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PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09
Staffing Company Terminated Women Because of Pregnancy, Federal Agency Says
BALTIMORE â CTI Global Solutions Inc., a staffing agency headquartered in Largo, Md., violated federal law when it terminated a group of employees because of their pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
"More than 30 years after the passage of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the EEOC has seen
PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09
Staffing Companies Refused to Hire Applicant with Back Impairment, EEOC Says
BALTIMORE â Two staffing agencies with headquarters in Georgia, Axiom Staffing Group, Inc., and Axiom Staffing Group of Virginia, Inc., engaged in disability discrimination at their Hagerstown, Md., facility when they refused to hire an applicant because of her back impairment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced in a lawsuit today.
The EEOC
PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09
Owner Regularly Engaged in Sexually Inappropriate and Unwelcome Conduct Toward Female Employees, Federal Agency Charges
HOUSTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a class lawsuit today against Finch Air Conditioning of La Porte, Texas, 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 certain female employees at this family-owned
PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09
Agency Charges Latino Janitors Harassed, Scrutinized and Terminated
SAN FRANCISCO The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit today against New York City-based janitorial services giant ABM Industries (NYSE:ABM), charging that supervisors at the company discriminated against Latino janitors working at several commercial buildings in downtown San Francisco, and retaliated against some of these employees after they filed charges with the EEOC.
EEOCs
PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09
EEOC Charges U.S. Security Associates, Inc. with Unlawfully Discriminating Against Expecting Mother and Coworker Husband
ATLANTA The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the filing of a lawsuit against Roswell, Ga.- based U.S. Security Associates, Inc., one of the nations biggest national security guard companies, for violating federal law when a manager subjected a female security guard to pregnancy discrimination and then terminated
PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09
Investment Management Giant Refused to Hire Black Applicant as Financial Planning Manager, Federal Agency Charges
PHILADELPHIA Malvern, Pa.- based Vanguard Group, Inc., one of the world's largest investment management companies, violated federal law when it refused to hire an African American applicant because of her race, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
According to the EEOCs lawsuit, Barbara Alexander
PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09
Better Qualified Former Employee Denied Jobs Because of Pregnancy, EEOC Charges
MIAMI Hilton Grand Vacations Company, LLC, a division of Hilton Hotels Corporation, violated federal law when it refused to hire a former employee because of her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
According to the EEOCs suit, EEOC v. Hilton Grand Vacations Company, L.L.C.
PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09
White Laborers Harassed by Hispanics on the Job, Federal Agency Charged
DALLAS Total Electric and Supply Company, doing business as TESSCO, will pay $125,000 to three former employees to settle a racial and national origin harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. TESSCO is an energy and utility services company headquartered in Midland, Texas.
According to the
PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09
Document Services Company Failed to Stop Sex-Based Harassment, Federal Agency Charges
YORK, Pa.- A leading national document services provider based in Dayton, Ohio failed to take appropriate action to stop the sex-based harassment of a female employee at its facility in York, Pa., the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
According to the EEOCs suit, Penny Zink, of York
PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09
Black Production Manager Subjected to Racial Epithets, EEOC Charges
HARRISBURG, Pa. Harrisburg-based Stroehmann Bakeries LLC, a subsidiary of Bimbo Bakeries USA, violated federal law when it subjected a production operator to a racially hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
The EEOC says that Henry Hairston, an African American production operator, was subjected to a hostile
PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09
Car Dealership Subjected Black Employee to Racial Slurs, Demeaning Tasks and Discharge, Federal Agency Charges
SALISBURY, N.C. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today, that Salisbury Motor Company, Inc. in Salisbury, N.C., violated federal law by subjecting an African-American employee to a racially hostile work environment and different terms and conditions of employment. Further, the EEOC said, the company
PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09
Black Employees Were Subjected to a Hostile Work Environment, Federal Agency Charges
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Ralph Jones Sheet Metal, Inc. violated federal law by subjecting African American employees to a hostile work environment because of their race, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
The EEOCs suit (Civil Action No.2:09-cv-02636, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District
PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09
Agency Says PawnMart, Inc. Fired Employee for Complaining About Store Managers Unwanted Sexual Advances
ATLANTA An Atlanta-area pawn shop chain violated federal law when it fired a female employee in retaliation for complaining about a managers intimidating and sexually harassing conduct, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09
Agency Says Ostioneria Michoacan Fired Non-Spanish-Speaking Servers
HOUSTON A Houston restaurant violated federal law against race and national origin discrimination when it fired two employees for not speaking Spanish and failed to hire a class of non-Hispanic applicants, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
According to the EEOCs suit, in November 2007, Michoacan Seafood Group L.L.C., doing
PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Napolis Italian Restaurant discriminated against a 17-year old server and other female teen workers by subjecting them to sexual harassment in the form of lewd comments, propositions and touching, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today in federal court. Napolis Italian Restaurant is located in Maryville, Mo.
