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06/22/2009
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CHICAGO – Hickory Hills Country Club, a popular banquet facility and country club will pay up to $690,000 to settle two lawsuits, charging sex and race discrimination and retaliation, brought by the EEOC. The defendants are required pay $590,000, including attorneys’ fees, to a class of women who endured a sexually hostile work environment and retaliation, and, in addition, up to another $100,000 to African American applicants who were denied hire because of their race.
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06/03/2009
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A construction contractor operating at Texas refineries will pay $175,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the EEOC. Brand Energy Solutions is charged with violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by subjecting a female employee to sexual harassment and retaliation. The agency said that an operations manager employed by Brand at a Corpus Christi refinery sexually harassed a female timekeeper whom he supervised. After she complained to management she was removed from her work site, placed directly in the harasser's office and was shunned by the other employees.
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05/27/2009
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – Duane Reade Inc., a well-known New York drugstore chain that operates more than 200 stores in metropolitan New York, will pay $240,000 and be required to conduct training on anti-discrimination laws. According to EEOC’s lawsuit, Duane Reade unlawfully created, maintained and failed to remedy a hostile work environment at one of its Bronx stores by subjecting several female employees to sex and pregnancy harassment.
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04/09/2009
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores, Inc. will pay $255,000 and conduct annual training on sexual harassment and retaliation for all employees at the restaurant for three years to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the EEOC. The Cedar Bluff, Tenn. male managers and male employees made repeated and unwanted sexual jokes and lewd remarks,and then retaliated against women who had complained by moving one to an area where tips were low.
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04/08/2009
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Marjam Supply Company, Inc., a building materials supplier, will pay $495,000 to five former employees to settle a race discrimination lawsuit. A Marjam supervisor and other Marjam employees made unwelcome racial slurs and comments, including repeatedly calling an employee the N-word, talking about the Ku Klux Klan and referring to burning crosses in front of African American employees. An employee who complained was fired, the EEOC’s lawsuit charged.
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03/16/2009
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SAN FRANCISCO — United Airlines has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit alleging that the Chicago-based company’s overtime policy violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). The EEOC charged that United’s policy denied employees with disabilities the opportunity to work overtime. United will pay $850,000 to a class of employees with disabilities and has agreed not to enforce such a policy in the future.
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03/11/2009
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WASHINGTON – The EEOC announced that job bias charges hit a record high of over 95,000 in 2008, a 15 percent increase from the previous fiscal year. Charges based on age and retaliation saw the largest annual increases, while allegations based on race, sex and retaliation continued as the most frequently filed charges. Last year the EEOC filed 290 lawsuits, resolved 339 lawsuits, resolved 81,081 private sector charges. and through its combined enforcement, mediation and litigation programs, recovered approximately $376 million in monetary relief.
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02/20/2009
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Washington, DC --
PBS Television A shocking statistic — teenagers are in more danger from sexual predators at their part time jobs than through the Internet. According to one estimate, 200,000 teenagers are assaulted at the workplace each year. It's a vastly underreported phenomenon, but the PBS documentary program
Is Your Daughter Safe at Work? is helping some brave young women to tell their stories.
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12/31/2008
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NEW YORK – The EEOC announced that Merrill Lynch, the international financial services firm, has agreed to pay $1,550,000 and provide training to its employees regarding discrimination based on religion and national origin to settle a discrimination lawsuit on behalf of an Iranian Muslim former worker who was fired due to his Iranian national origin and Muslim religion.
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12/11/2008
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SEATTLE – Fred Meyer Stores will pay $485,000 to three female victims of sexual harassment and retaliation to settle a lawsuit brought by the EEOC, whose complaint said 3 women employees were subjected to vulgar sexual comments, unwanted touching and propositioning that created a sexually hostile work environment.
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12/03/2008
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BALTIMORE – The EEOC announced a $20 million settlement and other significant relief against LA Weight Loss Centers, Inc., (renamed Pure Weight Loss, Inc., in early 2007), that resolved its pattern or practice sex discrimination. The company refused to hire men into Weight Loss Counselor and other jobs, the EEOC had alleged. Refusing to hire qualified applicants because of their gender, maintaining sex-specific job classifications, and retaliating against employees who protest unlawful discriminatory practices violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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11/12/2008
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ALBURQURQUE, NM - Two employees of the University of New Mexico Hospital experienced the problems that can result from social networking web sites when they were fired for using their cell phone cameras to take photographs of patients receiving treatment and then posting those pictures on MySpace. Sam Giammo, the hospital's Director of Public Affairs, said the photos were mainly close-ups of injuries being treated at the hospital's emergency department over the past few months.
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11/12/2008
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MINNEAPOLIS – The EEOC announced today that a St. Paul district court has approved consent decrees settling two religious lawsuits against a leading Minnesota-based chicken processor, Gold’n Plump Poultry, and its employment agency which referred workers to it, The Work Connection.
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11/11/2008
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CLEVELAND – The EEOC today announced a unanimous verdict against Lake Ridge Academy finding that an employee who voiced concern about unequal pay for women was unlawfully fired in retaliation. The male employee was fired after requesting information from Lake Ridge’s management regarding pay inequities that males were being paid more than females with similar education and work histories.
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11/10/2008
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PHOENIX – The EEOC today announced a consent decree has been entered in Federal District Court for nearly $2 million and significant remedial relief to resolve a class-action religious discrimination lawsuit against the University of Phoenix, Inc., and its parent corporation, Apollo Group, Inc. The EEOC charged that the University of Phoenix condoned an environment in which Mormon managers felt free to engage in favoritism toward their Mormon employees.
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11/03/2008
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NEW YORK – First Wireless Group, a Long Island-based company that refurbishes cell phones will pay $435,000 to settle a wage discrimination and retaliation suit brought by the EEOC. The suit charged the company with paying Hispanic workers less than others and firing the latino employees who complained to management.
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10/29/2008
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SAN FRANCISCO - Four former high-level female Human Resources executives at Dell, Inc. are seeking $500 million in damages, as well as changes in Pay & Promotion Policies that have been implemented by Dell's all male 14-member leadership team which is headed by CEO Michael Dell. The suit seeks to put a stop to the spate of recent layoffs unfairly targeting women and employees over 40, and documents gross pay and promotion inequities.
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10/23/2008
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NEW YORK - The EEOC announced that Nassau County on Long Island will pay $450,000 and agree to anti-discrimination training for more than 400 supervisors and managers in the Nassau County Police Department to settle an age discrimination lawsuit on behalf of several senior police officers in the Marine Bureau. The Age Discrimination In Employment Act (ADEA) protects individuals who are 40 years of age or older from employment discrimination based on age.
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10/13/2008
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SAN DIEGO, CA -- A state appeals court ruled to uphold $300,000 in damages to two San Diego County students who said administrators ignored their reports of name-calling, vandalism and death threats. The school officials at Poway High School who refused to investigate complaints of anti-gay harassment or take action to protect the victims, were found to have violated the student's civil rights under the equal protection clause of the United States Constitution.
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09/30/2008
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LOS ANGELES -- CHW’s Northridge Hospital Medical Center has agreed to pay $155,000 in compensatory damages and implement new policies and training to resolve claims that the hospital discriminated against pregnant workers by limiting the procedures on which they were allowed to work. The hospital’s blanket policy prohibited pregnant women from working on fluoroscopy procedures and the two plaintiffs lost out on benefits as a result.
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09/22/2008
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The EEOC has filed a lawsuit that accuses Kmart managers of using racial slurs against black employees and then retaliated against those who complained.
The suit seeks to eliminate discriminatory practices at Sears and obtain compensation for employees who were affected.
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09/18/2008
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RENO, NV – Scolari’s Warehouse Markets will pay $425,000 and agreed to provide training to all employees to settle a class action sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the EEOC. The suit asserted that managers inappropriately touched female employees, propositioned them and made lewd comments among other acts. Scolari’s management failed to correct the unlawful conduct when the victims complained and instead fired the women or forced them out of their jobs after their harassment complaints.
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09/10/2008
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Washington DC - A Diversity component has been introduced into EEOC report this year. The EEOC is requiring employers to comply with new race/ethnicity categories when filling out the Employer Information Report (EEO-1), which helps in the identification and prevention of unlawful discrimination practices in the workplace related to race, color, religion, national origin and sex.
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09/01/2008
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Indianapolis, IN -- The Indiana Supreme Court reinstated a $325,000 verdict for a former medical technician who had sued a cardiovascular surgeon for assault in 2002. Attorneys had portrayed the doctor as a verbally abusive workplace bully, while the defendant's argued that the bully label was irrelevant and that the surgeon’s actions didn’t amount to assault. But four of the five justices disagreed, deeming workplace bullying an “entirely appropriate” term.
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08/18/2008
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DENVER -- The EEOC today announced it has settled its class sexual harassment lawsuit against the Dillard's department store chain for $500,000 and substantial remedial relief on behalf of a class of 12 female former employees who were sexually harassed by an assistant store manager in two states, including a teenage employee.
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08/05/2008
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LITTLE ROCK, AR – The EEOC today announced that Tobacco Superstores, Inc. will pay $425,000 and provide significant remedial relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit on behalf of qualified black workers who were denied promotion to management and then forced the workers to resign because of the failure to promote.
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08/04/2008
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PORTLAND, OR – Home electronics retailer Video Only will pay $630,000 and implement preventative measures to settle two discrimination lawsuits, the EEOC announced today. Judge Garr M. King of the U.S. District Court in Portland found the company liable and dismissed its defense. The company must provide anti-discrimination training to all management and non-management employees in Oregon and at its headquarters store in Seattle.
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07/17/2008
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WASHINGTON D.C. -- The HHS has reached a settlement with Seattle-based Providence Health & Services for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules. Providence agrees to pay $100,000 and implement a detailed Corrective Action Plan to ensure that it will appropriately safeguard identifiable electronic patient information against theft or loss.
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06/26/2008
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DENVER - Colorado's Governor has signed into law a controversial bill prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination in public accommodations, union membership, housing, and a number of other commercial areas. The new law—Senate Bill 200—went into effect on May 29, 2008, and expands upon the protections added by the 2007 amendments to Colorado’s civil rights law, which banned sexual orientation and religious discrimination in employment. The bill defines sexual orientation as “a person’s orientation toward heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, or transgender status or another person’s perception thereof.”
