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EEOC Sues Universal Diversified for Disability Discrimination

Universal Diversified Enterprises, Inc. and Universal Diversified Solutions LLC, Miami-based sheet metal fabrication and installation companies, violated federal law when they fired an employee and refused to let him to return to work after he recovered from losing an eye in an out-of-work injury, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charges.
September 6, 2018

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Golden Corral Sued by EEOC For  Disability Discrimination

A Golden Corral restaurant franchisee located in Augusta, Ga., violated federal law when it unlawfully fired a server with epilepsy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
September 6, 2018

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Kessinger Hunter Management to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

Kessinger Hunter Management, Inc. (KHMI), a national commercial property management company with its primary corporate offices in Kansas City, Mo., will pay $50,000 to a former employee, change its policies, and provide training to employees to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
August 31, 2018

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EEOC Sues Burgers & Beer for Sex Discrimination

Burgers & Beer, a chain of Southern California restaurants, violated federal law when it denied males with the same employment opportunities as their female counterparts, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced in lawsuit filed today.
August 30, 2018

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EEOC Sues Adecco USA For Disability Discrimination

Adecco USA, Inc. (Adecco), a staffing agency, violated federal law by refusing to offer a candidate employment at a production facility based on his actual and perceived disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
August 29, 2018

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EEOC Sues Charter Communications For Disability Discrimination

Charter Communications, LLC, which bought Time Warner Cable, violated federal law when it refused to provide an ongoing accommodation for an employee with a disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
August 29, 2018

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EEOC and Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc. Enter into Agreement to Improve Disability Leave Practices

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) and Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc., have entered into a settlement agreement to strengthen and improve the company's policies and practices for accommodation of employees with disa­bilities, the federal agency announced today. The settlement resolves nine charges of discrim­ination alleging that the company failed to properly accommodate employees with disabilities.
August 23, 2018

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Otto Candies to Pay $165,000 to Resolve EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Otto Candies, LLC has agreed to pay a former employee $165,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. Otto Candies, which is based in Des Allemands, La., provides marine transportation services in the Gulf of Mexico.
August 23, 2018

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EEOC Sues Stanley Black & Decker  For Disability Discrimination

Stanley Black & Decker Inc., a global diversified industrial company, violated federal law when it terminated an employee with cancer who took leave for medical treatment related to her cancer, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
August 17, 2018

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Custom Fabrication & Engineering Sued by EEOC For Disability Discrimination And Retaliation

Custom Fabrication & Engineering, doing business as Midwest Automation Custom Fabrication, Inc., located in Fort Smith, Ark., violated federal law when it refused to allow a long-time employee to return to work following a medical leave of absence, based on a perceived disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday. The company then fired him because he filed an EEOC charge.
August 16, 2018

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EEOC Sues Grand Hyatt For Disability Discrimination

Grand Hyatt New York, Inc., which operates a large hotel in New York City, violated federal civil right law by refusing to accommodate an employee with a chronic back impairment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
August 15, 2018

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EEOC Sues Remedy Intelligent Staffing and Lornamead Inc. For Disability Discrimination

Remedy Intelligent Staffing, LLC (Remedy), a California-based staffing firm, and Lornamead, Inc. (Lornamead), a manufacturer  headquartered in New York City, violated federal law when they refused to provide reasonable accommodation to a long- term temporary employee that would have enabled him to continue to work after his kidney condition worsened and instead terminated his employment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
August 1, 2018

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Court Grants Judgment and Injunction in Favor of EEOC In Americans With Disabilities Act Lawsuit

A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for District of Kansas ruled on July 27, 2018, that UPS Freight violated federal law by having a policy, contained in its current union contract with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, of paying disabled drivers only ninety percent of what nondisabled drivers earn when they temporarily move to non-driving jobs.
July 30, 2018

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Golden Corral Franchisee to Pay $85,000 to Settle  EEOC Disability and Sex Harassment Lawsuit

Jax, LLC, which operates a Golden Corral restaurant in Matthews, N.C., has agreed to pay $85,000 and provide other relief to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Jax discriminated against an employee when it subjected him to a hostile work environment based on both his disability (autism) and his sex (male). The EEOC had also charged that the employee was forced to resign because of the harassment.
July 13, 2018