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GGNSC Charlotte Renaissance, LLC Will Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

GGNSC Charlotte Renaissance, LLC, a Delaware corporation, will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.   GGNSC Charlotte Renaissance, LLC operates Golden LivingCenter-Dartmouth, a nursing home in Charlotte that provides care to persons who are mentally and physically disabled, ill and/or elderly.
November 28, 2012

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Interstate Distributor Company to Pay Nearly $5 Million to Settle EEOC Disability Suit

Interstate Distributor Company will pay $4.85 million and provide other significant relief to settle a nationwide class disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC's suit said the nationwide trucking firm unlawfully denied reasonable accommodations to hundreds of employees and fired them pursuant to Interstate's maximum leave policy.
November 9, 2012

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EEOC Obtains $40,000 in Settlement of ADA Case with Jim Walter Resources

Birmingham-based Jim Walter Resources (JWR), the world's largest producer of Blue Creek coal, will pay $40,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrim­ination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
October 19, 2012

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DuPriest and Sons To Pay $24,000 to Silk-Screener Fired Because of Disability

DuPriest and Sons Holding and other related entities that owned and operated a Dallas silk-screening company have agreed to pay a long-term former employee $24,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that DuPriest violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by selecting an employee for layoff because of a recent hospitalization for diabetes and kidney failure.
October 19, 2012

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Wendy's Franchisee to Pay $41,500 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

CTW L.L.C., a Wendy's franchisee, has agreed to pay $41,500 and provide other significant relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC charged the company with unlawfully denying employment to a hearing-impaired applicant because of his disability at a Killeen, Texas Wendy's. 
October 10, 2012

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New Hanover Regional Medical Center to Pay $146K to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

New Hanover Regional Medical Center will pay $146,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that the center violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by prohibiting applicants and employees from working if they were taking legally prescribed narcotic medications.
October 3, 2012

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EEOC Sues Regions Bank for Age and Disability Discrimination

Regions Financial Corporation, doing business as Regions Bank, violated federal law by firing a 61-year-old manager because of her age and refusing to provide her with a reasonable accommodation for her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed on September 28, 2012.
October 1, 2012

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EEOC Sues O'Reilly Auto Parts for Disability Bias

O'Reilly Automotive Stores, Inc., a national retailer doing business as O'Reilly Auto Parts, violated federal law by denying the manager of its Beloit, Wis., store an accom­modation for his disability and then firing him, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed yesterday. 
September 28, 2012

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EEOC Sues Osceola Community Hospital for Disability Discrimination

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a disability discrimination lawsuit this week against Osceola Community Hospital in Sibley, Iowa.  The agency alleged that Bright Beginnings of Osceola County, a day care center operated by the hospital, unlawfully failed to hire a woman because of her cerebral palsy.
September 28, 2012

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EEOC Sues Just Sneakers for Disability Discrimination

The Sneakers Corporation, doing business as Just Sneakers, Inc., violated federal law by discriminating against a legally blind sales clerk because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. Sneakers, Inc. is a Georgia corporation operating athletic specialty retail stores in Georgia and Alabama.
September 27, 2012

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EEOC Sues Bobby E. Wright Behavioral Health Center for Disability Discrimination

Bobby E. Wright Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center, Inc. (BEW Center) violated federal law by failing to accommodate and then firing an employee with a mental health disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed yesterday. BEW Center is a health center located in Chicago that provides services to persons with mental health, behavioral, emotional, and substance abuse problems.
September 27, 2012

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Waconia Company Sued for Disability Discrimination

Waconia, Minn., manufacturer Applied Vacuum Technology violated federal law when it fired an employee because it regarded him as having a disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a federal lawsuit filed yesterday.
September 27, 2012

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EEOC Sues Aurora Health Care for Disability Discrimination

Aurora Health Care, a health system operating in eastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, violated federal disability discrimination law by rescinding employment offers to two job applicants after it learned they had disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 26, 2012

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EEOC Sues Two Texas Companies for Disability Discrimination

Two Texas companies violated federal law by refusing to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in two separate lawsuits filed in federal courts today.
September 26, 2012

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EEOC Sues Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center for Disability Discrimination, Retaliation

An East St. Louis, Ill., non-profit social service agency violated federal law by subjecting an employee to disability discrimination and retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a discrimination lawsuit filed today.  The EEOC charged that Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center (CBHC) refused to provide a reasonable accommodation to a disabled employee and then failed to rehire her after she was laid off because of her disability, and in retaliation for complaining about the lack of accommodation. 
September 26, 2012

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Dayton Superior Corporation Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination

Dayton Superior Corporation, a nationwide provider of concrete and masonry construction products, violated federal law by firing an employee because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (Case Number 2:12-cv-00227-WCO).
September 26, 2012

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Silvercrest Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Sued by EEOC for Disability Bias

The Silvercrest Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, a Queens, N.Y., nursing home, violated federal law by firing a nurse's assistant because she failed to submit a request for medical leave on Silvercrest's preferred form, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
September 26, 2012

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EEOC Sues Audrain Medical Center for Disability Discrimination

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed suit in federal court against Audrain Medical Center in Mexico, Mo., charging that the center violated federal law by refusing to provide a reasonable accommodation to a nurse with neuralgia and then firing her because of the disability. 
September 25, 2012

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Intellectually Disabled Workers Awarded $1.3M for Pay Discrimination by Henry’s Turkey Service

Hill Country Farms Inc., doing business as Henry’s Turkey Service, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by paying 32 workers with intellectual disabilities severely substandard wages, a judge has ruled in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).  The court ordered the company, based in Goldthwaite, Texas, to pay its former employees lawful wages totaling $1.3 million for jobs they performed under contract at a turkey processing plant in West Liberty, Iowa between 2007 and 2009. 
September 19, 2012

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EEOC Sues King Soopers for Discriminating Against Employee with Bipolar Disorder

Dillon Companies, which does business in Colorado as King Soopers, Inc., a large retail food company, refused to accommodate and unlawfully fired a receptionist at its company headquarters because of her bipolar condition, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Denver.
September 18, 2012