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Displaying 193 - 216 of 447 results for 'religious'

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EEOC Sues Triangle Catering for Religious Discrimination

Triangle Catering, LLC, a catering and event planning company based in Raleigh, violated federal law by failing to accommodate an employee's religious beliefs and fired him because of his religion, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today.
January 13, 2015

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Lawler Foods Refused to Hire Non-Hispanics  EEOC Charges in Discrimination Suit

Lawler Foods, Inc. and Lawler Foods, Ltd., a Houston-area production bakery, violated federal law by engaging in a pattern or practice of failing to hire black and non-Hispanic applicants for entry-level positions in its facility, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed December 16, 2014.
December 16, 2014

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ACM Services to Pay $415,000 to Settle EEOC Class Race, Gender Discrimination and Harassment Suit

ACM Services, Inc., a Rockville, Md.-based environmental remediation services contractor, will pay $415,000 and provide comprehensive equitable relief to resolve a class race, gender discrimination and harassment lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.  The EEOC had charged that ACM Services engaged in a pattern or practice of race and sex discrimination in hiring and also harassed two women based on sex, race and national origin and retaliated against them.
November 13, 2014

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Vamco Sheet Metals to Pay $215,000 to Settle  EEOC Sex Discrimination Suit

Construction contractor Vamco Sheet Metals, Inc., will pay $215,000 as part of the settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  Legal Momentum, a women's rights nonprofit organization (formerly NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund), joined the EEOC's suit on behalf of four discrimination victims.
October 29, 2014

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U.S. Steel Subsidiary Sued By EEOC for Religious Discrimination and Retaliation

U.S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc., a subsidiary of U.S. Steel Corporation, unlawfully revoked a worker's job offer because of his religion and in retaliation for insisting that his religious practices be accommodated, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 25, 2014

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EEOC Sues Mims Distributing Company for Religious Discrimination

Mims Distributing Company, Inc., a North Carolina corporation that operates a beer distribution business in Raleigh, N.C., violated federal law by failing to accommodate an employee's religious beliefs and by refusing to hire him because of his religion, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 25, 2014

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EEOC Sues Feldman Automotive for Religious Discrimination

Feldman Automotive, Inc., a car dealership with locations throughout metro-Detroit and Lansing, violated federal law by failing to hire an applicant because of his religion, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today. 
September 25, 2014

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EEOC Sues ACM Services for Refusing to Recruit or Hire African-Americans and Women

ACM Services, Inc., a Rockville, Md.-based environmental remediation services contractor, violated federal law when it refused to hire women and African Americans for field laborer positions and subjected two female employees to sexual and national origin harassment before firing them, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit announced today.
September 23, 2014

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EEOC Sues Dunkin' Donuts Franchisee for  Religious Discrimination

Citi Brands, LLC, a franchisee of Dunkin' Donuts, violated federal law by refusing to hire a job applicant who is a Seventh-day Adventist because of his religion, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
September 11, 2014

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Food Lion Sued by EEOC for Religious Discrimination

Supermarket chain Food Lion, LLC violated federal law when it refused to provide a religious accommodation for and then fired an employee who is a Jehovah's Witness, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a workplace discrimination lawsuit it filed today. 
August 20, 2014

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EEOC Sues Shadescrest Healthcare for Religious Discrimination and Retaliation

A Jasper, Ala., nursing home violated federal law when it refused to allow a Muslim employee to wear a hijab (the traditional covering for the hair and neck that is worn by Muslim women) on the job, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a workplace discrimination lawsuit filed June 30.  EEOC v. Shadescrest Health Care Center, ND Ala. Case 6:14-cv-01253-SLB (June 30, 2014).  The agency also contends that Shadescrest fired the employee in retaliation for filing a complaint with the EEOC.
July 7, 2014

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Rizza Cadillac to Pay $100K to Three Arab Muslim Employees Under Federal Consent Decree

The federal district court in Chicago has entered a consent decree requiring Rizza Buick GMC Cadillac, Inc., a Tinley Park car dealership, to pay $100,000 and provide other relief in order to resolve a national origin and religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 
June 25, 2014

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EEOC Sues United Health Programs of America and Parent Company for Religious Discrimination

A Syosset, N.Y.-based health network violated federal law when it forced employees to take part in religious activities in the workplace and fired employees who opposed such activities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.  Such alleged practices violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on religion.
June 11, 2014

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EEOC Sues Turner Machine Company for Retaliation

Turner Machine Company retaliated against an employee by firing him  because he filed a discrimination charge, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged  in a lawsuit it announced today.
May 7, 2014

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EEOC Sues McPhee Electric and Bond Bros.  For Disability Discrimination

McPhee Electric Ltd., an electrical construction company with offices in Connecticut, and Bond Bros., Inc., a construction management and design company with an office in Connecticut, unlawfully refused to hire an applicant as a carpenter because of his dyslexia, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
May 1, 2014

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EEOC Sues Benhar Office Interiors for Pregnancy Discrimination

Benhar Office Interiors LLC (Benhar), an office furnishing and architectural store in Manhattan, unlawfully refused to hire an applicant as a full-time controller after it found out that she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
January 30, 2014

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EEOC Sues Genesis Healthcare for  Refusing to Hire Deaf Applicant

Genesis HealthCare, LLC, the owner of Holly Manor Center nursing facility in Mendham, N.J., violated federal anti-discrimination law when it refused to hire an applicant for its food service department because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
January 22, 2014