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by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsSunWest Federal Credit Union will pay $250,000 to two female employees, who were allegedly subjected to sexual and gender harassment by a former manager, to settle a lawsuit filed by the...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn October 25, 2007, the EEOC announced the settlement of a discrimination lawsuit filed against Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. on behalf of African American workers who were...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsPilgrim’s Pride Settles Hiring Discrimination Case for $1 Million On October 3, 2007, OFCCP announced that Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., headquartered in Pittsburg, Texas, had entered into two consent...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn October 1, 2007, EEOC announced that United Healthcare of Florida would pay $1.8 million to settle a same-sex harassment and retaliation lawsuit charging the male former regional vice...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn October 5, 2007, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that Sidley Austin, one of the nation’s largest law firms, will pay $27.5 million to 32 former partners to...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn October 16, 2007, EEOC filed a complaint and a consent decree (EEOC v. B & H Foto and Electronics Corp., No. 07-CV-9241) in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York,...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that a judge with the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has ruled the EEOC may proceed to trial with its class...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe EEOC has announced that Caesars Palace will pay $850,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the EEOC.In 2005, the EEOC filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District...

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has signed into law legislation that requires employers to provide uncompensated time, and make a reasonable effort to provide private space for women to express milk or nurse their children for a period of up to...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe Washington University School of Law in St. Louis has announced a National Science Foundation award to support an empirical research project to collect and analyze data on federal court...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe EEOC has announced a favorable jury verdict of $166,500 in a disability harassment lawsuit filed against a Subway restaurant franchise on behalf of a female manager who was discriminated...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThis is a follow-up to yesterday's article on the vote on H.R. 2831 that was scheduled for Monday, July 30, 2007.The U.S. House of Representatives debated H.R. 2831 (The Lilly Ledbetter Fair...