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    Anchorage Hospital to Pay $220K to Settle Age Case

    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...

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

    The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report charging the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division with mishandling nine of the...

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    EEOC FILES DISABILITY LAWSUIT AGAINST MINING COMPANY

    The EEOC announced that it filed a lawsuit against Hibbing Taconite Company alleging it denied a job applicant a reasonable accommodation for his...

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

    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...

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    EEOC LOSES OVERTIME ARBITRATION

    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...

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    DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT RESOURCE AVAILABLE FROM DOL

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

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

    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...

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    IFCO SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA $1.6 Million for Overtime Back Wages

    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...

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    Bill Introduced to Debar Federal Contractors Employing Illegal Aliens

    Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-Florida) has introduced a bill (Border Control and Accountability Act, H.R. 1668) that would suspend or debar federal...

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    Healthcare Company to Pay $450K for National Origin Bias

    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...

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    Owner Of Arizona Company To Pay $267K For Sexual Harassment Of Female Workers

    The EEOC announced that a federal district court entered a judgment for over $267,000 and injunctive relief in a discrimination lawsuit brought by...

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    Store Chain to Pay $292.5K to Settle Harassment Lawsuit

    EEOC announced that Nordstrom will pay $292,500 to 10 former employees to settle a lawsuit that alleged a department store manager harassed Hispanic...

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