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Retailer Retaliated Against Woman Who Complained About Abuse, Federal Agency Charges

PHILADELPHIA  — PetSmart, Inc., the nation’s leading retailer of services and products for  pets, will pay $125,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to resolve a  federal sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal  Employ­ment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC charged in its lawsuit that  female employees were subjected to unwelcome sexual harassment by a store  manager who

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.  – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced it  has filed a lawsuit charging Lane Hotel Management Company, LLC, with pregnancy  discrimination. The Alabama  company operates Capitol Inn and The Four Seasons Restaurant, with its  principal place of business in Montgomery.

The EEOC’s lawsuit (Civil Action  No. 2:09-cv-00767 in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama) charges  that Lane Hotel Management, doing business as Capitol Inn and the Four

LITTLE  ROCK, Ark. – A McGehee, Ark., Terminix exterminator service violated  federal law by firing an employee because of her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal  Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

The EEOC’s  suit (Civil Action No. 5:09-cv-0233 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern  District of Arkansas, Pine Bluff Division) asserts that The Terminix  International Company, a part of The ServiceMaster Company, violated Title VII  of the Civil Rights Act

Female Applicants Were Only Hired as Cashiers, Rejected for Other Jobs, Federal Agency Charges

NEW YORK – The U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commission  (EEOC) today charged that three supermarkets in Queens  hired women only as cashiers and refused to consider them for other positions,  in violation of federal law. The  supermarkets are Dynasty VI Food Corp. in Ridgewood, Dynasty Meat Corp. in  Sunnyside and 50-18 Meat Corp. in Woodside.  Each does business as a Key

EEOC Settles Suit for Long-Time NFL Trainer Fired Because of Epilepsy

ST. LOUIS  -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the  settlement of a disability discrimination lawsuit against the St. Louis Rams,  the city’s National Football League (NFL) team, for $134,000 and important remedial  relief on behalf of Ron DuBuque, a long-term employee with a seizure disorder.

Under the terms of the consent decree, filed today  for approval in the U.S. District

Federal Agency Charged Staffing Company Fired Older White Woman for Complaining About Race, Age Bias

     

ATLANTA – Spencer Reed Group, LLC, a Kansas-based staffing company, unlawfully discriminated against a 55-year-old Caucasian employee because of her race and age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.  Spencer Reed provides staffing and administrative services to the federal General Services Administration (GSA).

           

According

Go-Kart Company Refused to Discuss Accommodation for Employee's Cystic Fibrosis, Federal Agency Charged

           

SEATTLE – K1 Speed, Inc., a Carlsbad, Calif.-based go-kart racing operation, will provide $50,000 and other relief to settle a federal lawsuit charging that the company refused to accommodate an employee with cystic fibrosis and fired him from its facility in Redmond, Wash., the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. 

       

Woman Unlawfully Denied Job Because of Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charges

     

AUSTIN, Texas — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that an independent Austin-based insurance agency has agreed to pay $30,000 to settle an EEOC pregnancy discrimination lawsuit. 

     

In its lawsuit, the EEOC claimed that Time Insurance Agency (TIA) discriminated against a qualified female job applicant when it failed to hire her for an administrative assistant position

De Zavala Oaks Apartment Complex Forced White Property Manager Out of Job for Hiring Black Leasing Agent, Federal Agency Charges

     

SAN ANTONIO – Management Solutions, Inc. (MSI), an apartment management company, violated federal law by punishing a white manager for hiring a black employee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. 

     

According to the EEOC's suit, MSI demoted a white property manager because

Company Refused to Hire Female Production Workers, Federal Agency Charged

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – R-Anell Housing Group, LLC, a manufacturer of pre-fabricated commercial structures and custom modular homes, will pay $200,000  and provide significant injunctive relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

           

The EEOC had charged that R-Anell Housing refused to hire Amy Hall and a class

Native American Repeatedly Harassed at Colorado Drilling Rig, Federal Agency Charged

DENVER – Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LP,  LLLP, will pay $45,000 and furnish other relief to settle a racial harassment  lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commis­sion (EEOC), the  agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, EEOC v. Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LP, LLLP, 07-cv-02034  WYD-CBS, a Native American, employed from July through November 2005 as a floor  hand or “rough neck”

