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EEOC Sues Nature’s Medicines and AMMA Investment Group for Sexual Harassment

BALTIMORE – Maryland Health Management, LLC, doing business as Nature’s Medicines, and AMMA Investment Group, LLC violated federal law when they subjected employees to sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today. Nature’s Medicines is a retail distributor of medical cannabis products and para­phernalia. AMMA Investment Group, LLC, performed business operations, including human resources and payroll functions, for Nature’s Medicines.

The EEOC charges that the general manager

September 28, 2020

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EEOC Sues the Ohio State University for Age Discrimination

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State University (OSU), a public research university, violated federal law by firing a human resources generalist in the College of Education and Human Ecology (CEHE) because of his age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. The university replaced him with a younger and less-qualified employee, the EEOC said. The agency further charged that when the older former employee sought reemployment by applying

September 8, 2020

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OneSource Staffing Settles EEOC Discrimination Charges

PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Wilkes-Barre, Pa.-based staffing firm OneSource Staffing, LLC reached a voluntary conciliation agreement to resolve two discrimination charges, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s investigation into two disability discrimination charges revealed that OneSource Staffing required, as a condition of employment, that workers execute a mandatory arbitration agree­ment for disputes arising out of employment, including any arising under anti-discrimination laws enforced by the EEOC. The EEOC

July 1, 2020

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Capital City Dental Care to Pay $100,000 To Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Suit

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Capital City Dental Care, a dental practice headquartered in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania suburb of Camp Hill, will pay $100,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a federal age discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

EEOC charged that after a new owner purchased the dental practice, it fired eight out of nine dental hygienists older than 40, based on their ages. Capital City Dental Care later replaced

June 23, 2020

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EEOC Sues Moore & Morford for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

PITTSBURGH – Moore & Morford, Inc., a steel manufacturing company in South Greensburg, Pa., violated federal law by subjecting a female welder to sexual harassment as well as retaliation when she reported the harassment and filed a charge with the the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Com­mis­sion (EEOC), the federal agency charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Moore & Morford subjected a former employee, the com­pany’s only female welder at

June 19, 2020

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EEOC Philadelphia District Office Moves

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia District Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has moved to 801 Market Street, Suite 1000, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3127, the federal agency announced today.

The Philadelphia District Office is responsible for processing charges of discrimination against private, state and local government employers in most of Pennsylvania, Delaware and parts of New Jersey, and for conducting hearings regarding complaints against federal government employers in this geographic area.

Due to the

May 21, 2020

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Quinton Township Board of Education Settles EEOC Retaliation Charge

PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Quinton Township Board of Education in Hammonton, N.J., reached a voluntary conciliation agreement to resolve a retaliation charge filed by a former employee, the federal agency announced today.

Following an investigation, the EEOC found reasonable cause to believe that Quinton Township engaged in retaliation when its separation agreement purported to waive a former employee’s right to file a charge with the EEOC and when it

May 11, 2020

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Service Caster Corp. Will Pay $85,000 To Settle EEOC Suit for National Origin and Religious Bias, Retaliation

PHILADELPHIA – Service Caster Corporation, one of the largest caster and wheel companies in North America, will pay $85,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a federal national origin and religious harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC charged that West Reading, Pa.-based Service Caster subjected two assemblers and one assembly line supervisor to a hostile work environment because of their

May 8, 2020
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