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News & Analysis as of May 22, 2013

Orland Park Janitorial Company to Pay $360,000 to Resolve Claim of Discrimination against Hispanics

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/3/2013

EEOC Says RJB Properties Harassed and Fired Hispanic Employees and Retaliated Against Supervisors Who Refused to Fire Hispanic Employees - CHICAGO - RJB Properties, Inc. (RJB), a janitorial company headquartered in...more

Edgewater Japanese Market to Pay $250,000 to Hispanic Employees Paid less Due to National Origin

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/19/2013

Mitsuwa Marketplace Violated Law by Paying Hispanic Workers Less Than Others for Identical Jobs, Federal Agency Charged - NEWARK, N.J. -- Mitsuwa Corporation, which does business as Mitsuwa Marketplace, a large...more

Texas Bank Settles Hispanic Discrimination Suit

by Michele Bowman | Lawyers.com on 2/27/2013

The Department of Justice on Feb. 19 announced that Texas Champion Bank has agreed to pay $700,000 to settle allegations that it discriminated against Hispanics who applied for loans with the bank....more

DOJ Settles Another ‘Pattern or Practice’ Fair Lending Case

by Richard J. Andreano, Jr., John L. Culhane, Jr., Alan S. Kaplinsky, Christopher J. Willis | Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/21/2013

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently settled a fair lending lawsuit against Texas Champion Bank. This means that, once again, a DOJ attempt to use disparate impact evidence to establish that a lender engaged in a...more

OFCCP Issues Guidance on Use of Criminal Records in Employment Decisions

by Brian D. Pedrow, Kaitlin Picco | Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/13/2013

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently posted a Directive on “Complying with Nondiscrimination Provisions: Criminal Record Restrictions and Discrimination Based on Race...more

Are Courts Reluctant To Grant Summary Judgment In Hostile Work Environment Cases?

by James G. Ryan | Cullen and Dykman LLP on 2/4/2013

The Second Circuit has recently reiterated its hesitancy to permit summary judgment in hostile work environment claims that present ambiguities as to the sufficiency of plaintiff’s case. In Rivera v. Rochester Genesee Reg’l...more

New Compliance Concerns for Employers of Foreign Workers

by Rebecca Winterscheidt | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 12/31/2012

Originally published in the 2012 Edition of Inside the Minds published by Aspatore/Thomson West. Introduction - This chapter discusses the current immigration enforcement climate for US employers, which involves a...more

EEOC Smacks NC Printer for Pro-Hispanic Discrimination

by Michele Bowman | Lawyers.com on 12/19/2012

A North Carolina printing company is paying $334,000 to make the EEOC go away after the agency charged it with national-origin discrimination against “non-Hispanic” temporary workers. The EEOC said PBM Graphics “violated...more

Hamilton Growers to Pay $500,000 to Settle EEOC Race/National Origin Discrimination Lawsuit

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 12/15/2012

ATLANTA - Hamilton Growers, Inc., doing business as Southern Valley Fruit and Vegetable, Inc., an agricultural farm in Norman Park, Ga., has agreed to pay $500,000 to a class of American seasonal workers - many of them...more

PBM Graphics to Pay $334,000 to Settle EEOC National Origin Discrimination Suit

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 12/12/2012

Printing Company Provided Fewer Work Hours to Non-Hispanic Temporary Workers - RALEIGH, N.C. -- PBM Graphics, Inc., a Research Triangle Park, N.C., printing company, will pay $334,000 to settle a national origin ...more

DHL Global Forwarding Pays $201,000 to Settle EEOC National Origin Discrimination Suit

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 12/4/2012

Hispanic Workers Were Singled Out for Harassment, Agency Charged DALLAS - Air Express International, USA, Inc. and Danzas Corporation, doing business as DHL Global Forwarding, will pay $201,000 to nine employees and...more

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