The EEOC announced that Maverick Tube Corporation will pay $175,000 to settle a retaliation lawsuit in which the company allegedly retaliated against an employee for reporting to company officials that a manager had made racially offensive comments.
EEOC announced that Duane Reade Inc. will pay $240,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit in which a store manager allegedly made vulgar remarks to female workers.
The EEOC announced that a masonry company will pay $500,000 to settle a race and national origin discrimination lawsuit alleging the company’s foremen and former superintendent made derogatory remarks to Latino employees and failed to address racist...
The EEOC announced that a Maryland-based storage facility will pay $95,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit that alleged the company unlawfully fired a maintenance worker, who had a visible disfigurement as a result of sustaining severe...
The EEOC announced that a construction company headquartered in Illinois will pay $630,000 to settle a race discrimination class lawsuit in which the company allegedly terminated several African American employees because of their race and...
The EEOC announced that a government contractor in Maryland will pay $60,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit in which the company allegedly failed to reassign and/or hire a long term employee into an alternate position and subsequently fired...
The EEOC announced that a federal district court awarded the maximum damages of $50,000 against a commercial janitorial company in which the company’s owners allegedly reduced the work hours of a worker simply because she was pregnant and then...
The EEOC announced it filed a lawsuit against an airline for allegedly discriminating against a class of employees with disabilities by failing to provide job transfers to vacant positions, despite their qualifications, as a reasonable accommodation.
The EEOC announced that a medical center in Alaska will pay $220,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit in which the hospital allegedly laid off and refused to rehire longtime employees following a restructuring of their operating room.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report charging the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division with mishandling nine of the ten cases brought by a team of undercover agents posed as aggrieved workers. The report was entitled...
The EEOC announced that it filed a lawsuit against Hibbing Taconite Company alleging it denied a job applicant a reasonable accommodation for his hearing impairment and then rejected him from employment because of his disability. The EEOC alleged...
The EEOC announced that a North Carolina based nursing home and chain will pay $300,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit in which the EEOC alleged the company had, since at least 2002, subjected pregnant employees to different terms and...
