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by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsMorgan Stanley & Inc. and plaintiffs’ law firms announced a multi-million dollar settlement of a discrimination lawsuit on behalf of approximately 2,700 female Financial Advisors and...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe House overwhelmingly passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (H.R. 493) on April 25 by a 420-3 vote. The bill was introduced January 16, 2007 by Rep. Louise Slaughter...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on April 24 by Reps. Barney Frank (D-MA), Deborah Pryce (R-OH), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe EEOC has announced settlement of a class race and national origin discrimination lawsuit brought against Flushing Manor Geriatric Center, Inc., a New York geriatric center, for $900,000....

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe EEOC announced that it had settled a lawsuit against Jeff Wyler Eastgate, Inc. and 10 additional Jeff Wyler-owned auto dealerships alleging they discriminated against a class of...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn April 12, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a high profile employment discrimination case (BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Los Angeles v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) on...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a settlement of an age discrimination lawsuit against BNSF Railway Company brought on behalf of 137 present and former employees who were allegedly denied benefits under exit incentive...

The EEOC has announced the settlement of a sexual harassment lawsuit against GLC Restaurants (GLC) for $550,000 and remedial relief on behalf of a class of teenage workers who were sexually harassed by a middle-aged male supervisor, including...

The EEOC has announced a $1.1 million final judgment against Custom Companies, an Illinois trucking company, in a sexual harassment case the agency brought against it. The EEOC’s lawsuit was filed May 28, 2002, in the U.S. District Court for the...

The EEOC has announced the filing of a class action discrimination lawsuit against Walgreen Company alleging the Illinois-based national drugstore chain engaged in widespread racial bias against thousands of African-American employees.Allegations:...

Legislation is moving through Congress that would bar discrimination by employers and insurers based on genetic information. The legislation would prohibit health insurers or employers from accessing the genetic information of patients or employees...

The EEOC has announced a federal jury verdict against Hill Brothers Construction Company and Engineering Company, Inc. in a rare same-sex harassment lawsuit brought by the agency on behalf of male employees who were sexually harassed by other men....