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EEOC'S 2010 Excel Conference To Be Held July 12-15 In Orlando, Fla.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has scheduled its 2010 Examining Conflicts in Employment Laws (EXCEL) conference from July 12-15 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Fla. The EXCEL conference – considered the conference to attend for senior federal agency leaders, federal EEO and HR practitioners, and attorneys in the federal government – provides a breadth and depth of training on the laws and issues within the EEOC's purview unmatched by other federal sector EEO conferences.
January 21, 2010

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Village of Mineola and Mineola Fire Department Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Suit

The Incorporated Village of Mineola, N.Y., and the Mineola Fire Department will pay $237,072 to settle a class age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The damages will be made in retroactive payments to a group of 25 firefighters who had been discriminated against based on their age and provide increased monthly pension amounts going forward to several firefighters.
January 21, 2010

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Early Agreement on Decree Ends EEOC Race Case Against Medical Device Supplier

A federal judge has entered a consent decree resolving a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Conmed Linvatec, a Utica, N.Y.-based international medical device corporation specializing in orthopedics and general surgery.  Based upon an administrative investigation managed by EEOC Chicago District Director John Rowe, the agency had alleged that the company violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by terminating Paul Hickman from its Midwest office in Elmhurst, Ill., on account of his race.
January 20, 2010

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Georgia Car Dealership to Pay $140,000 for Racial Harassment of Black Manager

S&H Thomson, Inc., doing business as Stokes-Hodges Chevrolet Cadillac Buick Pontiac GMC, will pay $140,000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The agency had charged that the Augusta car dealer allowed a white male management consultant to subject an African American sales manager to a racially hostile work environment over a four-month period.
January 14, 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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Saks Fifth Avenue Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

HOUSTON — Saks Fifth Avenue, the high-end retailer based in New York City, has agreed to pay $170,000 to settle a disability discrimination suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The settlement resolves the charge of a former Saks makeup artist, Marlene Babin, who claimed that Saks fired her from its New Orleans store because of her disability, ulcerative colitis.
January 7, 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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Sentry Credit Settles EEOC Disability Bias Suit

Everett, Wash., debt collection agency Sentry Credit, Inc. has agreed to provide $55,000 and other relief to settle a federal lawsuit charging that the company refused to hire a qualified applicant because she was blind, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
January 6, 2010

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Job Bias Charges Approach Record High in Fiscal Year 2009, EEOC Reports

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that 93,277 workplace discrimination charges were filed with the federal agency nationwide during Fiscal Year (FY) 2009, the second highest level ever, and monetary relief obtained for victims totaled over $376 million.
January 6, 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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Riverstone Residential / Realty Management Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has settled a disability discrimination lawsuit against Phoenix-area property management firms Riverstone Residential, SW, LLC and Realty Management, charging the companies with failing to accommodate and then firing employee Shaun Oldridge because he suffers from bipolar disorder.
January 5, 2010

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Vanguard Group to Pay $300,000 to Settle EEOC Suit Alleging Racial Bias in Hiring

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $300,000 litigation settlement with Vanguard Group, Inc. on behalf of a qualified black applicant who the federal agency says was refused hire for a financial planning manager position because of her race, despite substantial work experience.  Malvern, Pa.-based Vanguard Group, one of the world's largest investment management companies, will also furnish significant equitable relief as part of the EEOC consent decree resolving the case.
January 5, 2010

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Merchant State Bank to Pay $50,000 for Disability Bias

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Federal District Chief Judge Karen Schreier has signed a consent decree for $50,000 and remedial relief resolving the federal agency's litigation against Freeman, S.D.-based Merchant State Bank under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
January 4, 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