law when it relieved an employee of her duties after she tested positive for latent tuberculosis, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 25, 2018

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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 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 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 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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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