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Hi Care, Inc. d/b/a Home Instead Senior Care, which provides home care services for seniors in Anne Arundel and Howard counties illegally engaged in a pattern and practice of race-based assignments of its caregiver employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a lawsuit filed today.

A Hartsville, Tenn., company that owns and operates five groceries in middle Tennessee and Kentucky violated federal law by refusing to hire a class of African-Americans and males as employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed September 28, 2010.

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.

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.

Integrated Broadband Services, a provider of operational support software and back office services deployed by cable and broadband operators worldwide, violated federal law when it fired a black Tanzanian analyst because of her race and national origin, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a class sexual harassment lawsuit in federal district court on September 27, 2010 against Jimmy's Charhouse of Elgin, Inc. The suit was filed on behalf of a class of women subjected to sexually derogatory comments and names, sexual propositions, and physical touching by co-workers and managers. The suit also alleges that some of the women were terminated in retaliation for opposing and complaining about the sexually hostile work environment.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced it has filed a lawsuit against Ricoh Americas Corporation for subjecting an African employee and two Hispanic employees to harassment based on their national origin at one of its work sites in Greensboro, N.C.  The lawsuit further charged that the African employee was harassed based on his race.  The company then suspended and fired the three employees after they made several complaints to Ricoh's managers about the harassment, the EEOC said.

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.

Longs Drugs violated federal law by discriminating against an African-American female employee and firing her shortly after she reported the discrimination to human resources, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. The lawsuit also names CVS Caremark as a defendant because CVS bought Longs in August 2008 after the alleged discrimination occurred and is liable as Longs' successor.

The Houston District Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed suit against Valero Refining -- Texas L. P. (Valero). The EEOC suit, (Civil Action No. 3:10-cv-00398 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas), alleges that Valero failed to accommodate Bobby Bass's disability for a safety test required to permit job assignment at its refinery, and discharged Mr. Bass because of his disability. The complaint alleges that Valero was a joint employer with Modern EPC, which hired Mr. Bass to work as a general foreman on a turnaround project at Valero's Texas City refinery. The complaint alleges that Valero removed and effectively discharged Mr. Bass from working at its refinery because he supposedly did not take the reading test.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit in federal district court against the owners/operators of several Chicago-area Papa T's restaurants and nightclubs.  The suit is filed on behalf of a class of women subjected to sexually derogatory comments and names, physical touching, and physical threats by the owner.  The suit also alleges that at least one of the women was terminated in retaliation for opposing and complaining about the sexually hostile work environment.

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.

Valley Motors, Inc., in Russellville Ark., violated federal law by terminating an employee's employment following her complaint of gender discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. 

Woodman's Food Markets, Inc., the Janesville, Wis.-based grocery store operator, violated federal disability discrimination law by firing an employee due to her lifting restriction, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

Chubb & Son, a property and casualty insurance giant, unlawfully refused to consider an Asian employee in its Milwaukee underwriting office for promotions based on her race, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.  The suit further asserted that Chubb illegally retaliated against the employee, Kong Chee Vang, for filing a discrimination charge with EEOC, and she was again passed over for job openings as a result.

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.

AutoZone, Inc., a national distributor and retailer of automobile parts, violated federal law when it subjected an employee who had converted to the Sikh religion to harassment and refused to accommodate his religious need to wear a turban, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit yesterday in federal court alleging that RadioShack intentionally discriminated against one of its employees in violation of Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).

DDK, Inc., doing business as D&K Suit City, a retail clothing store in Morrow, Ga., unlawfully fired a female sales associate after she reported to her employer that she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it recently filed.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed suit against Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc., and related companies (Brand), for sexually harassing and later firing an employee because she refused her boss's sexual advances and demands, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VII"), the agency announced today.  The case arises from the charge of a former Brand employee, who worked for the company at a Louisiana facility doing business under the name of Brand Scaffold Services.