Discrimination, Title VII, EEOC

EEOC Files Class Genetic Information Discrimination Suit Against Corning Rehab Center

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/17/2013

Founders Pavilion Violated Federal Law by Asking for Genetic Information From Applicants and Employees, Federal Agency Charges - NEW YORK - The Founders Pavilion, Inc., a Corning, N.Y., nursing and rehabilitation...more

Gender Stereotyping Based on a Person’s Non-Conforming Behavior Violates Title VII

by Maria Greco Danaher | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/17/2013

As the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is intended to “strike at the entire spectrum of disparate treatment of men and women resulting from sex stereotyping.” Recently, a federal...more

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

Presrite Corporation to Pay $700,000 and Offer 40 Jobs to Settle EEOC Class Action Lawsuit

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/1/2013

Manufacturing Company Refused to Hire Females, Federal Agency Says - CLEVELAND - Presrite Corporation, a manufacturing company headquartered in Cleveland that makes gears and other industrial parts, will pay $700,000,...more

Hire Dynamics Sued by EEOC for Retaliation

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/24/2013

Federal Agency Charges Staffing Company Stopped Giving Work to Employee Because He Filed EEOC Charge - ATLANTA - Hire Dynamics, LLC, a major staffing and professional recruitment company headquartered in Duluth, Ga.,...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

EEOC Sues Wal-Mart for Sexual Harassment, Retaliation and Disability Discrimination

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/12/2013

Developmentally Disabled Walmart Employee in Akron Store Fired for Complaining About Sexual Touching, Federal Agency Charges - CLEVELAND - Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P. violated federal law by allowing a male employee...more

Landau Uniforms Settles EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit for $80,000

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/9/2013

Health Care Clothing Manufacturer Fired Employee Due to Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charged - OXFORD, Miss. Landau Uniforms, Inc., a Mississippi-based company that manufactures and distributes medical scrubs and other...more

EEOC Sues Winfield Rubber for Retaliation

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/9/2013

Manager Fired for Disciplining Accused Harasser, Federal Agency Charges - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Winfield Rubber Manufacturing Co., Inc. violated federal law when it retaliated against one of its managers for firing an...more

Restaurant Industry Newsletter - April 2013: Help! I just received a Charge of Discrimination from the EEOC. What is it, and what...

by Todd Aidman | FordHarrison on 4/5/2013

If you just received a charge of discrimination from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), you are not alone. During the EEOC's 2012 fiscal year, 99,412 charges of discrimination were filed. ...more

Supreme Court Poised To Consider Additional Basis For Age Discrimination Claims

by Beth P. Zoller | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 4/1/2013

The Supreme Court may soon resolve a split among the appeals courts as to whether filing a charge under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is the sole...more

East Coast Waffles Settles EEOC Lawsuit for Retaliation

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/29/2013

Federal Agency Charged Restaurant Fired Employee for Complaining About Customer Harassment - TAMPA, Fla. - East Coast Waffles, Inc., an Atlanta-based company which owns and operates more than 100 Waffle House...more

Ozarks Electric Cooperative to Pay $95,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Suit

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/26/2013

Company Fired Jehovah's Witness Because of Her Religion, Federal Agency Charged - FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Ozarks Electric, an electric cooperative located in Fayetteville and Springdale, Ark., will pay $95,000 to a...more

Leading Senior Assisted Living Company Settles Religious Discrimination Suit with EEOC

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/19/2013

Employee Fired After Refusing to Violate Religious Beliefs, Federal Agency Charged - ABILENE, Texas - Senior Living Properties, LLC, which owns 35 senior assisted living facilities in Texas, will pay $42,500 and...more

Colorado Potato Warehouse Pays $255,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/19/2013

Ten Female Potato Sorters Sexually Harassed by Same Supervisor Over Six-Year Period, Federal Agency Charged - DENVER - The Spud Seller, Inc., a potato wholesaler in the San Luis Valley outside of Monte Vista, Colo.,...more

University School of Milwaukee to Pay $37,500 in EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/19/2013

Employee Was Fired Because of Her Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charged - MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee K-12 school will pay $37,500 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal...more

Day & Zimmerman Resolve EEOC Racial Discrimination Claims for $190,000

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/14/2013

African-American Employee Consistently Harassed by Day & Zimmerman Manager, Fired After Making Many Complaints, Federal Agency Charges - NEW YORK - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Day &...more

