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All Day Medical Care Clinic, LLC Agrees to Pay $75,000 to Resolve EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — All Day Medical Care Clinic, LLC., a healthcare provider offering a variety of medical specialists who treat both walk-in and scheduled patients, will pay $75,000 and provide other relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC charged that All Day Medical Care Clinic violated federal law by failing to provide an employee with a disability with a

September 17, 2024

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ASHN and Beaumont ASHN to Pay $65,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

DETROIT – Alternate Solutions Health Network, LLC, and its affiliated entity Beaumont ASHN, LLC, (collectively ASHN), providers of home health care services, will pay $65,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a former employee who worked as an in-home occupational therapist suffered a grand mal seizure and was later diagnosed with a brain

September 16, 2024

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EEOC Sues Osmose Utilities Services for Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

ATLANTA – Osmose Utilities Services, Inc., a provider of services and products to utility companies to support their infrastructures, violated federal law when it denied an employee an accommodation for her disability and then fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a one call locator who had suffered a head injury and stroke requested to work fully remote from home as an

September 16, 2024

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EEOC Sues PACE Southeast Michigan for Disability Discrimination

DETROIT– PACE Southeast Michigan, a company providing all-inclusive care for the elderly, violated federal law at multiple locations in the Detroit area by failing to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities attempting to return to work following Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC lawsuit, PACE maintained a policy which treated any employee unable to return to work

September 13, 2024

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EEOC Sues Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta for Disability Discrimination

ATLANTA – Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. (CHOA), a pediatric health care system based in Atlanta, violated federal law when it failed to provide a job applicant a disability-related accommodation and rescinded its offer of employment because the applicant had a disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the applicant for a registration associate position requested a disability-related exemption to CHOA’s flu vaccination

September 12, 2024

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EEOC Sues Two Companies for Disability Discrimination

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Berry Global, Inc., a Fortune 500 leader in plastic packaging products, and Hospital Housing Systems, LLC (HHS), a provider of essential services to health care facilities, violated federal employment law when both companies unlawfully terminated employees because of their disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in separate lawsuits filed yesterday.

According to the EEOC, Berry Global violated federal law by forcing a disabled employee to take leave under the

September 11, 2024

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EEOC Research Finds Unequal Opportunity in the High Tech Sector and Workforce

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a report, “High Tech, Low Inclusion: Diversity in the High Tech Workforce and Sector from 2014 - 2022” which highlights demographic disparities for workers in 56 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations and the industries employing them.

The report assesses the current state of diversity in the high tech workforce and those employed in the high tech sector. It also discusses

September 11, 2024

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EEOC Sues FedEx For Disability Discrimination

MINNEAPOLIS – The Federal Express Corporation (FedEx), a global shipping and logistics company, violated federal law when it failed to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified, disabled ramp transport drivers with medical restrictions, and instead forced them to take unpaid leave or fired them, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, since Nov. 29, 2019, FedEx maintained and enforced a 100%-healed policy against ramp transport

September 6, 2024

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EEOC Sues AG Equipment for Religious and Disability Discrimination

TULSA, Okla. – AG Equipment Company, a Broken Arrow, Oklahoma compressor packaging manufacturer, violated federal law when it fired 10 employees for failing to receive a COVID-19 vaccination because of their religious beliefs or medical restrictions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in the fall of 2021, AG Equipment mandated all employees receive a COVID-19 vaccination and told workers no exceptions would be

August 30, 2024
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