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EEOC Sues United Bible Fellowship Ministries for  Pregnancy Discrimination

United Bible Fellowship Ministries, Inc., an organization that provides faith-based, community social services, violated federal law when it forced female employees out of their jobs because of their pregnancies, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
September 30, 2013

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EEOC Sues Foodworks for  Disability Discrimination

The Food Farmacy, Ltd. and J&T Enterprises, LLC, doing business as Foodworks, a chain of grocery stores in Connecticut, violated federal law when they asked applicants disability-related questions and fired an employee from their store in Monroe, Conn., because of the employee's epilepsy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 30, 2013

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Georgia Power Company Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination

An electric utility company headquartered in Atlanta unlawfully discriminated against a class of employees and applicants because of their disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today in Atlanta.
September 30, 2013

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EEOC Sues Employment Staffing Agency ILM for Sex-Based Hiring Discrimination

A California-based private employment and recruiting agency, Industrial Labor Management Group, Inc. (ILM), violated federal law by refusing to refer or place qualified female applicants for employment because of their gender, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
September 30, 2013

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EEOC Sues Abatti Group for Disability, Genetic Information Discrimination

The Abatti Group and its subsidiaries, a provider of seed and fertilizer, violated federal law by engaging in discrimination based on both disability and genetic information, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. 
September 30, 2013

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Mercy Hospice to Pay $60,000 to Settle Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

Mercy Hospice, a Troy, Mich., provider of in-home hospice care for terminally ill patients and a member of Trinity Home Health Services, will pay $60,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
September 30, 2013

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EEOC Sues Upper Chesapeake Health System for Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

Upper Chesapeake Health System, a leading health care provider in northeastern Maryland, committed unlawful disability discrimination and retaliation against an employee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.  The EEOC charged that the health system failed to provide a reasonable accommodation, fired, and later refused to rehire a pulmonary function technologist because of her disability and in retaliation for her requesting an accommodation and complaining about discrimination.
September 27, 2013

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EEOC Examines Rights, Challenges of People with Disabilities on Rehab Act Anniversary

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) observed the 40th anniversary of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act yesterday, a breakthrough federal law for people with disabilities by hearing a variety of experts – including U.S. Senator Tom Harkin – discuss the state of rights and protections for disabled Americans.
September 27, 2013

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EEOC Sues Benny Boyd Car Dealership for Disability Discrimination and Harassment

A Lubbock, Texas automobile dealership violated federal disability discrimination law by denying a partnership to a general manager because of his multiple sclerosis, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.  The EEOC further alleges that Randall Hurst was subjected to a hostile work environment based on his disability, and forced to quit as a result of the lost pay and harassment. 
September 26, 2013

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River View Coal to Pay $245,000 to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Suit

River View Coal, LLC, will pay a total of $245,000 to a class of African-American applicants and furnish other relief to settle a class race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
September 26, 2013

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EEOC Sues Cardiac Science Corporation for Retaliation

Cardiac Science Corporation, a company which manufactures and markets diagnostic and therapeutic cardiology products and services, violated federal law by refusing severance pay to employees who file discrimination charges with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the EEOC charged in a new lawsuit.
September 26, 2013

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EEOC Sues Bank of America for Disability Discrimination Against Deaf Worker

Bank of America Corporation, one of the country's largest financial institutions, violated federal law when it denied a deaf worker's repeated reasonable accommodation requests for a sign language interpreter and then fired her due to her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
September 25, 2013

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EEOC Sues Angel Medical Center for Disability Discrimination

Angel Medical Center, Inc., a full-service critical access hospital located in Franklin, N.C., unlawfully refused to accommodate a nurse's need for cancer treatments and subsequently fired her because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. 
September 25, 2013

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Georgia Council for the Hearing-impaired  Sued by EEOC  for Retaliation

The Georgia Council for the Hearing-Impaired, a nonprofit agency that provides services for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, violated federal law by subjecting an employee to retaliation after he filed a discrimination charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency charged in a lawsuit it recently filed.
September 24, 2013

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EEOC Sues Cleaning Authority of Plainfield For Disability Harassment

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit today alleging that Mont Brook, Inc., doing business as The Cleaning Authority of Plainfield, violated federal civil rights laws by harassing an employee because of her disability and unlawfully inquiring about her disability.  The defendant, based in Plainfield, Ill., provides residential house cleaning services in the southwest suburbs of Chicago, according to its website.
September 23, 2013

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Creative Networks to Pay $57,500 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Creative Networks, LLC, will pay $57,500 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  Creative Networks provides services to disabled clients and is a Phoenix-based subsidiary of ResCare, Inc.
September 23, 2013

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Caddell Construction to Pay $125,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Montgomery-based Caddell Construction Company, a major national general construction contractor, has agreed to pay $125,000 and be subject to a consent decree to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
September 19, 2013

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EEOC to Hold Disability Symposium on September 26

On Thursday, Sept. 26, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a public symposium from 12-5 p.m. entitled "The Past, Present, and Future of the Rehabilitation Act" at EEOC headquarters at 131 M Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20507.
September 19, 2013