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Mar 20 16

Denver Jury Awards $15 million for Racial Discrimination

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A federal jury Wednesday awarded nearly $15 million to seven Commerce City warehouse workers who accused a trucking company of segregating workers by race, calling blacks "lazy, stupid Africans" and punishing those who complained.   Six of the plaintiffs are black, many ...

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Mar 14 16

Cleaning Authority of Plainfield Pays $15,000 to Resolve Disability Suit

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Mont Brook, Inc., doing business as The Cleaning Authority of Plainfield, Ill, will pay $15,000 to a former employee as part of a three-year consent decree resolving a civil rights suit by the EEOC.   The EEOC charged that the Plainfield, Ill.-based house cleaning service violated ...

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Mar 13 16

Court Finds that Plaintiff Who Never Worked a Day for Company is Not Entitled to a $350,000 Bonus

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A U.S. District Court in New York issued a decision plainly reminding employers of the importance of precisely drafting employment documents.  In the case against Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., the Court held that a prospective employee, who had never worked a day at Lehman Brothers Inc. ...

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Mar 7 16

When is it OK for Employees to Curse?

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When a group of waitresses participated in the contest, held at a Hooters in Ontario, Calif., one of the losers was suspicious of the outcome. The winner’s boyfriend and her best friend were judges, after all. Not only that, but the winner had organized the contest. After the waitress ...

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Mar 6 16

Kmart Pays $102,048 to Settle Disability Discrimination

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Kmart Corporation, a leading national retailer, will pay $102,048 and provide significant equitable relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit.   According to the lawsuit, after Kmart offered Lorenzo Cook a job at its Hyattsville, Md., store, Cook advised the hiring ...

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Feb 29 16

Jury: Old Dominion Freight Line Must Pay Former Driver $119,612 for Disability Bias

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A federal jury has found that Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc., a trucking company headquartered in Thomasville, N.C., violated federal disability discrimination law when it denied a reasonable accommodation to a truck driver who self-reported alcohol abuse and then fired ...

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Feb 28 16

Skanska USA Building Pays $95,000 to Settle Racial Harassment and Retaliation

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Skanska USA Building, Inc., a building contractor headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., will pay $95,000 to settle a racial harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the EEOC.   According to the EEOC's suit, Skanska violated federal law by allowing workers to subject a class of ...

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Feb 22 16

Hot Wheel City Pays $20,000 to Resolve Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

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Hot Wheel City, a Detroit-based automotive wheel and accessory store chain, has agreed to pay $20,000 and to provide equitable relief to settle a federal sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the EEOC.   According to the EEOC's suit, Hot Wheel City subjected a ...

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Feb 21 16

EZEFLOW USA, Inc. Pays $65,000 to Settle Disability Discrimination

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EZEFLOW USA, a pipe fitting manufacturer located in New Castle, Pa., will pay $65,000 and provide significant equitable relief to resolve a federal disability discrimination lawsuit.   The EEOC charged that Iraq and Afghanistan U.S. Marine Corps veteran Adam Brant, who worked as a ...

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Feb 15 16

Sony Pays $85,000 under Decree Resolving Disability Discrimination

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Sony Electronics, Inc. will pay $85,000 under a consent decree entered in federal court today ending a lawsuit brought by the EEOC. The EEOC alleged that Sony violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it brought about the termination of a woman with a prosthetic leg because of her ...

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