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06/24/2008
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SAN JOSE – A Silicon Valley manufacturer of semiconductor production equipment will pay $168,000 to settle an EEOC racial harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by an employee whose co-worker rapped aloud to music lyrics that included anti-black racial epithets such as the “N-word.” The EEOC’s lawsuit charged that delaying effective corrective action by more than half a year constitutes unlawful harassment, and that the black employee was fired in retaliation for his earlier complaints.
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06/02/2008
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NEW YORK – The EEOC announced the settlement of a harassment and retaliation lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act against Tavern on the Green. The Central Park landmark restaurant agreed to pay a $2.2 million claim fund, distribute a revised policy against discrimination and retaliation, and provide training to all employees against discrimination and retaliation. The EEOC charged the Tavern on the Green with engaging in severe and pervasive sexual, racial, and national origin harassment of female, black, and Hispanic employees.
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05/07/2008
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DALLAS — Razzoo’s, a Dallas/Fort Worth-based Cajun food restaurant chain, will pay $1 million and furnish significant remedial relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the EEOC. The EEOC had charged Razzoo’s with discriminating against a class of male applicants and employees in the position of bartender in its restaurants.
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04/17/2008
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. will pay $300,000 to a Hardin, Mo., man to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit. During his interview he was questioned about his ability to work using his wheelchair and was told he was “best suited” for a greeter position.
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04/16/2008
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INDIANAPOLIS – Renhill Services, Inc., a Fort Wayne staffing company will settle an age, race and retaliation discrimination lawsuit brought by the EEOC. The company will pay a total of $580,000 and implement a policy of non-discrimination training and reporting to the EEOC.
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04/15/2008
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Los Angeles settled a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the EEOC. In addition to $250,000 for the African-American worker, a two-year consent decree applies to BCI and its Albuquerque facilitythat require BCI to carry out policies and practices that promote a work environment free from race discrimination -- including training sessions with managers, supervisors and employees of the Albuquerque facility on Title VII and race discrimination.
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04/07/2008
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DENVER – A Durango, Colo.-based McDonald’s restaurant franchise settled a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the EEOC on behalf of a class of young female employees, including teens. JOBEC, Inc. will pay $505,000 and provide significant remedial relief including letters of apology to the victims; training on sex discrimination in the defendants’ Colorado and New Mexico facilities; posting notices of non-discrimination in all of the defendants’ workplaces; and an injunction prohibiting discrimination and retaliation.
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03/19/2008
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BOSTON — The EEOC settled a law suit against with Washington Group International, Inc., a provider of construction and maintenance services for fostering a racially hostile work environment for black employees. In addition to $1.5 million dollars, injunctive relief includes requiring WGI to conduct anti-discrimination training; revise its equal employment opportunity policies; and monitoring by the EEOC for a period of two years.
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03/11/2008
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DALLAS - The EEOC today announced the settlement of a race and national origin harassment lawsuit against Allied Aviation Services, Inc. The Protected Class case involved nooses, racial slurs and graffiti of African American and Hispanic workers at a facility in the Dallas/Ft. Worth airport. The settlement for $1.9 million and includes significant injunctive relief requiring diversity training for all of Allied Aviation’s employees in U.S. facilities and the posting of a notice at all facilities.
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03/07/2008
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BOSTON -- While the future of House Bill 1722 -- which would expand the state's non-discrimination laws to protect all people regardless of their gender expression -- is uncertain, supporters say it is crucial in order to protect transgender people from the discrimination they face at work. The proposed law would add "gender identity or expression" to Massachusetts hate crime laws as well as to the employment, housing, credit, public accommodations and public education non-discrimination laws.
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02/04/2008
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CINCINNATI - Lawyers for 23 black workers at the Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. bottling plant in Madisonville have filed another racial harassment lawsuit against the Atlanta-based company, alleging that it continues to maintain a "hostile, intimidating, offensive, and abusive workplace environment" more than six years after a related class-action complaint was filed.
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02/01/2008
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TAMPA, FL - Unscheduled absences at Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART) are climbing and creating a work force crisis for agency managers and a $2.1 million burden for its fiscal support system. At the heart of the problem is a clause in the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) that allows intermittent leave for chronic illnesses. Forty-two percent of HART's 364 bus drivers have filed for intermittent FMLA.
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01/24/2008
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HIGH POINT, N.C. -- The EEOC announced the favorable settlement of a class suit for black employees at racially hostile workplace. African American employees at Henredon’s High Point manufacturing plant were subjected to racial slurs and name calling -- including the “N-word” -- as well as threats by hangman’s nooses that were displayed at the plant. The three year consent decree resolving the case requires anti-discrimination training and $465,000 in compensatory damages.
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01/15/2008
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NEW YORK – A federal court approved a $6.2 Million partial settlement of a historic racial discrimination case against Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 28. The suit charged the Union with underpaying Blacks and Hispanics, and the settlement represented the lost wages for the years 1984 to 1991. Negotiations continue with a separate class of workers who suffered discrimination after 1991.
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01/07/2008
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PORTLAND - A national origin discrimination lawsuit brought against Supreme Corporation by the EEOC was settled today for $427,000, organizational training and claim reporting performace data. The suit claimed harassment of seven employees at its Woodburn, Ore., facility, including demotion, discriminatory termination, and/or involuntary resignation by the plant manager because of their national original, Hispanic/Mexican.
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01/02/2008
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HONOLULU - Lockheed Martin, the nation's largest defense contractor, settled a racial harassment lawsuit in Hawaii for $2.5 million, the largest amount ever negotiated for a single person in a racial discrimination case.
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12/20/2007
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CINCINNATI – The EEOC charged that an apprenticeship test discriminated against hundreds of black workers and Ford Motor Co., along with two related companies and a national union, will pay $1.6 million and provide other remedial relief. The National United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) was also a defendant in the case because the test was used to select apprentices in the Ford-UAW Joint Apprenticeship Program and the lawsuit settlement affects people covered by the union agreement.
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12/10/2007
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MILWAUKEE – An EEOC Consent Decree ended a lawsuit against retail giant Target Corporation for hiring bias in Milwaukee and Madison, Wisc. Target agreed to pay $510,000 to the African American employees who were denied jobs as assistant store managers, and also agreed to provide training to supervisors on employment discrimination and record-keeping.
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12/05/2007
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SAN FRANCISCO - A new survey published by the Ethics Resource Center reveals that the ethical condition of corporate America is ominous, and that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) has been ineffective in raising employees’ awareness about ethical issues or decreasing the frequency of ethical violations.
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11/26/2007
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PHOENIX - The EEOC announced settlement of a lawsuit against a Phoenix makeup manufacturer for terms that include a $299,000 payment and required training aimed at educating employees about sexual harassment, retaliation and their rights. A parent company, New York-based Rubie's Costume Company, was also named in the lawsuit, which alleged that several managers at their Phoenix facility sexually harassed eight female employees and then retaliated against three of them for complaining about the unlawful conduct.
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11/20/2007
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PORTLAND — The EEOC announced that a wholesale nursery in Damascus, Oregon, has agreed to pay $65,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit by a former female employee. The Leo Gentry Wholesale Nursery fired the eight-year employee after she complained about a supervisor who asked the woman out on dates more than a dozen times and refused her requests to stop.
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11/15/2007
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WASHINGTON -- A national Gallup poll on discrimination in today’s workplace says 15% of all workers report that they had been subjected to some sort of discriminatory or unfair treatment. When broken down into sub-groups, 31% of Asians surveyed reported incidents of discrimination, the largest percentage of any ethnic group, with African Americans constituting the second largest group at 26%.
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11/12/2007
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PORTLAND — The EEOC announced that a wholesale nursery in Damascus, Oregon, has agreed to pay $65,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit by a former female employee. The Leo Gentry Wholesale Nursery fired the eight-year employee after she complained about a supervisor who asked the woman out on dates more than a dozen times and refused her requests to stop.
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10/25/2007
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- African American men were subjected to a racially hostile work environment on an oil rig including hangman’s nooses displayed on Rig 108, derogatory racial language, and race-based name calling. These complaints led to the EEOC settlement of a discrimination lawsuit against Helmerich & Payne International Drilling for $290,000 and significant injunctive relief:
* Requires that H & P conduct anti-discrimination training and post a notice about the settlement.
* Requires that H& P redistribute to the workforce its policies prohibiting racial harassment.
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10/23/2007
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JONESBORO, Ark. – The EEOC today announced a favorable jury verdict of $756,000 in a religious discrimination lawsuit brought against AT&T Inc. on behalf of two male customer service technicians who were suspended and fired for attending a Jehovah’s Witnesses Convention.
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10/19/2007
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WASHINGTON - The EEOC is alerting the business community and general public to avoid a "phishing" e-mail circulating to companies that purports to be from the federal agency regarding a harassment complaint. The bogus e-mail contains a Trojan Horse Virus that is downloaded to a recipient's computer if they click on the message's web link.
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10/16/2007
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SAN FRANCISCO - Update on State Laws Prohibiting Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity Discrimination in Private Employment: Iowa, Colorado, and Oregon.
- Effective July 1, 2007, the state of Iowa prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
- Effective August 8, 2007, Colorado prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
- Beginning January 1, 2008, Oregon will also prohibit discrimination on either basis.
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10/15/2007
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NEW YORK – The EEOC filed a complaint and entered into a consent decree in federal district court with B & H Foto and Electronics Corp., one of the largest retailers of photo and electronic equipment in New York. The national origin discrimination case was filed on behalf of Hispanic workers who were paid less than non-hispanics, denied promotions and health benefits. The $4.3 million settlement also requires employer training, adoption of an anti-discrimination policy, and monitoring by the EEOC for the following five years.
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10/10/2007
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CHICAGO – Law firm Sidley Austin LLP will pay $27.5 million to 32 former partners who the EEOC alleged were forced out because of their age. The EEOC had brought the Age Bias law suit seeking protection of the 32 partners under Federal law against employment discrimination.
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10/04/2007
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MIAMI – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that United HealthCare of Florida, Inc. will pay $1.8 million to settle a same-sex harassment and retaliation lawsuit charging that the male former regional vice president of key accounts subjected a male former top senior account executive to repeated verbal sexual harassment.
