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Apr 24 16

Lafontaine Cadillac Buick GMC Pays $75,000 for Racial Harassment

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Lafontaine Cadillac, Buick, GMC, Inc., a Highland, Mich.-based automobile dealership, will pay $75,000 to settle a racial harassment lawsuit filed by the EEOC.  The EEOC had charged that Lafontaine unlawfully subjected a black employee to a racially hostile work ...

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Apr 18 16

Removing Essential Job Functions Not Reasonable Accommodation

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Affirming summary judgment in favor of an employer on an employee’s disability discrimination claims under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”), the California Court of Appeal has ruled that the employer was not required to eliminate essential functions of a ...

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Apr 17 16

Jewel-Osco Pays $400,000 to EEOC for its Fees and Costs in Contempt Action

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The EEOC filed notice in U.S. District Court that the Jewel-Osco chain of grocery stores has agreed to pay the EEOC $400,000 in attorneys' fees and costs.   The payment comes as the result of a Dec. 2, 2014 court order requiring the company to cover such costs. The award was part ...

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Apr 11 16

Medical Center Pays $125,000 to Resolve EEOC Disability Suit

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St. Alexius Medical Center of Hoffman Estates will pay $125,000 to a former employee as part of a two-year consent decree resolving a civil rights suit by the EEOC.   The EEOC charged that the hospital violated the ADA by failing to provide a disabled employee, who worked as a ...

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Apr 10 16

Windmill Farms Nurseries Pays $40,000 for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

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Windmill Farms Nurseries, Inc., a plant material wholesaler and nursery located in Zolfo Springs, Fla., will pay $40,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harass­ment lawsuit filed by the EEOC. The EEOC charged the company with subjecting a female employee, Sheila Aguilar, to ...

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Apr 4 16

Wal-Mart Pays $150,000 for Age and Disability Discrimination Suit

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Wal-Mart Stores of Texas, L.L.C. (Wal-Mart) has agreed to pay $150,000 and provide other significant relief to settle an age and disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the EEOC.   The EEOC charged in its suit that Wal-Mart discriminated against the manager of the Keller, Texas ...

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Apr 3 16

DOL Issues Final Rule for SOX Whistleblower Complaints

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On March 5, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a Final Rule implementing protections for employees of securities companies and their subsidiaries, as well as employees of national credit-rating agencies.  The Final Rule protects employees of public companies, their subsidiaries, ...

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Mar 28 16

Jury Awards Demoted Alcoholic Truck Driver $119,000

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In 2009, a driver with Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc., admitted to the company that he had an alcohol problem. The company told him that it would no longer allow him to drive heavy trucks for the firm. (It said it offered him a less safety-sensitive, but also significantly lower-paying, dock ...

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Mar 27 16

Car Dealership Pays $250,000 to Former Manager for Disability Discrimination

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Benny Boyd Chevrolet-Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep, Ltd., will pay $250,000 in damages and back pay to former manager Randall Hurst to settle a federal disability discrimination suit. The EEOC had charged the automobile dealership with disability discrimination law by denying a partnership to Hurst ...

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Mar 21 16

Basic Guidelines for an Alternative Workweek

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Section 511 of the California Labor Code and Section 3 of the Industrial Welfare Commission orders establish the process through which an alternative workweek must be adopted.   The statues require that the employer proposing the alternative workweek to the employees in a readily ...

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