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Nov 2 15

HiLine Electric Pays $210,000 to Settle Age Discrimination

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HiLine Electric Co., a Dallas-based industrial supply business, will pay $210,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age discrimination suit brought by the EEOC. The settlement resolved agency claims that the employer included an age-based criterion in its recruiting and hiring ...

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Nov 1 15

Misrepresentation on Employment Applications

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A federal district court in Pennsylvania granted summary judgment in favor of an employer who withdrew an offer of employment after that employer found a discrepancy between background check records and information reported directly by the applicant to the company.   Dustin McCorkle ...

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Oct 26 15

Prestige Transportation Service Pay $200,000 and Mend Hiring Practices to Settle Race Discrimination

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Prestige Transportation Service, LLC. a Miami company which provides transportation services to airline personnel to and from Miami International Airport, will pay $200,000 to settle a race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the EEOC.   The EEOC charged in its suit that ...

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Oct 25 15

Oklahoma Chicken Express Franchiser Pays $15,000 to Settle National Origin Discrimination

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NSC Chicken, LP, dba Chicken Express, will pay $15,000 and furnish other relief to settle a national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the EEOC. According to the EEOC's suit, six Chicken Express franchise locations in Oklahoma systemically failed to pay Hispanic cooks at overtime wages ...

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Oct 19 15

Merry Maids Franchise Pays $40,000 to Settle Pregnancy Discrimination

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V & B (Merry Maids) home cleaning franchise in Kenosha, Wis., will pay $40,000 and furnish other relief under a consent decree entered here by a federal court in a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the EEOC.   According to the EEOC's suit, V&B fired Belinda ...

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Oct 18 15

DSW Pays $900,000 to Resolve Age Discrimination Case

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DSW Inc., with over 10,000 employees nationwide, will pay $900,000 to end an age discrimination lawsuit brought by EEOC.   The EEOC had charged that DSW, formerly known as Designer Shoe Warehouse, discriminated against seven former management employees in its Midwest Region and a ...

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Oct 12 15

Popeye’s Chicken Franchisee Pays $25,000 to Settle Disability Discrimination

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Famous Chicken of Shreveport, L.L.C. a Popeye's Chicken franchisee, has agreed to pay $25,000 and provide other significant relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the EEOC.  The EEOC charged the company with unlawfully denying employment to an HIV-positive ...

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Oct 11 15

GRDA’s Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination Claims Cost Almost $1 Million

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Legal fees and financial settlements stemming from a lawsuit filed last year by former Oklahoma’s Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) COO Michael Kiefner totaled more than $925,000, according to the state-owned utility.   Responding to an open records request, Kiefner himself ...

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Oct 5 15

McCormick & Schmick’s Pays $1.3 Million for Race Discrimination

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The owners of two popular restaurants in downtown Baltimore have agreed to pay $1.3 million and establish new hiring measures to settle a years-old lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against black applicants and employees.   The lawsuit claimed the restaurants violated the Civil ...

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Oct 4 15

Holly Manor Center Nursing Home Pays $75,000 to Settle Disability Discrimination

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A Mendham, N.J., nursing home will pay $75,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the EEOC.  The EEOC had charged Holly Manor Center Nursing Home with unlawfully rescinding a job offer to an applicant because he is ...

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