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10/02/2007
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NEW YORK, N.Y. - A federal jury decided Madison Square Garden and its chairman must pay $11.6 million in damages to former New York Knicks executive Anucha Browne Sanders in her sexual harassment lawsuit against Knicks coach Isiah Thomas.
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10/01/2007
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NEW YORK, N.Y.– Bloomberg L.P., the news and financial services company, violated federal law by discriminating against a class of female employees who became pregnant and took maternity leave. The EEOC lawsuit says the financial services giant demoted the protected category of pregnant women and reduced their pay.
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09/28/2007
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PHILADELPHIA - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has launched a Title VII discrimination suit against Circuit City Stores Inc., claiming that a class of male employees of the Circuit City store in Springfield Township was subjected to unwelcome sexual advances by a male store director.
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09/20/2007
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NEW YORK -- Governor Eliot Spitzer signed a new law that protects the ability of working mothers to breast feed when they return to work. The law requires employers to provide uncompensated time and make a reasonable effort to provide private areas for women to nurse or express milk for a period of up to three years following the birth of a child. It also prohibits employers from discriminating against employees for exercising the new rights.
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09/19/2007
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SEATTLE -- Washington State recently amended its discrimination laws to broaden the definition of “disability.” Under the new law, virtually all diagnosable medical conditions could be considered a “disability” regardless of whether they impact a major life activity or are correctable with mitigating measures.
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09/08/2007
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COLORADO -- The state’s Anti-Discrimination Act has been amended to prohibit employers from discriminating in employment on the basis of sexual orientation and religion. Sexual orientation is defined as “a person’s orientation toward heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, or transgender status or an employer’s perception thereof.” The amendment became effective on August 8, 2007 and applies to all employers in Colorado, regardless of size.
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09/06/2007
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BALTIMORE – The U.S. District Court in Maryland has ruled that the EEOC may proceed to trial with its sex discrimination lawsuit against L.A. Weight Loss Centers, Inc. (LAWL) The suit alleges that the company engaged in a pattern of disparate treatment against men in its recruiting, hiring, and assignment of employees.
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09/04/2007
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The District Court has ruled that a lead employee may be a supervisor in determining liability for sexual harassment under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act. Under the FEHA regulations, a supervisor is broadly defined as an individual with authority on behalf of an employer to "hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees."
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09/01/2007
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TALLAHASSEE -- A new law in Florida requires employers of 50 or more employees to provide up to 3 days unpaid leave in any 12 month period if the employee, or a family or household member of the employee, is the victim of domestic violence. Leave may be taken to seek medical care or counseling, for obtaining assistance from victim-services organizations and to seek legal help or protection for domestic violence.
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08/20/2007
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LAS VEGAS – The EEOC charged Desert Palace, Inc., doing business as Caesars Palace, with failing to address and correct their male supervisors actions in demanding the casino’s Latina kitchen workers to perform sex with them under threat of being fired. “In a case like this where many of the workers were monolingual Spanish speakers, victims of sexual harassment often feel further isolated, marginalized and unable to vindicate their rights,” said Anna Park, Regional Attorney for the EEOC’s Los Angeles District.
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08/14/2007
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08/10/2007
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a comprehensive new study examining the effectiveness and efficiency of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) programs used by federal agencies to resolve job disputes. Implementing ADR programs is a proactive step that model EEO programs are taking to help prevent unlawful discrimination from occurring.
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08/01/2007
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NEW YORK -- Female drug sales workers for Novartis Pharmaceuticals may proceed with a class-action gender discrimination lawsuit, a judge ruled in Federal District Court in Manhattan today. The class could include 4,000 to 5,000 current and former workers of Novartis dating to 2002.
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07/31/2007
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CHICAGO – July 31, 2007 - Nike Inc. has agreed to pay $7.6 million to settle a race discrimination lawsuit by current and former African-American employees in U.S. District Court in Chicago. The terms also require Nike to hire an employee ombudsperson at the store, appoint an outside consultant to conduct diversity training for all supervisors and managers, and add a settlement compliance officer at Nike's headquarters in Beaverton. Nike will also be required to create equal opportunity objectives for the Chicago store, create a formal mentoring program for black employees, evaluate its store theft-loss policies and also review its corporate human resources practices.
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07/26/2007
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DALLAS – The EEOC received a jury verdict of $166,500 in a disability harassment lawsuit brought against a Subway restaurant franchise, BobRich Enterprises, Inc., on behalf of a female manager who was discriminated against and forced to resign because of her hearing impairment. The Dallas jury agreed that the former Area Supervisor was subjected to a disability-based hostile work environment, including teasing and name-calling, because she is hearing impaired and wears hearing aids.
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07/20/2007
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HOUSTON -- The latest EEOC-Employer Partnership was announced at the signing of a National Universal Agreement to Mediate (NUAM) with CenterPoint Energy. The agreement calls for an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process to informally resolve workplace disputes before an EEOC investigation or potential litigation occurs.
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07/12/2007
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The EEOC today announced a $20 million proposed consent decree resolving a systemic race discrimination lawsuit against Walgreens. The EEOC’s suit alleged that Walgreens discriminated against African American retail management and pharmacy employees in promotion, compensation and assignment.
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07/06/2007
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WASHINGTON -- The EEOC issued revised regulations on age discrimination in the workplace in accordance with a 2004 Supreme Court decision that clarifies the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). The revised regulations do not prohibit employers from favoring an older employee over a younger one when both are protected by the Act.
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06/08/2007
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DETROIT – The Michigan Seamless steel tubing company will pay one half million dollars and implement injunctive relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The agency had charged that Michigan Seamless Tube, after purchasing the assets of its predecessor company, refused to hire any former employees who are African American.
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06/04/2007
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PHOENIX – A Phoenix jury has awarded more than $287,000 in a religious discrimination suit against Alamo Car Rental. The EEOC lawsuit had charged Alamo committed post-9/11 backlash discrimination based on religion when it fired a Somali customer sales representative in December 2001 for refusing to remove her head scarf during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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05/31/2007
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Three race discrimination lawsuits in Alabama and Mississippi that charged that nooses, swastikas and graffiti were displayed to harass African American workers was settled here for a combined total of nearly half a million dollars and injunctive relief. The settlement included a class case against Pemco Aeroplex, a Birmingham-based aerospace and defense company, Ryan’s Restaurant Group, Inc. and Renal Care Group, Inc.
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05/23/2007
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WASHINGTON – The Commission heard from a broad range of expert panelists a public meeting focusing on employer best practices to achieve work/family balance, and issued a guidance document on how agency-enforced laws apply to workers with caregiving responsibilities.
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05/17/2007
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DENVER – The EEOC has settled a discrimination lawsuit alleging racial and national origin harassment against a Colorado Springs Transit Management facility. According to the terms of the consent decree resolving the case – which also includes significant injunctive relief, such as training - a payment of $450,000 will be divided between six class members.
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05/16/2007
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WASHINGTON – The EEOC is spotlighting the technology and techniques that employers use to screen increasing numbers of job applicants for compliance with EEOC-enforced federal laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
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05/08/2007
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NEW YORK – Iron Workers Local 580, a construction trade union, will pay $800,000 and provide substantial remedial relief to partially settle an EEOC contempt action charging that Local 580 refused to refer nonwhites to jobs on the same basis that it referred its white journeyperson workers because of their race and national origin.
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04/23/2007
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NEW YORK – A New York geriatric center will pay $900,000 to settle a class race and national origin discrimination lawsuit for subjecting 29 black and Caribbean employees (specifically, Haitian and Jamaican) to harassment and retaliation.
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04/05/2007
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CINCINNATI – The EEOC announced today that it has resolved its lawsuit charging that Jeff Wyler Eastgate, Inc. and its 10 Jeff Wyler-owned dealerships, discriminated against qualified women refusing to hire them for automobile sales positions.
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03/22/2007
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PHOENIX – EEOC settles suit for teenage workers who were sexually harassed by a middle-aged male supervisor, including unwanted touching and lewd comments.
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02/20/2007
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ROCKFORD, Ill. – A federal judge has given final approval to a $5 million settlement resolving two consolidated class action employment discrimination lawsuits against a global engine systems and parts company for illegal discrimination against African-Americans, Hispanics and Asians.
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01/26/2007
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EEOC Settles Suit for Class of African American Employees with the Minneapolis-based retail sales giant. The settlement also includes employer training and other remedial relief.
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11/22/2006
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CHICAGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. today announced the $2.2 million settlement of a claim brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act against Bank One Corporation.
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07/10/2006
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Laidlaw Transit Inc. school bus driver will receive $82,500 from her employer in a consent decree with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission stemming from a sexual harassment suit.
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07/06/2006
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COLORADO (Rocky Mountain News ) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed suit against grocer Albertsons, alleging a "decade-long history of racial and ethnic harassment" at the company's Aurora distribution center.
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06/22/2006
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ST. LOUIS (AP) - The Steak n Shake Co. has agreed to pay $180,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a woman who said she was groped by a fellow employee and that a restaurant manager and assistant manager refused to help her.
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06/21/2006
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is calling on employers to take steps to ensure that their workplaces are free of discrimination for millions of young people who are preparing to enter the labor force this summer.
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06/20/2006
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WINSTON- SALEM (The Business Journal)- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed suit against Winston-Salem Dining Concepts over alleged religious discrimination against an employee.
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06/09/2006
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VANCOUVER - (CBC News) - A Vancouver lawyer has resigned his job at one of the city's leading law firms after complaining of harassment for being "too gay" and too flamboyantly dressed.
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06/07/2006
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NEW YORK (CNN) - Nearly one in three U.S. companies has terminated an employee for violating e-mail policy in the past year, a survey released Monday said.
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06/06/2006
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NEW YORK - (Washington Post) - Verizon Communications Inc. will pay almost $49 million to 12,326 current and former female employees as part of a landmark class-action lawsuit alleging pregnancy discrimination.
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06/06/2006
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NEW YORK (Reuters)—Merrill Lynch & Co. on Tuesday said settlement talks have broken down in a lawsuit accusing the largest U.S. full-service brokerage of discriminating against African-American brokers.
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06/03/2006
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ORLANDO, FLORIDA - (Orlando Sentinel)- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, agreed to pay $315,000 to settle two U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sexual harassment lawsuits.
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06/03/2006
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OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - (KESQ News)- An Alameda County jury has awarded $61 million to two FedEx Ground drivers of Lebanese descent who claimed a manager continuously harassed them with racial slurs.
