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Multinational Government Contractor Sued For Sexual Harassment, Retaliation In Arizona Prisons

GEO Group, Inc. discriminated against female prison employees by subjecting them to physical and verbal harassment and retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today in federal court. GEO operates and manages two prison facilities in Florence, Ariz., where the EEOC said the sex discrimination occurred.
September 30, 2010

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East Hawaii Veterinary Center Sued By EEOC For Sexual Harassment, Retaliation

East Hawaii Veterinary Center, LLC, a veterinary clinic in Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii, violated federal law by sexually harassing, firing and/or forcing out a class of female employees due to their gender, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday.
September 30, 2010

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EEOC Sues Utah Construction Company for Race Discrimination

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that it is suing a Utah construction company for workplace discrimination.  EEOC charges that managers for Holmes & Holmes created and perpetuated a hostile work environment of racial harassment against African-American employees and then fired them in retaliation for complaining about the racial harassment.  The lawsuit is filed on behalf of two African-American victims and a class of similarly aggrieved employees.
September 29, 2010

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Michigan City Restaurant Sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment

A Northern Indiana restaurant violated federal law when it allowed its manager to sexually harass one of its female employees and create a hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed yesterday.
September 29, 2010

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Professional Media Corporation Sued by EEOC for Disability Bias

Professional Media Corporation, trading as Your Health Magazine, a health publication, violated federal law when it harassed and fired a bookkeeper because of her disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
September 29, 2010

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Briggs Equipment, Inc. Sued by EEOC for Race Discrimination

Briggs Equipment, Inc. ("Briggs"), a Dallas-based company and North America's largest industrial and construction equipment distributor, discriminated on the basis of race by condoning a racially-hostile work environment, imposing disparate discipline and ultimately terminating an employee because of his race—African-American--the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 29, 2010

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EEOC Sues Tree Farm For Sexual And Ethnic Harassment

Holiday Specialtrees, a tree farm in Woodburn, Ore., violated federal law when it failed to stop the harassment of two male Mixtec employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 29, 2010

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Roberts Truck Center Sued by EEOC for Sex Harassment and Retaliation

Roberts Truck Center of New Mexico, LLC and other related Roberts entities, doing business as Roberts Truck Center in Farmington, N.M., which operates a truck sales, parts sales and service business, violated federal law by subjecting a class of women to sexual harassment and retaliating against one woman for complaining about it, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed on September 27.
September 28, 2010

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Basic Energy Services Sued by EEOC for Race Discrimination and Retaliation

Basic Energy Services, L.P., a major oil well servicing contractor, violated federal law by firing a black employee because of his race and for protesting racial harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed on September 28, 2010.
September 28, 2010

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Home Care Facility Sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment

A Houston-area home health care provider violated federal law by failing to protect its workers from sexual harassment by a patient, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
September 27, 2010

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Stoneridge Health and Rehab Center, LLC Sued by EEOC for Retaliation

StoneRidge Health and Rehab Center, LLC, a long-term care facility located approximately four miles from Little Rock, Ark., violated federal law by terminating an employee in retaliation for making a complaint of racial discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 24, 2010

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EEOC Sues Marvin's Fresh Farmhouse, Inc. For Racial Harassment, Race Discrimination, And Retaliation

Marvin's Fresh Farmhouse, Inc., a family-owned restaurant located in Mt. Pleasant, N.C., violated federal law by subjecting Darick Alsbrooks, an African-American employee, to racial harassment and demoting him because of his race, and then discharging him for filing a charge of discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.  The lawsuit also alleges that Marvin's Fresh discharged a white employee, Michelle Johnson, because of her association with Alsbrooks.  Finally, the EEOC claims that Marvin's Fresh violated federal law by failing to post or display information regarding federal anti-discrimination laws as required by Title VII. 
September 23, 2010

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Burleson Dental Practice Sued for Sexual Harassment

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed a discrimination lawsuit against Smile Brands of Texas. L.P., formerly known as Bright Now! Dental Association, L.P., doing business as Monarch Dental Associates, L.P. which operates a practice in Burleson, Texas, alleging that two female employees there were subjected to a sexually hostile work environment by the lead dentist.
September 22, 2010

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Mountain View Holiday Inn Sued For Sexual Harassment And Retaliation

The Holiday Inn Express Mountain View-Palo Alto violated federal law when a supervisor there sexually harassed a female employee and retaliated against her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in an employment discrimination lawsuit filed today.
September 21, 2010

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$10 Million Consent Decree Ends Racial Harassment Case Against YRC/Roadway Express

Federal Magistrate Judge Susan E. Cox has granted preliminary approval to a $10 million, five-year consent decree which will end the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) race harassment and discrimination lawsuit against Roadway Express and YRC, Inc.  In addition to the multi-million-dollar monetary relief, the decree enjoins future discrimination at the facilities and requires the appointment of a monitor to oversee its implementation.
September 15, 2010

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Restaurant Group Ordered to Implement Sexual Harassment Prevention

MILWAUKEE – A federal judge has entered final judgment in a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Flipmeastack, Inc., an Illinois-based restaurant company that manages a group of IHOP restaurants, the agency announced today.  The restaurants were owned by franchisee Salauddin Janmohammed.  Flipmeastack is owned by Salauddin's wife, Victoria Janmohammed.
September 2, 2010

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ABM Industries Settles  EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit For $5.8 Million

ABM Industries, Inc., along with two subsidiaries, ABM Janitorial Services, Inc. and ABM Janitorial Services Northern California, Inc. will pay $5.8 million and provide other relief to a class of 21 Hispanic female janitorial workers, settling an egregious sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
September 2, 2010

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Aberdeen Hospital Sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment

Grays Harbor Community Hospital, a private hospital in Aberdeen, Wash., violated federal law when it failed to stop a supervisor's continuous sexual harassment of several female employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
August 30, 2010

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Finch Air Conditioning Settles EEOC Lawsuit for Sexual Harassment of Young Female Employees

Finch Air Conditioning and Heating, Inc., located in La Porte, Texas, has agreed to pay $80,000 to settle claims of sexual harassment and constructive discharge of female employees brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division.  In the suit (Civil Action No. 4:09-cv-03156), the EEOC alleged that female employees at Finch were routinely subjected to sexual harassment and discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, one of the civil rights/employment discrimination statutes the EEOC is charged with enforcing.
August 25, 2010

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Yates Construction To Pay $30,000 To Settle EEOC Racial Harassment And Retaliation Suit

Stokesdale, N.C.-based Yates Construction Company, Inc. will pay $30,000 to settle a racial harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employ­ment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Yates subjected an African-American employee to racial harassment and discharged him in retaliation for complaining about it. The settlement also includes one other person who was allegedly subjected to racial harassment.
August 19, 2010