EEOC Sues QSI/Stellar Management Group for Sex Discrimination

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/13/2013

Female Supervisor Fired by Manager Who Wanted a Man in Her Position, Federal Agency Charged - ATLANTA - Stellar Management Group, Inc., doing business as QSI, a contract sanitations services company that provides...more

Panelists Address Future of Labor and Employment Practice

by David Johnson | Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens and Cannada,... on 3/12/2013

Originally published in the American Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law, Volume 41, Number 1, Fall 2012. Against the backdrop of decades of significant legislation and court battles impacting the workplace,...more

Labor Letter, March 2013: Pyrrhic Victories

by Howard Mavity | Fisher & Phillips LLP on 3/5/2013

King Pyrrhus of Epirus defeated the Roman army in the battle of Asculum, but at great cost. His comment, “Another such victory would utterly undo me,” applies to employment litigation....more

Adventures in Learning to Pay $31,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Case

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/1/2013

Federal Agency Says Day Care Center Refused to Allow Pregnant Teacher to Work - CHICAGO - Adventures in Learning Aurora, Inc., an Aurora, Ill.-based childcare center with approximately 100 employees across four...more

EEOC Sues Prestige Transportation Service for Pattern and Practice of Hiring Discrimination

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 2/28/2013

Company Refused to Hire Black Applicants, Federal Agency Charged - MIAMI - A Miami transportation company violated federal law by subjecting African-Americans to race discrimination, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...more

EEOC’s Credit Screening Loss Is Not Necessarily an Employer’s Win

by Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/19/2013

On January 28, 2013, a federal court in Ohio handed the EEOC a loss when it ruled in favor of several employers for their use of a third party to perform credit checks on candidates for hire. The EEOC claimed that the...more

Reed Pierce’s Pays $20,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 2/18/2013

JACKSON, Miss. - Reed Pierce's Sportsman's Grille, doing business as Reed Pierce's bar in Byram, Miss., will pay $20,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...more

OFCCP Directive Adopts EEOC Guidance and Outlines New Procedures and Existing Legal Obligations Regarding Criminal Background...

by Connie Bertram, Michael Graham, Carolyn Doppelt Gray, Lawrence Lorber, Katharine Parker, Daniel Saperstein, Leslie Silverman, Joshua Stein, Allan Weitzman | Proskauer Rose LLP on 2/12/2013

On January 29, 2013, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs ("OFCCP") adopted the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's ("EEOC") April 25, 2012 Guidance regarding the use of criminal records in employment...more

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EEOC Files Class Genetic Information Discrimination Suit Against Corning Rehab Center

Gender Stereotyping Based on a Person’s Non-Conforming Behavior Violates Title VII

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

Presrite Corporation to Pay $700,000 and Offer 40 Jobs to Settle EEOC Class Action Lawsuit

Hire Dynamics Sued by EEOC for Retaliation

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

EEOC Sues Wal-Mart for Sexual Harassment, Retaliation and Disability Discrimination

Landau Uniforms Settles EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit for $80,000

EEOC Sues Winfield Rubber for Retaliation

Restaurant Industry Newsletter - April 2013: Help! I just received a Charge of Discrimination from the EEOC. What is it, and what...

Supreme Court Poised To Consider Additional Basis For Age Discrimination Claims

East Coast Waffles Settles EEOC Lawsuit for Retaliation

Ozarks Electric Cooperative to Pay $95,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Suit

Leading Senior Assisted Living Company Settles Religious Discrimination Suit with EEOC

Colorado Potato Warehouse Pays $255,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

University School of Milwaukee to Pay $37,500 in EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit

Day & Zimmerman Resolve EEOC Racial Discrimination Claims for $190,000

EEOC Sues QSI/Stellar Management Group for Sex Discrimination

Panelists Address Future of Labor and Employment Practice

Labor Letter, March 2013: Pyrrhic Victories

Adventures in Learning to Pay $31,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Case

EEOC Sues Prestige Transportation Service for Pattern and Practice of Hiring Discrimination

EEOC’s Credit Screening Loss Is Not Necessarily an Employer’s Win

Reed Pierce’s Pays $20,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit

OFCCP Directive Adopts EEOC Guidance and Outlines New Procedures and Existing Legal Obligations Regarding Criminal Background...

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