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STORAGE COMPANY TO PAY $95K FOR DISABILITY BIAS FOR COSMETIC DISFIGUREMENT

June 18, 2009

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...

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ILLINOIS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TO PAY $630K IN RACIAL BIAS LAWSUIT

June 18, 2009

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...

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR TO PAY $60K TO SETTLE AGE BIAS CASE

June 18, 2009

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...

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JUDGE AWARDS MAXIMUM DAMAGES IN EEOC PREGNANCY LAWSUIT

June 18, 2009

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...

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EEOC SUES AIRLINE FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION

June 18, 2009

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.

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Anchorage Hospital to Pay $220K to Settle Age Case

June 18, 2009

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.

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GAO REPORT RELEASES REPORT ON DOL’S WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS

May 13, 2009

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...

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EEOC FILES DISABILITY LAWSUIT AGAINST MINING COMPANY

May 13, 2009

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...

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Nursing Home to pay $300K to Settle Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

May 13, 2009

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...

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EEOC LOSES OVERTIME ARBITRATION

May 13, 2009

The EEOC announced an arbitrator’s ruling that the EEOC’s own practice of giving time off to commission employees who worked extra hours was insufficient for certain investigators and mediators. The arbitrator ruled that most other investigators,...

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DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT RESOURCE AVAILABLE FROM DOL

May 13, 2009

The Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy recently released its new Four-Step Reference Guide to help employers recruit, hire and retain employees with disabilities.

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SUPPLY COMPANY TO PAY $495K TO SETTLE RACE BIAS CASE

May 13, 2009

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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