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06/03/2006
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PHOENIX - (The Arab American News)- In a legal victory for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Arizona Federal District Court Judge Roslyn Silver ruled that Alamo Car Rental took part in post-9/11 backlash discrimination based on religion when it terminated a Somali customer sales representative in December 2001 for refusing to remove her head scarf during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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05/31/2006
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TULSA, OKLAHOMA - (Business & Legal Reports)- A federal judge has ordered John Pickle Company, Inc. (JPC) and its president, John Pickle, to pay $1.24 million to 52 skilled laborers whom the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said were recruited from India and then subjected to widespread abuse, intimidation, and exploitation.
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05/26/2006
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LONDON - (Guardian)- Sexual harassment is rife in the armed forces, with 99% of servicewomen reporting they had been subjected to some form of sexual remark or material by male colleagues in the past year. One in seven - 15% - say they have had a "particularly upsetting" experience over the same period, ranging from sexually explicit comments through to sexual assault.
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05/24/2006
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NEW YORK - (North County Gazette)- The federal government has settled a civil rights lawsuit brought against the City of New York, alleging that the city violated the federal civil rights laws against employment discrimination by harassing women in the city's welfare-to-work program. A consent decree incorporating the terms of the settlement was approved today by United States District Judge Richard Casey.
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05/23/2006
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DENVER - (Denver Business Journal)- A former employee of Qwest Communications International Inc. has filed a lawsuit alleging he had to leave his job after being severely harassed at work because he is gay.
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05/23/2006
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LOS ANGELES -(Reuters) - A former employee of a subsidiary of BB&T Corp. has filed a $50 million sexual harassment claim against the company.
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05/22/2006
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Nine West and Jones Apparel Group will pay $600,000 to victims of sexual harassment, national origin harassment and retaliation, and take substantial steps to prevent future workplace bias as part of a major litigation settlement announced today by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
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05/22/2006
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BOSTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that the final settlement of its class action age discrimination lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will result in well over one million dollars in benefits to former state employees.
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05/22/2006
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SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today at a press conference the $750,000 settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit against the National Education Association (NEA) and its affiliate NEA-Alaska on behalf of three female former employees who were subjected to persistent verbal abuse and intimidation by a belligerent high-level male manager. In addition to the monetary relief, the unions agreed to make policy changes to address any future discrimination.
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05/19/2006
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New London, Connecticut (WTNH News) - Recent claims of sexual assault and harassment the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London are prompting members of Connecticut's congressional delegation to take action.
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05/16/2006
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CHICAGO (AP) - Northwestern University suspended its women's soccer team Monday pending an investigation of alleged hazing involving players last year.
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05/11/2006
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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — University of Colorado officials are investigating an allegation of sexual harassment involving a former employee of the men's basketball program, the school confirmed Wednesday.
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05/10/2006
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Iowa (Iowa City Press-Citizen) - Administrators and new students will be required to complete mandatory training regarding sexual harassment and violence policies, University of Iowa President David Skorton announced today. The mandatory training measures are part of the university's comprehensive responses to recommendations in reports by the Campus Climate Committee and a subsequent campus survey on sexual harassment conducted by the Council on the Status of Women
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05/03/2006
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DETROIT (Reuters) - A Toyota Motor Corp. employee has filed a $190 million lawsuit charging that the auto maker's top U.S. executive sexually harassed her and other executives failed to act on her complaints.
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04/28/2006
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LOS ANGELES – In a legal victory for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal district court for the Central District of California rejected a motion by Universal Pictures to dismiss a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the EEOC, allowing the case to move forward to trial, the federal agency announced today. The trial date is currently set for June 27, 2006.
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04/28/2006
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FRESNO, California (AP) -- A jury awarded $500,000 Friday to a woman who was spanked in front of her colleagues in what her employer called a camaraderie-building exercise.
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04/26/2006
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released a report showing women, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians and American Indians /Alaskan Natives are still lagging behind as managers in a large share of finance industry firms.
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04/25/2006
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NEW YORK (AP)- A producer for TV talk-show host Maury Povich filed a $100 million sex harassment lawsuit against him and other members of his staff Monday, claiming they barraged her with sexual remarks and made her watch porno movies and expose her body.
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04/04/2006
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LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed a national class action sex discrimination lawsuit against Lawry’s Restaurants, Inc., doing business as Lawry’s The Prime Rib, Five Crowns, and the Tam O’Shanter Inn, on behalf of male applicants who were systematically rejected for hire as food servers due to their gender. Lawry’s, a California-based corporation, operates restaurants in Las Vegas, Nevada, Chicago, Illinois, Dallas, Texas, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and Corona del Mar, Calif.
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03/29/2006
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NEWARK, N.J. - Global shipping giant United Parcel Service (UPS) committed religious discrimination at its Secaucus, N.J., facilities, by refusing to hire a Rastafarian as a driver helper because of his beard, which he wore for religious purposes, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charges in a lawsuit.
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03/10/2006
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced it has settled, for $90,000 and other relief, its sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against Pand Enterprises, Inc., doing business as a McDonald's restaurant franchise, for subjecting a class of teenage male employees to sexual harassment by a male supervisor.
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03/10/2006
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MIAMI – A jury in federal district court in Tallahassee, Florida, has returned a $1.34 million verdict in a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Associated Security Enforcement, Inc. under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the agency announced today.
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03/10/2006
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CHICAGO - Federal District Judge Charles R. Norgle, Sr. today entered a $2 million consent decree resolving a workplace discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) challenging sexual and racial harassment and retaliation at Cracker Barrel restaurants in Bloomington, Mattoon, and Matteson, Illinois, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (EEOC v. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. and CBOCS West, Inc., N.D. Illinois No.04-C-5273).
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03/08/2006
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WASHINGTON – In its continuing efforts to boost equal opportunity and corporate diversity through stronger partnerships with businesses, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Diversity Best Practices (DBP) and the Business Women’s Network (BWN) hosted a landmark symposium Tuesday at the EEOC’s downtown headquarters. More than 80 corporate officers and other executives from such companies as Lockheed Martin Corp., Coca-Cola and Eastman Kodak Co. were on hand to share their unique perspectives.
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03/01/2006
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BALTIMORE - A federal jury today found in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in its employment discrimination lawsuit against Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). EEOC had charged the Memphis, Tenn.-based global shipping giant with failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to Ronald Lockhart, a profoundly deaf employee who worked as a package handler at the company's Baltimore Ramp.
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02/01/2006
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SANTA BARBARA - Long before former postal employee Jennifer Sanmarco went on a suicidal rampage inside a mail processing plant in Santa Barbara, killing six people there and a seventh elsewhere, acquaintances and others took note of her odd behavior, a spiral of bizarre acts that began at least two years ago.
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01/25/2006
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NEW YORK - Isiah Thomas reacted with indignation Wednesday over a former team executive's federal sexual harassment lawsuit, which accuses the New York Knicks president of unwanted advances, discrimination and "demeaning and repulsive behavior."
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12/28/2005
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NEW YORK – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today submitted a consent decree for court approval to settle an age discrimination lawsuit against Austrian Airlines (Austrian) for a half million dollars and other relief on behalf of William Thoman, former director of sales for the Americas, because of his age (then 51) and in retaliation for opposing discriminatory practices in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
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12/08/2005
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WASHINGTON - A national Gallup poll on discrimination in today’s workplace, conducted in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), shows that while much progress has been made in fulfilling the promise of equal opportunity, more remains to be done.
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11/15/2005
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BALTIMORE -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a litigation settlement for $625,000 and comprehensive injunctive relief in an employment discrimination case against the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education (Paul Hall Center) and Seafarers International (SIU) due to age bias in an apprenticeship program.
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10/24/2005
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ST. LOUIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a half million dollar settlement of a class employment discrimination lawsuit against FedEx Freight East, a nationwide trucking company, on behalf of 20 qualified African American employees who were denied promotions and assignments based on their race.
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09/29/2005
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FORT MADISON, IOWA - A federal judge has ordered the Dial Corporation to pay over $3 million to resolve a sex discrimination suit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against The Dial Corporations Armour Star Meat Packing plant in Fort Madison, Iowa.
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09/27/2005
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RALEIGH - Carmike Cinemas, Inc. (Carmike), a large movie theater chain operating 312 theaters in 36 states, will pay $765,000 to resolve an employment discrimination lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charging that a group of young men were sexually harassed by their male supervisor, a convicted sex offender, at Carmike’s theater located at 5501 Atlantic Springs Road in Raleigh.
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09/20/2005
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DENVER - A former employee of Belle Bonfils Memorial Blood Center in Denver who claims the center discriminated against him because of his HIV-positive status, is appealing a lower court's 2004 dismissal of his lawsuit, the Denver Post reports.
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09/15/2005
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SEATTLE - Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc., a casual dining chain with restaurants throughout the country, will pay $150,000 and make substantial policy and procedural changes to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged the company with refusing to accommodate the religious needs of an employee and then illegally firing him.
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09/14/2005
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WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement with a developer and an architectural firm in Spokane, Wash., resolving a lawsuit that alleged disability related housing discrimination. Under the agreement, the developer and architectural firm have agreed to retrofit 10 apartment complexes in Spokane and pay $540,000.
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09/13/2005
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LAS VEGAS - A female employee of Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip was subjected to physical and verbal sexual harassment and her co-workers were severely retaliated against for opposing the unlawful conduct, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today in federal court. The charging parties were all Chinese kitchen workers who were discriminated against by a male supervisor.
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08/16/2005
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PITTSBURGH - United Parcel Service Inc. discriminates against employees who take certain prescription drugs, a former UPS package sorter said in a lawsuit filed against the shipping company.
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08/15/2005
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NEW YORK - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that a $40 million sex discrimination claim fund – which was established pursuant to the $54 million landmark settlement last year with brokerage giant Morgan Stanley – will be distributed to the 67 eligible discrimination victims who came forward to participate in the claims process.
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08/12/2005
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BIRMINGHAM - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Birmingham on Thursday sued Tyson Foods after two black employees claimed someone at the company's Ashland [Alabama] plant posted a "whites only" sign on a bathroom. The sign was up for 24 hours, then taken down. An EEOC investigation revealed the white employee who posted the sign said he did it at the request of a Tyson plant supervisor. When [Henry] Adams and [Leon] Walker complained about the segregated bathroom, they were suspended and given disciplinary write-ups by management, the EEOC suit says.
