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EEOC Sues Medical Transportation Company For Sex Harassment and Retaliation

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a class lawsuit here today charging that Jay Medicar Transportation tolerated the sexual harassment of a number of female employees by one of its senior managers and retaliated against one employee after she complained about the harassment. The company provides medical transportation services in the Chicago area.
March 5, 2010

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EEOC Settles Sexual Harassment & Retaliation Suit Against HD Supply In Wyoming

HD Supply, Inc., one of nation's largest wholesale suppliers of building materials, has agreed to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that a female office clerk was sexually harassed and ridiculed by a male co-worker at the company's facility in Gillette, Wyo.
March 2, 2010

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Landwin Management to Pay $500,000 for National Origin Bias and Sexual Harassment

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of two lawsuits against Landwin Management, Inc., a San Gabriel, Calif.-based hotel operator, for $500,000 and significant remedial relief in cases alleging national origin discrimination and sexual harassment.  Both suits were filed in September 2007 under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
February 3, 2010

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Boeing Settles Two EEOC Sex Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuits for $380,000

Chicago-based The Boeing Company, an aerospace giant that manufactures military aircraft and commercial jetliners, has agreed to pay $380,000 and administer far-reaching injunctive measures to settle two lawsuits brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
February 1, 2010

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$428,500 Decree Ends Suit Against Eagle Wings for Sexual Harassment, Retaliation and Disability Bias

The federal district court in Urbana, Ill., today entered a consent decree under which Eagle Wings Industries, Inc. will pay $428,500 to a class of female employees who, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged, encountered sexual harassment at the company's Rantoul, Ill., facility.  This amount includes the attorney's fees for one of the class members.
January 27, 2010

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Monterey Gourmet Foods Sued for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

Monterey Gourmet Foods, Inc., a major producer of refrigerated gourmet food products, violated federal law when it allowed a supervisor to sexually harass four Latino workers at its Salinas plant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit.  The EEOC also alleged that the company unlawfully retaliated against each worker by terminating them after they reported the harassment.
January 13, 2010

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Giumarra Vineyards Sued by EEOC  for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Against Farm Workers

Giumarra Vineyards Corporation, one of the largest growers of table grapes in the nation, violated federal law by subjecting a teenage female farm worker to sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.  Further, the EEOC said, the company retaliated against a class of other farm workers who came to her aid at its Edison, Calif., facility.  All of the victims identified in the lawsuit are indigenous Indians from Mexico, a minority among the Mexican farm worker community.
January 13, 2010

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EEOC Sues Asia Pacific Hotels for Sexual Harassment

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a federal sexual harassment lawsuit against a company which operates several hotels in Saipan, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.  In its lawsuit against Asia Pacific Hotels, Inc., doing business as Saipan Grand Hotel, and Tan Holdings Corporation / Company, the EEOC charged that the restaurant manager of the Saipan Grand Hotel sexually assaulted a female employee while she was asleep in her room.
January 12, 2010

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West Texas Cap Maker Settles EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit

A Crowell, Texas-based cap manufacturing facility has agreed to settle a sexual harassment and constructive discharge lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
January 11, 2010

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Montgomery Restaurant Pays $16,500 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit

Lane Hotel Management Company, which formerly owned and operated the Capitol Inn and The Four Seasons Restaurant in Montgomery, will pay $16,500 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that a salad bar prep worker at the Four Seasons Restaurant was terminated because of her pregnancy.
January 8, 2010

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Ralph Schomp Automotive Agrees To Pay $1.5 Million To Settle EEOC Sex And Age Bias Lawsuit

DENVER – Arapahoe Motors, Inc., doing business as Ralph Schomp Automotive (Ralph Schomp), has agreed to pay $1.505 million and furnish other relief to settle a sex and age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. Ralph Schomp, based in Littleton, is one of the highest volume BMW, Honda, and Mini dealers in Colorado.
January 7, 2010

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EEOC Sues K-Designers for Sex Discrimination and Retaliation Against Female Sales Manager

Judson Enterprises, Inc., doing business as K-Designers, of Rancho Cordova, Calif., violated federal law by subjecting a former female sales manager in its Omaha, Neb., branch to sex discrimination and retaliating against her for complaining about sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed yesterday.
January 6, 2010

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EEOC Sues American Laser Centers for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

American Laser Centers violated federal law by subjecting a class of women to a sexually hostile work environment in its Fresno, Calif., clinic and by retaliating against the manager of that clinic for complaining about it, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
January 4, 2010

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EEOC Sues Sparks Steak House for Male-On-Male Sexual Harassment, Retaliation

Sparks Steak House, an upscale restaurant in New York City, violated federal law by creating a hostile work environment for male employees, including physical and verbal sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
December 31, 2009

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Delta Family Health And Fitness Center Sued  By EEOC For Retaliation

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Delta Family Health and Fitness Center for Children, Inc. in Hamburg, Ark., violated federal law by firing four employees who were involved in the filing of several discrimination complaints, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
December 30, 2009

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Jack In The Box Sued For Sexual Harassment

SAN FRANCISCO — Jack in the Box franchisee Kobra Associates, Inc., which operates about 70 restaurants in Northern and Eastern California, violated federal law by allowing a manager at its Paradise, Calif., store to sexually harass female employees under his supervision, according to a federal lawsuit filed yesterday by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
December 23, 2009

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Aaron Rents Settles EEOC Sex Harassment Suit

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill.– The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of an egregious harassment case against Aaron Rents, Inc., doing business as Aaron Sales & Lease Ownership (Aaron), for significant remedial relief on behalf of a young female worker who was allegedly subjected to a sexually hostile workplace and assaulted by a store manager.
December 21, 2009

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Paramount Multiservices Companies Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuit with EEOC

A group of related Dallas telemarketing companies will pay $37,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that two managers at Paramount Multiservices sexually harassed two female employees and forced one of them to quit.
December 11, 2009

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Phoenix Car Dealers to Pay $500,000 to Settle Suit For Race and Sex Harassment, Retaliation

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Bell Road Kia and Bell Road Automall will pay five former employees a total of one half of a million dollars and furnish significant remedial relief in the form of a consent decree to settle a lawsuit brought by the federal agency alleging racial harassment, sexual harassment and retaliation.
December 8, 2009

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EEOC Sues M. Slavin & Sons, Inc. for Male-On-Male Sexual, Racial & National Origin Harassment

M. Slavin & Sons, a retail and wholesale fish market, violated federal law by creating a hostile work environment for male employees, including physical and verbal sexual harassment and offensive and degrading comments based on race and national origin, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
December 7, 2009

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EEOC Sues Dunkin' Donuts For  Sexual Harassment

Several female employees, some of whom were teenagers, were subjected to severe and pervasive sexual harassment at a Wynantskill, N.Y., Dunkin' Donuts, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in an employment discrimination lawsuit announced today.
November 27, 2009