The EEOC announced that a building material supplier will pay $495,000 to five former workers to settle a race bias lawsuit. The EEOC alleged in its lawsuit that the company discriminated against African American employees by subjecting them to...
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May 13, 2009
The Department of Labor announced that IFCO Systems has paid $1.6 million in back wages to 1,751 employees in 17 states who allegedly were not properly paid for overtime hours worked as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The DOL also...
Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-Florida) has introduced a bill (Border Control and Accountability Act, H.R. 1668) that would suspend or debar federal contractors that employ illegal aliens. The bill would also prohibit the Department of Homeland Security...
The EEOC announced that a healthcare company will pay up to $450,000 to a class of Hispanic employees at its nursing homes and assisted living facilities who were subject to harassment, different terms and conditions of employment, promotion,...
The EEOC announced that a federal district court entered a judgment for over $267,000 and injunctive relief in a discrimination lawsuit brought by the EEOC against Sunfire Glass, Inc. The EEOC alleged the company’s owner subjected a class of female...
EEOC announced that Nordstrom will pay $292,500 to 10 former employees to settle a lawsuit that alleged a department store manager harassed Hispanic and black employees based on their national origin, race, and color and retaliated against those who...
The EEOC issued a technical assistance document on best practices to avoid discrimination against workers with caregiving responsibilities. The report was released at a public meeting to discuss the importance of policies that protect caregivers in...
May 07, 2009
David Cohen, President of DCI Consulting Group, and Eric Dunleavy, Ph.D., Senior Consultant at DCI, published an article in the March 2009 Quarterly of the Personnel Testing Council of Metropolitan Washington DC (PTC/MW). The article, entitled ...
March 31, 2009
The EEOC has announced that United Airlines will pay $850,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging the airline’s overtime policy violated the Americans With Disabilities Act. The lawsuit alleged that United’s policy of denying the opportunity to work...
March 31, 2009
The EEOC has announced that it published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register to implement the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). The proposed rule would implement GINA’s strict restrictions on employers...
The EEOC has announced that the Big Vanilla Athletic Club in Baltimore will pay $161,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the EEOC. The lawsuit alleged that the club sexually harassed several female employees at the company’s Pasadena...