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08/12/2005
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CHICAGO - The operators of 22 hair salons in the Chicago area barred Hispanic employees from speaking Spanish to one another even while on break, a federal lawsuit alleged Thursday. The suit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accused the owners of the stores of discriminating on the basis of national origin with their "English only" rule. The suit was filed on behalf of an undetermined number of Latino women who work or formerly worked at the franchises owned by the two businesses. The EEOC's regional attorney said the lawsuit was one of several filed by the agency in Chicago in recent years to address "English-only" rules in the workplace.
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08/12/2005
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SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Thursday gave broad protections to workers who oppose orders that could be discriminatory, giving employees rights that legal experts said appear to go beyond those in any other state. The ruling came in the case of a supervisor who resisted her boss's order to fire a woman who was not "good-looking enough" and to replace her with someone "hot." The ruling significantly expands protections for workers who refuse to follow orders they reasonably believe violate the state's anti-discrimination laws. Workers will be protected from retaliation even if they do not explicitly complain about the alleged discrimination and even if the order was not in fact unlawful.
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08/11/2005
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CHICAGO - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, sitting in Chicago, has reversed a lower court decision which granted a judgment without trial in favor of Sears Roebuck in a case brought against the retailer by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (EEOC & Keane v. Sears Roebuck & Company, 7th Cir. Nos. 04-2222 and 04-2493, 8/10/2005). A previous judgment by the lower court in favor of Sears in the same case had also been reversed by the Court of Appeals in 2000.
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08/11/2005
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TULSA - Whirlpool will pay $850,000 to settle claims by the Labor Department that the company discriminated against 800 black job applicants. The key was a multiple-choice screening test that eliminated from job consideration a higher percentage of black applicants than those from other groups. Although an employer may use a test as a screening tool, if it eliminates a large number of applicants in a protected group in that process--such as minorities--the employer must conduct a study to ensure that the test is job-related. The Labor Department found that not all the skills being tested for were vital for the entry-level jobs being filled.
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07/27/2005
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NEW YORK - A former Google sales executive has filed a lawsuit against the search giant, alleging it engaged in job discrimination while she was pregnant with quadruplets.
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07/22/2005
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LAS VEGAS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $600,000 settlement of a national origin harassment lawsuit against Western Casework Corporation, a Las Vegas-area cabinetmaker that supplies cabinetry to businesses and commercial construction projects.
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07/19/2005
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SACRAMENT0 - The California Supreme Court struck a blow against the "casting couch" Monday, ruling that an employer can be sued for sexual harassment for signaling that the way to get ahead at work is to sleep with the boss.
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07/12/2005
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BOSTON - Ten shoppers filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Wal-Mart Stores Inc., alleging that employees in the Avon store targeted them as potential shoplifters based on their race.
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06/22/2005
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INDIANAPOLIS - The owner of senior communities in 14 states will pay $650,000 to settle a race discrimination suit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC charged that a Fort Wayne senior community refused to hire African Americans and members of other racial groups for many years. The agency also said the facility failed to keep employment records, specifically application papers, as required by law.
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06/15/2005
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LOS ANGELES - A class of Latino farm workers at Rivera Vineyards will share $1,050,000 in one of the largest employment discrimination settlements by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in the agribusiness industry. The agreement covers a group of employees, mostly Hispanic women, who were allegedly sexually harassed, retaliated against for complaining, and segregated into certain jobs based on gender.
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06/09/2005
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CHICAGO - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois today issued a written opinion by Judge James Zagel decisively rejecting the attempt of international law firm Sidley & Austin to avoid any possible liability for individual relief in a closely watched age discrimination lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
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06/09/2005
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NEW ORLEANS - A federal court here has rejected the efforts of E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. (DuPont) to overturn an October 2004 jury verdict that found the company liable for maliciously and intentionally discriminating against an employee with a disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. The judgment entered by the court orders the Delaware-based science and chemical giant to pay $591,000 to a former employee who was fired due to her disability – including $300,000 in punitive damages, the maximum allowed under the law.
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06/08/2005
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NEW YORK - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") today announced a $525,000 settlement of its lawsuit against the Plaza Hotel, Fairmont Hotel Management LP and Fairmont Hotel and Resorts, Inc. under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act for discrimination related to the events of September 11, 2001, against a class of 12 Muslim, Arab, and South Asian employees based on their religion and/or national origin.
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06/08/2005
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Equal Rights Center (ERC), the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) and the United Spinal Association along with their counsel, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld, & Toll, PLLC and the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs announced today what is by far the largest settlement of a lawsuit challenging defects in the design and construction of multi-family housing under the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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06/01/2005
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CINCINNATI - During a Fairness Hearing today in federal district court, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Ford Motor Company, the United Auto Workers (UAW), and private plaintiffs' attorneys reiterated their approval of and commitment to sweeping changes mandated by the settlement of a class action race discrimination case against Ford on behalf of thousands of African American employees nationwide.
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05/20/2005
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DENVER - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has settled a class-wide discrimination lawsuit against aerospace and industrial product manufacturer Hamilton Sundstrand charging that a class of Hispanic employees at the company's Grand Junction, Colorado, facility was harassed and subjected to a hostile work environment based on their national origin.
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05/06/2005
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DENVER - After a three-day trial, a 12-person jury returned an $8 million verdict in federal court today for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a lawsuit alleging that EchoStar Communications Corp. (EchoStar) violated the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) when it refused to provide a reasonable accommodation to Dale Alton, a qualified blind employee. EchoStar, based in Englewood, Colorado, is a provider of advanced digital television services.
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05/04/2005
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BOSTON - A federal court jury on Monday found that Harvard University did not discriminate against a library assistant who claimed her repeated bids for promotion were rejected by school officials because they saw her as "just a pretty girl."
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04/26/2005
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MYRTLE BEACH - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) today announced that a Myrtle Beach, South Carolina restaurant has settled a federal lawsuit filed by the NAACP and others after several restaurants allegedly refused to open during the annual Memorial Day weekend Atlantic Beach Bike Festival attended primarily by African American motorcycle enthusiasts.
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04/11/2005
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NEW YORK - A federal jury awarded $29 million (?22.55 million) in damages to a former Wall Street executive who sued UBS AG, alleging the bank discriminated against her because she was a woman and then retaliated when she complained about her treatment.
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04/04/2005
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LOS ANGELES - A class of kitchen workers was severely sexually harassed by supervisors for years at famed Las Vegas hotel/casino Caesars Palace, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in an employment discrimination lawsuit. The EEOC also said Caesars management illegally retaliated against employees for complaining about the abuse.
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03/31/2005
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SAN FRANCISCO - Four female financial consultants filed a national class action lawsuit Thursday in federal court in San Francisco, charging sex discrimination at Smith Barney, the retail brokerage arm of Citigroup, which is the nation's largest financial institution.
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03/04/2005
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BALTIMORE - A federal jury has awarded $397,948 in backpay and damages to a 56-year old veteran foreman of a Baltimore, Maryland-based wholesaler of burial caskets who was fired due to age discrimination after three decades of work for the company, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
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02/09/2005
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ST. LOUIS - A quadriplegic lawyer from St. Louis, Mo., has filed a federal lawsuit against Donald Trump's TV show "The Apprentice," saying it is discriminatory.
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02/08/2005
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DES MOINES - A federal district court in Iowa has ruled that a pre-employment strength test used by The Dial Corporation at its Armour meat packing plant in Fort Madison, Iowa, has a disparate impact against women, and is therefore illegal under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
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01/21/2005
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FRESNO - In a trial ending today, a jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in Fresno returned a $994,000 verdict in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Olivia Tamayo and her private counsel, W.J. Smith & Associates, in their sexual harassment lawsuit against Coalinga-based Harris Farms, one of the largest integrated farming operations in the Central San Joaquin Valley. According to the United Agribusiness League, Harris Farms is one of the largest agribusinesses in the nation and is California's largest cattle feeding operation. This case is one of nine sexual harassment lawsuits filed by the EEOC's San Francisco District Office against a California agricultural employer, and the first such case to go to trial.
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01/13/2005
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CHICAGO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit in federal court here today alleging that Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, the giant Chicago-based international law firm, violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) when it selected "partners" for expulsion from the firm on account of their age or forced them to retire. Sidley Austin Brown & Wood is the law firm which resulted from the merger of Sidley & Austin and New York- based Brown & Wood in May 2001.
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01/12/2005
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KANSAS CITY - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of an employment discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act against Consolidated Freightways Corporation of Delaware for $2,750,000 on behalf of 12 African American dockworkers who were subjected to a racially hostile work environment at the Kansas City, Missouri, facility.
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12/30/2004
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MINNEAPOLIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Northwest Airlines, Inc. (Northwest) today announced the settlement of a lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). EEOC's lawsuit, filed on April 25, 2001, alleged that Northwest excluded applicants for airport ramp equipment service employee and cleaner positions if they had epilepsy or insulin-dependent diabetes. Northwest specifically denies the allegations and believes that its hiring processes are and were proper, but is voluntarily entering into the settlement to avoid protracted litigation.
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12/28/2004
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MILWAUKEE - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has settled, for $450,000, its lawsuit against Johnson International, Inc., a global financial services company owned by the S.C. Johnson family of Racine, Wis. The EEOC suit alleged that the company, now known as Johnson Financial Group, a member of the "Johnson Family of Companies," discriminated against Rae Ann Good by withdrawing a job offer as Executive Vice President after she disclosed that she was pregnant.
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12/22/2004
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ORLANDO - In a trial ending today, a jury in Federal District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Orlando returned a $1.57 million dollar verdict in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Ted Maines and his private counsel, Jill Schwartz & Associates, P.A., in their workplace discrimination lawsuit against Memphis, Tenn.-based shipping giant Federal Express Corporation for violating Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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12/06/2004
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ST. LOUIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a sexual harassment lawsuit against a Burger King franchise for $400,000 to be paid to seven female employees, in addition to significant remedial relief – including extensive training and policy revisions – pursuant to a proposed Consent Decree filed today with the federal court in St. Louis. The young women had worked at a Burger King restaurant in the St. Louis suburb of Peerless Park, Missouri.