Black Worker Fired for Protesting Unequal Treatment, Federal Agency Alleged

ST. LOUIS – A Washington  Park, Ill., packaging and  warehousing company will pay $57,500 and furnish other relief to settle a race  discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity  Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The suit alleged  that Material Resources, LLC, which does business as Gateway Co-Packing  Company, failed to provide a black employee the pay raise and health insurance 

Federal Agency Charges Propak Logistics Refused to Hire Non-Hispanics

SHELBY, N.C. – A nationwide freight management company violated federal law by refusing to hire non-Hispanics, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, from around October 1, 2002, through June 30, 2004, Fort Smith, Ark.-based Propak Logistics, Inc. engaged in unlawful employment practices by refusing to hire an entire class of people for non-management

Latinos Bullied Black and White Workers, Held Spanish-Only Safety Meetings, Agency Charged

SAN ANTONIO – E&D Services, Inc., a Mississippi-based drilling company accused of engaging in racial harassment and retaliation against white and black employees at a South Texas work site, has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a Title VII lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 

     

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, four employees

Utah Duplication Company Fired Employee Because of His Parkinson's Disease, Federal Agency Charged

DENVER – A Salt Lake City-based media duplication company will pay $65,000 to a former employee and furnish other injunctive relief in a consent decree to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, EEOC v. CDI Media, Inc., No. 2-07-CV-00695-DS, CDI Media failed to provide

Evergreen Store Fired Employee for Filing Sex Discrimination Charge,  Federal Agency Said

     

DENVER - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Atlanta-based Home Depot, U.S.A., Inc., will pay $84,750 and furnish other relief to settle a retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). 

           

The EEOC's lawsuit (Case No. 06-cv-01950-LTB-CBS in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado) charged

Advance Auto Parts, the second-largest automotive aftermarket retailer in the United States, has agreed to pay $40,000 and furnish equitable relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

Caribbean Rastafarian Employees Treated Unfairly, Federal Agency Charged

     

NEW YORK – Grand Central Partnership, Inc. (GCP) has agreed to settle a religious and national origin discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  GCP was created by Midtown Manhattan property owners and businesses to revitalize the neighborhood surrounding Grand Central Terminal and it provides privately managed sanitation, maintenance and public safety operations.

     

Stylist Fired Because of Refusal to Work on Sabbath, Federal Agency Charged

     

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Regis Corporation, doing business as SmartStyle, will pay $26,250 and provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

           

The EEOC's suit (No. 3:08-0821, filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee) had charged that

Seven Women Abused by Co-Workers, Federal Agency Charged

LOUISVILLE,  Ky. – A Georgetown, Ky.,  restaurant will pay $60,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal  Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According  to the EEOC’s suit, seven female employees at the Golden Corral Buffet &  Grill were sexually harassed by male co-workers who verbally abused the women  and rubbed against them. The company (Golden  Ranch

Company Fired African American Housekeepers and Replaced Them With Hispanics, Federal Agency Charged

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. – A Pinehurst, N.C.-based support services company  for condo­minium complexes and resorts will pay $44,700 and furnish significant  remedial relief to settle a race and national origin discrimination lawsuit  filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency  announced today. The EEOC had charged  that Little River Golf, Inc. unlawfully discharged six employees because of  their race (African

Telecommunications Giant Fired Employee Because He Complained About Race Bias, Federal Agency Says

PITTSBURGH – AT&T (formerly Cingular Wireless), a Fortune 500 telecommunications company, will pay $75,000 to settle a federal race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 

The EEOC charged that John T. Davidson, an African American retail sales consultant at AT&T's Penn Place store in Monroeville, Pa., applied for several managerial positions

EEOC Prevails in Jury Verdict and Subsequent Appeal for Two Customer Service Technicians Fired for Attending Jehovah's Witness Convention

     

JONESBORO, Ark. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that a Satisfaction of Judgment was entered in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Jonesboro Division, in a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the federal agency against communications giant AT&T, Inc. on behalf of two male customer service

EEOC Says City Rejected Qualified 58-Year-Old Applicant Due to Ageism

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a discrimination lawsuit filed today that the City of Greensboro violated federal law by refusing to hire a qualified 58-year-old applicant because of his age, and instead hiring younger, less qualified applicants.

According to the EEOC's complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (Equal Employment