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Pollard Agency Sued By EEOC For Religious Discrimination

The Pollard Agency, a Fruithurst, Ala.-based contract security company, unlawfully discriminated against an employee because of her religion, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed on March 8, 2010.
March 10, 2010

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Court Orders Frozen Food Giant Schwan's To Comply with EEOC Subpoena in Sex Bias Case

In a ruling issued late on March 8, 2010, Magistrate Judge Janie S. Mayeron of U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota ordered the Minnesota-based frozen food delivery company Schwan's Home Service to comply with a federal government subpoena by March 29, 2010.  The subpoena, issued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) pursuant to an investigation of a charge of sex discrimination filed by former Schwan's employee Kim Milliren, seeks personnel information about persons employed as general managers at Schwan's facilities nationwide from January 1, 2006 to the present.
March 10, 2010

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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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St. Louis Construction Company Settles Disability Discrimination Suit with EEOC

A&A Contracting, a St. Louis construction company, has agreed to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC's suit, which was filed last fall, charged that the company violated federal law by firing one of its permanent construction workers because it regarded him as disabled due to his history of liver and kidney problems, including cancer.
March 3, 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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Walmart To Pay More Than $11.7 Million To Settle EEOC Sex Discrimination Suit

Walmart Stores will pay $11.7 million in back wages and com­pen­satory damages, its share of employer taxes, and up to $250,000 in administration fees and will furnish other relief, including jobs, to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
March 1, 2010

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EEOC Sues Pinnacle Amusements for Racial Harassment

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today that Pinnacle Amusements, Inc. of Charlotte, N.C., violated federal law by subjecting black employees to a racially hostile work environment.  Pinnacle Amusements is a family-owned business that specializes in corporate, school, church and private party amusement rental needs, such as slides, moon bouncers and other inflatable party products in the Charlotte-Metro area.
February 22, 2010

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Federal Court Accepts Report of Woodward Governor Compliance with EEOC Consent Decree

Federal District Judge Philip G. Reinhard has accepted the final report of a court-appointed monitor regarding the compliance of Woodward Governor Company, a Colorado-based global infrastructure equipment manufacturer and service provider, with a $5 million consent decree.  Reinhard had finally approved the decree in 2007 in two employment discrimination cases brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and a class of company employees.  Nancy B. Kreiter, who wrote the report, had been appointed by Judge Reinhard to monitor and advise the company with respect to its compliance efforts and to periodically report to the court and the parties.
February 18, 2010

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Big Lots to Pay $400,000 for Race Harassment

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of its race harassment and discrimination lawsuit against Big Lots, Inc., the nation's largest broadline closeout retailer.  The settlement includes total monetary relief of $400,000 to be paid to least five employees along with a group of unidentified class members.  Big Lots also agreed to a two-year consent decree that calls for the implementation of a new policy, training, procedures and court monitoring to address harassment and discrimination in the workplace.
February 16, 2010

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EEOC Sues T.A. Loving Company For Religious Discrimination

T.A. Loving Company, a Goldsboro, N.C., construction company, violated federal law by denying a religious accommodation to several of its employees and later firing them because of their religion, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Com­mis­sion (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
February 11, 2010

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Branch Banking And Trust To Pay Damages To Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

A major Winston-Salem, N.C.-based financial holding company will pay $24,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had sued Branch Banking and Trust (BB&T), thenation's 10th largest financial holding company, on behalf of a hearing-impaired employee who was denied a reasonable accommodation to which she was entitled under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
February 10, 2010

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Akeena Solar Settles Disability Discrimination Suit

The Los Gatos, Calif.-based solar power company Akeena Solar will pay $30,000 to a payroll/accounts technician and implement preventative measures to settle a federal disability discrim­ination lawsuit, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
February 10, 2010