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11/10/2004
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SAN FRANCISCO - Abercrombie & Fitch has agreed to pay nearly $50 million to settle charges that its hiring and employment practices discriminate against Latino, Asian American and African American applicants and employees, the clothing retailer disclosed Tuesday in a quarterly S.E.C. filings report.
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11/06/2004
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SAN FRANCISCO - U.S District Court Judge Susan Illston approved on Tuesday the settlement of a class action lawsuit, Gonzalez v. Abercrombie & Fitch, requires the retail clothing giant to pay $40 million dollars to Latino, African American, Asian American and women applicants and employees who charged the company with discrimination.
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10/25/2004
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NEW ORLEANS - In a major legal victory for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has awarded a former veteran employee of E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. (DuPont) $1.29 million in an employment discrimination case filed by the EEOC under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). DuPont, based in Wilmington, Delware, is an international science and chemical company operating in 70 countries with 55,000 employees worldwide and annual revenue of more than $20 billion.
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10/04/2004
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NEWARK - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has resolved a class action employment discrimination lawsuit against Morristown, N.J.-based Honeywell International, a global diversified technology company with over 100,000 employees in 95 countries. EEOC's litigation alleged violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) at the company's headquarters and various regions nationwide by representatives of the former AlliedSignal Automotive Aftermarket (the makers of consumer car care items such as Prestone and Fram products), which Honeywell, Inc. acquired during a 1999 merger.
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09/20/2004
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ebrahim Radbod says he has been traumatized at his job with the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission because of his religious and ethnic background, News4's Jeff Napshin reported.
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09/07/2004
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CHICAGO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced this morning that a federal judge in Chicago has entered a $2.5 million Consent Decree ending two and one-half years of litigation by the EEOC against major meat processing company Carl Buddig & Company of South Suburban Homewood, Ill.
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08/25/2004
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DENVER - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the simultaneous filing and resolution of a class-wide discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against Atlanta-based Home Depot, U.S.A., Inc., on behalf of employees in the company's Colorado stores (Civil Action No. 04 D 1776; U.S. District of Colorado).
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08/14/2004
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SAN FRANCSICO - Shirley "Rae" Ellis, a Costco assistant warehouse manager, filed a national sex discrimination class action lawsuit against Costco on Tuesday, accusing the company of discriminating against women in promotions to store manager.
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08/13/2004
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INDIANAPOLIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act for $360,000 and comprehensive injunctive relief against Jillian's of Indianapolis IN Inc., Jillian's Entertainment Holdings Inc., and Jillian's Entertainment Corporation, on behalf of a class of male employees.
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07/23/2004
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SANTA CLARA - Brian Reid, a former operations manager at Google Inc., last week filed a lawsuit against the search engine giant, alleging the company's culture discriminates against older workers.
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07/12/2004
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NEW YORK - Wall Street brokerage Morgan Stanley agreed Monday to pay $54 million to settle claims of widespread sex discrimination at the firm, including strip-club outings with clients and higher pay for men.
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06/25/2004
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SEATTLE - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a major settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act for $475,000 and significant remedial relief against Trendwest Resorts, Inc. a leading company in the timeshare industry whose headquarters are located in Redmond, Washington. The EEOC's suit alleged that Trendwest failed to provide promotional opportunities for a class of 25 female sales employees in it's Northwest facilities because of their sex.
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06/22/2004
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SACRAMENTO - A federal judge on Tuesday approved a class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart that accuses the world's largest retailer of discriminating against its female employees in promotions, pay and job assignments.
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06/17/2004
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MIAMI - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $1,000,000 settlement of an employment discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act against former Hialeah, Fla.-based Airguide Corporation and Pioneer Metals, Inc. At the time of the discrimination, Airguide Corporation manufactured parts and accessories for both commercial and residential heating and air conditioning units. Defendant Pioneer Metals, Inc. was the parent company for Airguide Corporation.
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05/20/2004
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DENVER - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has reached agreement with Seattle-based window manufacturer, Milgard Manufacturing, Inc. (Milgard) to resolve a lawsuit alleging that Milgard engaged in racially discriminatory hiring practices at its Colorado facility and retaliated against a human resource assistant, Leigh Ann Ornelas (Ornelas), who complained about the unlawful practices. Ms. Ornelas, who was also a named plaintiff in the lawsuit, was represented by Tom Arckey of the law firm Arckey & Reha, LLC.
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04/22/2004
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LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission today announced the settlement of an employment discrimination case under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) against Cirque du Soleil, (U.S.), Inc. for $600,000 and significant remedial relief on behalf of a performer who was fired for being HIV-positive. Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil is an international circus and entertainment troupe with 2,700 employees worldwide.
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04/06/2004
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SACRAMENTO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $550,000 settlement with Barber Dodge and Fairfield Toyota, part of the Barber Dealer Group, a network of thirteen auto dealerships in Fairfield and Vallejo of Solano County, California. This resolves a federal lawsuit that alleged constant harassment of seven employees between June and December 2000, with name-calling such as "terrorists" and "thieves" and public derision of their Afghani national origin, dark skin color and Muslim faith. The suit also raised charges of constructive discharge and retaliation.
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04/02/2004
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PHILADELPHIA - In a significant decision, the federal court here has ruled that Allstate Insurance Company unlawfully retaliated against approximately 6,200 of its employees by requiring them to give up their workplace discrimination claims in order to continue to work as agents with the Northbrook, Ill.-based insurance giant. The EEOC's lawsuit charges Allstate with violating the non-retaliation requirements of several federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).
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03/25/2004
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SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $600,000 settlement of an employment discrimination lawsuit against San Francisco-based game developer Sega of America, Inc., and Spherion Corporation (NYSE: SFN), a staffing, recruiting and outsourcing company with more than 800 locations in nine countries. The EEOC lawsuit charged that Sega directed Spherion to terminate temporary employees placed at Sega's testing department. The EEOC asserted that 13 Filipino game testers were fired due to their national origin and, at the same time, five other testers fired in retaliation for their friendship with an employee who had threatened to file a complaint alleging preferential treatment of Filipino employees.
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03/24/2004
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MEMPHIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the filing of a race discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act against Lowe's Companies, Inc., doing business as Lowe's Home Center's Inc. The suit charges the world's second largest home improvement retailer with failing to hire a class of qualified African American applicants due to their race at its Reload Distribution Center in Vonore, Tenn.
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02/25/2004
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PHILADELPHIA - A federal jury late yesterday returned a multi-million dollar verdict in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Marion Shaub of Wrightstown, Pa., in their lawsuit against Memphis, Tenn.-based shipping giant Federal Express Corporation for violations of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the intentional infliction of emotional distress to Ms. Shaub.
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01/08/2004
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MIAMI - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced two settlements of employment discrimination lawsuits under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act against Tampa, Fla.-area restaurants for sexual harassment of teenaged former employees. The settlements against Pizza of Florida, Inc., doing business as ABC Pizza, and Rare Hospitality International, Inc., doing business as Longhorn Steakhouse, total $525,000 in monetary relief and include extensive remedial relief, such as company training, posting of notices, and monitoring provisions.
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12/17/2003
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LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Palm Management Corporation, which manages The Palm Restaurants, today announced the resolution of an EEOC Commissioner's Charge, ending a nationwide investigation focusing on past recruitment and hiring practices. The pre-litigation agreement was voluntarily entered into by The Palm and obtained through the EEOC's conciliation process. The terms of the agreement include The Palm's already extensive diversity program with mandatory EEO training for managers and employees, and the establishment of a class fund in the amount of $500,000.
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12/16/2003
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ANNAPOLIS - In a private meeting at the Maryland State House, Governor Robert L. Ehrlich and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Cari M. Dominguez yesterday signed a resolution aimed at enhancing employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities nationwide in state government. By this agreement, the State of Maryland and the EEOC will jointly review Maryland's recruitment, hiring, and reasonable accommodations programs to identify best practices worthy of emulation by other states.
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10/09/2003
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PHOENIX - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the resolution of a sex bias lawsuit against the Phoenix Suns Limited Partnership and Sports Magic Team, Inc. (SMT), an Orlando, Florida.-based sports entertainment firm, for over $100,000 and other relief on behalf of a former female employee, Kathryn Tomlinson, and other women who were discriminated against on the basis of gender when they were deprived of the opportunity to compete for positions with the Phoenix Suns' "Zoo Crew" entertainment troupe. The agreements are memorialized in two separate Consent Decrees, one for each Defendant, submitted to the United States District Court for Arizona for its approval.
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09/30/2003
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DALLAS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed an age discrimination and retaliation suit against L'Oreal U.S.A., Inc., claiming that the cosmetics giant discriminated against a former female Senior Director by subjecting her to a hostile work environment because of her age
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09/30/2003
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NEW YORK - The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed suit in federal district court against Applied Graphics Technologies, Inc. (AGT), a New York digital media service company operating nationwide and internationally, and Newsweek, Inc., an international publisher based in New York, alleging discrimination against an employee of Middle Eastern-Lebanese national origin following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
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09/30/2003
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LOS ANGELES - In a rare case against a major Hollywood studio, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed suit in Federal District Court located in Los Angeles (Case No. LACV 03-7023 GAF (JTLx) against Vivendi Universal S.A. ("Universal Studios") for race discrimination. The suit alleges that on October 9, 2002, Universal fired Frank Davis because of his race, African American. David had been the "first assistant director" on the recent hit film"2 Fast 2 Furious."
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09/30/2003
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NEW YORK - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") today sued the Plaza Hotel and Fairmont Hotel and Resorts, Inc. under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act for discrimination related to the events of September 11, 2001 against a class of Muslim, Arab, and South Asian employees based on their religion and/or national origin.
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09/24/2003
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ST. CLOUD - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Electrolux Group today announced the voluntary resolution of a major religious accommodation case filed under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act on behalf of 165 Somali workers who were allegedly subjected to unlawful employment discrimination based on their religion and national origin. Electrolux is the world's largest producer of appliances and equipment for kitchen, cleaning and outdoor use. Its factory in St. Cloud produces food freezers for sale throughout the United States.
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09/03/2003
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NORFOLK - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that on Tuesday a federal jury awarded $4,050,000 to Stephanie Denninghoff following a four- day trial conducted on her behalf by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center, Inc. for unlawful retaliation. The jury awarded $1,050,000 in compensatory damages and $3 million in punitive damages to Ms. Denninghoff after she was forced to resign from her position as Director of Operative Services following her attempts to prevent sexual harassment in the hospital's operating rooms and facility. "I feel vindicated," said Stephanie Denninghoff, following the jury's verdict.