According to the EEOCs suit, filed in the U.S
PRESS RELEASE
9-30-09
Forging Company Punished Employees for Complaining About Racial Harassment, Federal Agency Charges
MILWAUKEE In a lawsuit filed here today in federal court, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged that Milwaukee Forge, a Milwaukee forging company, violated federal law by subjecting black employees to a hostile work environment, disciplining them more harshly than white employees, subjecting them to different terms and conditions of employment
PRESS RELEASE
9-30-08
EEOC Says Retail Giant Requires Employees to Reveal Confidential Medical Information
SAN DIEGO â Dillard Store Services, Inc. (Dillard's), the nationwide chain of department stores, unlawfully discriminÂates against employees by requiring them to disclose personal and confidential medical information or face disciplinary action including termination, the U.S. Equal EmployÂment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charges in a class lawsuit filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
The
PRESS RELEASE
9-30-03
Federal Agency Says Cosmetics Giant Told Senior Director She Didn't Fit 'Youthful Image'
DALLAS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed an age discrimination and retaliation suit against L'Oreal U.S.A., Inc., claiming that the cosmetics giant discriminated against a former female Senior Director by subjecting her to a hostile work environment because of her age.
The EEOC says that
PRESS RELEASE
9-30-03
Eight-Year Employee of Middle Eastern Descent Fired Based on National Origin
NEW YORK, N.Y. The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed suit in federal district court against Applied Graphics Technologies, Inc. (AGT), a New York digital media service company operating nationwide and internationally, and Newsweek, Inc., an international publisher based in New York, alleging discrimination against an employee of Middle Eastern-Lebanese national origin
PRESS RELEASE
9-30-03
Lawsuit Says Class of Muslim, Arab and South Asian Employees Harassed Based on 9/11
New York, NY -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") today sued the Plaza Hotel and Fairmont Hotel and Resorts, Inc. under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act for discrimination related to the events of September 11, 2001 against a class of Muslim, Arab, and South Asian employees based
PRESS RELEASE
9-30-03
Major Hollywood Studio Accused of Firing Black Assistant Director Because of Race
LOS ANGELES - In a rare case against a major Hollywood studio, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed suit in Federal District Court located in Los Angeles (Case No. LACV 03-7023 GAF (JTLx) against Vivendi Universal S.A. ("Universal Studios") for race discrimination. The suit alleges that on October 9, 2002, Universal
PRESS RELEASE
9-30-02
Alleges Termination of Afghan-American, Muslim Man Was Discriminatory
BOSTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a lawsuit against the Worcester Art Museum alleging that, in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the museum fired an Afghan-American Muslim man on the basis of his national origin and religion.
"The experience of Zia Ayub represents an unfortunate example of how
PRESS RELEASE
9-30-02
Post-9/11 Backlash Suit Say Muslim Employee Prevented from Wearing Head Scarf
PHOENIX - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the filing of a post-9/11 backlash discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against Alamo Car Rental, owned and operated by Ft. Lauderdale-based Alamo Rent-A-Car LLC and ANC Rental Corporation. The religious bias suit was filed by the federal
PRESS RELEASE
9-30-02
MIAMI -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a post-9/11 national origin discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against Chromalloy Castings Tampa Corporation, a manufacturer of precision investment castings for the aerospace industry.
The EEOC's suit, Case # 8:02-CV-1769-T-30 MAP, filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, alleges that a naturalized American citizen