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08/13/2003
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MIAMI - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a voluntary pre-litigation settlement of a race discrimination case against Supercuts, Inc., a nationwide chain of hair salons based in Minneapolis, Minn., for $3.5 million and significant remedial relief. The agreement, obtained through EEOC's conciliation process, resolves a charge by former Regional Manager Richard Quick, who claimed that Supercuts Eastern Regional Vice-President terminated him for refusing to go along with a plan to "balance the platform" by reducing the number of African Americans employed with the company. The charge also included claims that Supercuts failed to hire and promote African Americans and terminated them due to their race.
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08/13/2003
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CHICAGO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed two employment discrimination lawsuits in federal court in Chicago against Caterpillar, Inc. under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In the suits, the EEOC separately alleges racial and sexual harassment at Caterpillar's facilities in Joliet and Aurora, Illinois, respectively.
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08/07/2003
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ATLANTA - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a rare color harassment and retaliation lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against Applebee's Neighborhood Bar & Grill, an international restaurant chain headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. The settlement provides $40,000 to Dwight Burch, an African American former employee who was discriminated against based on his dark skin color by a light skinned African American manager, and terminated when he complained to corporate headquarters.
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07/31/2003
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NEW YORK - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of $4.5 million with Local 580, Ornamental Iron Workers, regarding an alleged violation of a court order concerning the ratio of apprentices to journeypersons on job sites.
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07/18/2003
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a national origin discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act against Anchor Coin, doing business as Colorado Central Station Casino, Inc. (CCSC), for $1.5 million and other relief on behalf of a class of Hispanic employees of the housekeeping department who were verbally harassed and subjected to unlawful English-only rules.
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07/17/2003
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ST. LOUIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed its sixth post-9/11 backlash discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act against Trans States Airlines, Inc., a regional commuter airline. EEOC alleges that Trans States discriminated against Mohammed Hussein, a pilot employed as a First Officer, because of his Islamic religious beliefs and his Arabic appearance. Mr. Hussein, who is a Pacific Islander and native of Fiji, was fired one week after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on September 18, 2001, despite an excellent work record.
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07/10/2003
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HOUSTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that it has sued Pesce, Ltd., a Houston-based upscale seafood restaurant, under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act for post-9/11 backlash discrimination by firing Karim El-Raheb, a general manager, because of his Egyptian ancestry shortly after the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. The case is the EEOC's fifth lawsuit to date charging employers with unlawful backlash discrimination related to the tragic events of September 11, 2001.
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07/01/2003
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ROCKFORD - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a sexual harassment lawsuit in federal court here against Heart of America Management Co., which does business locally as the Machine Shed Restaurant. The federal agency's suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 charges that the Machine Shed permitted the sexual harassment of Joetta Haas, a server at its restaurant located at 7475 East State Street (Route 20) on the commercial strip west of Interstate 90. EEOC said Haas worked at the restaurant for 15 months until she resigned in September 2001 because of the continuing sexual harassment.
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06/25/2003
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LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reversed a lower court's dismissal of EEOC's sexual harassment and pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against the Pasadena, Calif.-based law firm Reeves & Associates (formerly known as Robert L. Reeves & Associates) and remanded the case for further proceedings (EEOC v. Robert L. Reeves & Associates, 9th Circuit Case No. 02-56179, District Court Case No. CV-00-10515). The Ninth Circuit also overturned a rare award of attorneys' fees against the EEOC previously granted by the Federal District Court in Los Angeles.
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06/23/2003
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MIAMI - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that a jury in Federal District Court in Tampa, Florida, has returned a $1,550,000 verdict in a major sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the EEOC and the private law firm of Florin, Roebig & Walker, P.A. The lawsuit was originally brought against Applebee's International, Inc., Rio Bravo International, Inc. and Innovative Restaurant Concepts, Inc. for sexual harassment occurring from approximately 1994 until early 1998 at their formerly owned Rio Bravo Cantina restaurant in Clearwater, Fla. (EEOC, et al. v. Rio Bravo International, Inc. et. al., Civil Case No. 99-1371-CIV-T-17A).
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06/19/2003
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LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a sexual harassment lawsuit against Pizza Hut, the national restaurant chain based in Dallas, Texas, for $360,000 on behalf of four female former employees who were subjected to a sexually hostile work environment. The settlement also includes a number of anti-discrimination training obligations, review of appropriate complaint procedures, and record-keeping and reporting obligations to be monitored by the EEOC over the duration of the two year term of the Consent Decree.
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05/27/2003
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PITTSBURGH and BALTIMORE - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed two employment discrimination lawsuits against PJAX, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based trucking company which operates terminals throughout the eastern United States. The litigation, initiated by the EEOC's Philadelphia and Baltimore District Offices under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, alleges widespread sexual harassment and sex discrimination by PJAX for creating a hostile work environment for female employees and denying a class of women consideration for the positions of driver and dockworker due to their sex. The lawsuits resulted from a coordinated investigation among EEOC's Baltimore, Cleveland, and Philadelphia district offices.
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05/20/2003
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SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a conciliation agreement reached with Gilroy Foods and its owner, ConAgra Foods, Inc., a Nebraska-based foods company with $27 billion in annual sales. This resolves complaints filed with the EEOC alleging disability discrimination at an onion and garlic dehydration plant in King City, near Salinas. The federal investigation found that workers were denied hire, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Providing compensation of $993,500 and job offers (estimated value of $500,000) for thirty-nine workers, today's agreement is the largest disability settlement ever for the EEOC in the agricultural industry.
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04/24/2003
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CHICAGO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has received an Order from Senior District Judge Warren K. Urbom denying The Dial Corporation's request that the Court reconsider and reverse a February 14, 2003, Order providing for the jury in the EEOC's sexual harassment case against Dial to determine punitive damages on a class-wide basis at the end of the opening "pattern or practice" phase of the trial (4/22/03 Memorandum and Order, EEOC v. The Dial Corporation, N.D. Illinois No. 99 C 3356).
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04/09/2003
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BROOKLYN - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced its largest sexual harassment settlement ever in the state of New York for $5.425 million and significant remedial relief on behalf of a class of female workers at Lutheran Medical Center (Lutheran), a hospital based in Brooklyn, New York.
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04/08/2003
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NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and TIC The Industrial Company (TIC) today announced the entry of a $2,500,000 settlement of a class racial discrimination lawsuit filed against the Steamboat Springs, Colorado-based industrial construction company (EEOC v. TIC The Industrial Company, C.A. No. 01-1776, E.D. La). The settlement, by Consent Decree, was approved by U.S. District Court Judge Lance Africk. The EEOC's lawsuit alleged that TIC violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by failing to recruit and hire African-Americans into construction positions. TIC has denied the allegations made by the EEOC.
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04/08/2003
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MIAMI - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today the $700,000 settlement of a national origin, religion and racial discrimination lawsuit against Lexus of Kendall, a South Dade, Fla.-based automotive dealership which specializes in the sale and service of high-end luxury vehicles.
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04/07/2003
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CHICAGO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed its fourth post-9/11 backlash discrimination lawsuit against Norwegian American Hospital (Norwegian) for subjecting Charging Party Rashidah Abdullah to harassment, discriminatory discipline, retaliation, and termination because of her religion, Islam. According to the suit, filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in Federal District Court in Chicago, the religious discrimination and harassment began prior to September 11, 2001, but continued and intensified thereafter. Norwegian American Hospital is located on North Francisco Avenue in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood and has more than 500 employees.
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03/26/2003
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ST. LOUIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that Metro Networks Communications, Inc. and its affiliate, Westwood One, Inc., have agreed to pay $150,000 to settle the EEOC's claims that Metro/Westwood racially harassed and then fired its only African-American news and traffic reporter.
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03/19/2003
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SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the $1.11 million settlement of an employment discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against Stockton Steel, a subsidiary of Herrick Corporation. The Consent Decree resolves an EEOC lawsuit filed in federal district court in January 2000, charging that Pakistani-American employees were repeatedly harassed due to their national origin and Muslim religion at Herrick's steel plant in Stockton, California. The workers alleged harassment that included being ridiculed during their daily Muslim prayer obligations and derogatory name-calling such as "camel jockey" and "raghead."
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03/18/2003
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MIAMI - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of three recent retaliation lawsuits against Florida employers filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, netting a combined total of $570,000 for charging parties as well as significant injunctive and remedial relief. The settlements occurred on March 3, 2003, against GeoLogistics Americas, Inc. of Jacksonville for $100,000, in January 2003 against the Marine Bank of the Florida Keys for $220,000, and in late December 2002 against Norstan Apparel Shops, Inc. of Tampa for $250,000. All three suits were filed after the EEOC exhausted its conciliation efforts to reach voluntary pre-litigation settlements, after investigating each case and finding that discrimination took place.
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03/18/2003
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DALLAS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today the settlement of a disability discrimination lawsuit against Lincoln, Nebraska-based Voss Electric Company (Voss) for $91,250 on behalf of a former worker with bipolar disorder. Voss is a distributor of commercial lighting products, with 12 branches and 16 sales locations located throughout the central United States.
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03/07/2003
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NORTHPORT - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the filing of an employment discrimination lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and the Civil Rights Act of 1991 against R.P.H. Management, Inc., doing business as McDonald's restaurant in Northport, Alabama. The suit says that McDonald's discriminated against Samantha Robichaud when it denied her the opportunity for promotion to a management position and constructively discharged her due to a cosmetic disfigurement known as Sturge Weber Syndrome.
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03/05/2003
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BALTIMORE - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $194,000 settlement of an employment discrimination lawsuit filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) on behalf of a qualified former employee with Crohn's disease who was terminated by Browning-Ferris, Inc., a waste management company.
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02/26/2003
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NEW YORK - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the $2.3 million settlement of a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment at New York-based airline consulting firm Simat, Helliesen & Eichner (SH&E) and Reed Telepublishing under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The suit alleged that the former president of SH&E sexually harassed female employees at its Manhattan office. SH&E was an affiliate of multinational publishing company Reed Elsevier Inc. prior to January 1, 1996.
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02/26/2003
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LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Beverly Holdings, Inc. announced today that they settled an age discrimination lawsuit against Beverly Holdings, Inc. focusing on the hiring practices at the Coconut Club, a supper club formerly located at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, which Beverly Holdings owns and operates.
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02/19/2003
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SCOTTSDALE - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a class national origin and religious harassment and discrimination lawsuit filed against Pinnacle Nissan, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based automobile dealership (EEOC v. Pinnacle Nissan, CIV 00-1872 PHX MHM).
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02/13/2003
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CHICAGO - Federal District Judge Warren K. Urbom has dealt The Dial Corporation another defeat in its continuing effort to fragment and limit relief to a large class of sexual harassment victims at its Aurora, Illinois, plant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. The Judge this afternoon issued a critical decision in the EEOC's sexual harassment class case against The Dial Corporation, the federal agency's biggest sexual harassment litigation since its landmark $34 million settlement with Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America in 1998.
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02/13/2003
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CAMDEN - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the resolution of its employment discrimination lawsuit against Griffin Pipe Products Company, a subsidiary of Amstead Industries, Inc., which charged the company with failing to promote Frank Loftin of Willingboro and a class of African-American employees to supervisory positions because of their race as well as failing to make information about these positions available prior to promoting white employees in violation of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. (Title VII).
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02/06/2003
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WASHINGTON - Charge filings with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleging employment discrimination in the private sector increased to 84,442 in Fiscal Year 2002 (which ended September 30), up 4.5% from the previous year, according to new data issued today by the federal civil rights enforcement agency. The statistics also show that the average time for EEOC to process a private sector charge declined to 171 days (down 6% from FY 2001) and the pending inventory of private sector charges awaiting investigation decreased to 29,041 (down 11% from FY 2001). The new statistics are available on the EEOC's web site at www.eeoc.gov.
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02/03/2003
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WASHINGTON - To mark the second anniversary of President George W. Bush's New Freedom Initiative, the administration's comprehensive plan for the full integration of people with disabilities into all aspects of American life, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a fact sheet for employers who are considering allowing an individual with disability to telework as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Telework is a key component in the New Freedom Initiative's strategy for increasing the employment of people with disabilities.
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01/30/2003
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SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a major litigation settlement compensating more than 1,700 retired state and local public safety officers who were subjected to age discrimination by the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), the nation's largest public retirement fund, and California state and local government employers of public safety officers. Under the Consent Decree approved by Federal District Court Judge Charles Breyer, the class of former employees will receive benefits estimated at $250 million, most of which will be paid in increments over the lifetimes of the individual recipients.
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01/15/2003
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MINNEAPOLIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a disability discrimination lawsuit filed under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) against Target Corporation for $95,000 to be paid to Susan Stombaugh, an employee who formerly worked in a Target store in Bemidji, Minn.
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01/15/2003
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NEWARK - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced the resolution of its employment discrimination lawsuit against Babies "R" Us, Inc., a division of the toy store giant, Toys "R" Us of Paramus, N.J. The lawsuit charged the company with subjecting Andres Vasquez of Paterson, N.J., to a sexually hostile work environment because of his sex, male, in violation of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. A Consent Decree settling the litigation [Case No. 02-CV-989(WGB)], which provides for $205,000 for Mr. Vasquez and comprehensive training of the company's workforce in New Jersey, was entered earlier this week with the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey before Judge William G. Bassler.
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01/09/2003
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GREENSBORO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a disability discrimination lawsuit filed against Sears, Roebuck and Co. in Greensboro for in excess of $125,000 and other relief. The lawsuit (Civil Action No. 1:01-CV-00641) alleged that Sears violated Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) when it failed to provide a reasonable accommodation to Carl P. Davenport, who is blind. Sears denies that it violated the ADA in any manner.
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01/08/2003
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PITTSBURGH -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced it had resolved its lawsuit against a car dealership formerly known as Ford of Greensburg alleging violations of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act at the dealership. The lawsuit, filed on January 23, 2002 [02-cv-0203], alleged that Ford of Greensburg had, upon notice of the problem, failed to take prompt and effective action to cure a persistent and offensive working environment in which African-American employees were subject to racial harassment.
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01/02/2003
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CHICAGO -- Judge Michael M. Mihm of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois has entered a Consent Decree resolving a religious discrimination suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") against Brink's, Inc., a Division of Pittston Co., Inc. ("Brink's") under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC brought the lawsuit on behalf of Carol Grotts, a practicing Pentecostal who was hired by Brink's to work as a relief messenger at its Peoria, Illinois, area facility.
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01/02/2003
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TULSA - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against the John Pickle Company, alleging that the Tulsa-based oil industry parts manufacturer discriminated against a class of at least 52 workers on the basis of their race (Asian) and national origin (East Indian) in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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12/23/2002
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NEW YORK - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a sexual harassment lawsuit for $1.79 million against Norwalk, Conn.- based South Beach Beverage Company, Inc. (SoBe), a division of PepsiCo, Inc.
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12/23/2002
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PHOENIX - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced it has settled a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against retail giant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., based in Bentonville, Arkansas, for $220,000 in damages and other relief for its failure to hire a female applicant due to her pregnancy.
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12/16/2002
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CHICAGO - Judge Matthew Kennelly of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has entered a $150,000 Consent Decree resolving a case brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) against R.R. Donnelley & Sons (R.R. Donnelley), the commercial printing giant, on behalf of David Mateski, a paraplegic graphics technician who uses a wheel chair and who was filling a temporary position for the company.
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12/11/2002
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ATLANTA - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that a federal district court judge preliminarily approved a Consent Decree settling a class action age discrimination lawsuit filed against Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation (Gulfstream). The Consent Decree provides for $2.1 million, as well as significant injunctive and remedial relief, to 61 former employees who lost their jobs during layoffs at the company's Savannah, Georgia, facility. Gulfstream is a major employer in the aviation industry.
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11/27/2002
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LAS VEGAS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced it has settled a major race discrimination lawsuit against The Mirage Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip for over $1 million. The EEOC's suit (Case No. CV S-02-1554 RLH - LRL), in U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, charged the Mirage with discriminating against African- American and Hispanic applicants from January 1, 1996, until May 31, 1997 a time period prior to the acquisition of The Mirage by MGM Grand, Inc. (Now MGM Mirage) in 2000.
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11/15/2002
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NEW YORK - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has settled a class age discrimination lawsuit with retail giant Foot Locker Specialty Inc. for $3.5 million on behalf of a class of hundreds of older former employees of the F.W. Woolworth Company whose employment was terminated because of their ages during nationwide layoffs between 1995 and 1997.
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11/13/2002
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CHARLOTTE - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a voluntary pre-litigation settlement under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 of an employment discrimination claim related to the tragic events of September 11. The settlement was reached between the EEOC and a Wilmington, N.C.-based medical practice that treats patients with kidney disease and provides dialysis treatments.
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10/31/2002
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MEMPHIS - A federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee returned a verdict in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Plaintiff-Intervenor, Kevin Armstrong (Armstrong), in a lawsuit brought by the Agency on behalf of Armstrong, an insulin-dependent diabetic applicant for the position of equipment service employee (ESE or baggage handler) at the Northwest Airlines hub in Memphis, Tennessee. The suit was brought by the EEOC under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).
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10/30/2002
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ST. LOUIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Denny's, Inc. for $135,000 to be paid to an 18-year-old female former employee at a restaurant in Carbondale, Illinois.
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10/30/2002
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BOSTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a lawsuit against the Worcester Art Museum alleging that, in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the museum fired an Afghan-American Muslim man on the basis of his national origin and religion.
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10/29/2002
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EL PASO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $859,000 settlement of a racial harassment lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against TMBR/Sharp Drilling, Inc.(TMBR), a Midland, Texas-based oil drilling corporation, on behalf of one African-American former employee and four of his former co-workers.
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10/28/2002
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DALLAS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Ron Clark Ford, Inc. has agreed to pay six former male employees $140,000 to settle a same-sex harassment lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In addition to the monetary relief for former employees William Blount, Joe Charles, John Crawford, Dusty Harrison, Ulices Herrera and Richard Epps, the Consent Decree settling the case, signed by Federal District Court Judge Sam Cummings, requires Ron Clark Ford to provide training to prevent sexual harassment and post an anti-discrimination notice at the Amarillo, Texas-based dealership.
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10/25/2002
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BIRMINGHAM - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed suit against global food giant Kraft Foods North America, Inc. and its subsidiary Nabisco, Inc. under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on behalf of a class of male employees who were subjected to egregious same-sex harassment and retaliation by their male supervisor at a sales and distribution facility in Birmingham, Alabama. Kraft Foods, which recently acquired Nabisco in a merger, is based in Northfield, Illinois, and employs approximately 113,000 people worldwide.
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10/09/2002
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DENVER - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that the federal agency, three individual plaintiffs, and Englewood auto dealer Lithia Centennial Chrysler Plymouth Jeep, Inc. have resolved a lawsuit for nearly half a million dollars alleging that the car dealership terminated three African-American salespersons due to their race.
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10/04/2002
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ST. LOUIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Judge David Herndon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois granted final approval to a $47,000,000 landmark agreement reached by attorneys for a class of over 5,000 women, the EEOC, and Rent-A-Center (RAC) to settle two major lawsuits alleging class-wide sex discrimination. The parties estimate that under the terms of the settlement, RAC will offer jobs to more than 1,100 women who had claimed sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Rent-A-Center, based in Plano, Texas, is the nation's largest rent to own company with over 2,200 stores.
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09/30/2002
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PHOENIX - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the filing of a post-9/11 backlash discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against Alamo Car Rental, owned and operated by Ft. Lauderdale-based Alamo Rent-A-Car LLC and ANC Rental Corporation. The religious bias suit was filed by the federal agency's Phoenix District Office on behalf of a Muslim employee who was denied a workplace accommodation for her sincerely held Islamic religious beliefs and practices.
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09/30/2002
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MIAMI - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a post-9/11 national origin discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against Chromalloy Castings Tampa Corporation, a manufacturer of precision investment castings for the aerospace industry.
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09/30/2002
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MILWAUKEE - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $1,525,000 settlement of an employment discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against DeCoster Farms on behalf of women who alleged they were subjected to sexual harassment (including rape), abuse, and retaliation by certain supervisory workers at DeCoster's Wright County, Iowa, plants.
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