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EEOC Challenges Employer’s Wellness Program

In its first lawsuit to directly challenge a wellness program pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has charged that Orion Energy...

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EEOC Files Lawsuits Alleging Transgender Discrimination

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed the first lawsuits in its history alleging transgender discrimination. In the first lawsuit, the EEOC has charged that Detroit-based...

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EEOC Charges Employee Was Unlawfully Terminated While on Leave

The U.S. Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit against Harrison Poultry, Inc. a poultry hatchery located in Bethlehem, Georgia, alleging that the company unlawfully terminated an...

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U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review in Religious Discrimination Case

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., a case that involves 17-year-old Samatha Elauf, a Muslim who applied for a job with Abercrombie, but was...

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Employer to Pay $210,000 for Alleged Age Discrimination

HiLine Electric Co., a Dallas-based industrial supply business, will pay $210,000 and provide other relief to settle an age discrimination suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...

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Kaiser to Pay $75,000 for Allegedly Failing to Provide Free Job Coach

Kaiser Permanente, the largest managed care organization in the United States, will pay $75,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

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EEOC Sues FedEx for Alleged Nationwide Disability Discrimination

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit against FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., (FedEx Ground) alleging that the company discriminated against a large class of deaf...

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Wal-Mart Stores East Will Pay $72,500 for Alleged Failure to Accommodate...

Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P., will pay $72,500 and provide equitable relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)....

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Jury Finds Employer Discriminated Against One-Armed Security Guard

In a verdict in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a jury has found that a licensed security guard with only one arm was unlawfully discriminated against based on his...

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Employer Training: A Key to Success For Workers With Disabilities And Employers

From the U.S. Department of Justice: “Too often, qualified Americans with disabilities face barriers to employment, preventing them from participating as full members of our society.  The Americans...

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EEOC Consent Decree Requires Employer to Revise Management Performance...

A Minneapolis-area home health care provider, Baywood Home Care, will pay $30,000 under a consent decree to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...

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Employer to Pay $128,750 For Allegedly Failing to Accommodate Employee After...

A car dealership, Randall Ford, will pay $128,750 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC charged that Randall Ford...

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EEOC Creates Resource Guide on Disabled Individuals for Employers

At a Summit on Disability and Employment, the White House announced a new guide for employers related to the employment of disabled individuals, created by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

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Restaurant Chain Allegedly Denied Older Workers Positions at Its Newly Opened...

Seasons 52, a national restaurant chain and one of the Darden restaurant brands, has been sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for allegedly engaging in a nationwide pattern of...

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Court Denies Motion to Dismiss EEOC Race Discrimination Claim

A federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss a race discrimination claim filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Rosebud Restaurants. In its complaint, the EEOC charged...

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Employer Will Pay $150,000 to Resolve Transgender / Sex Discrimination Lawsuit

Lakeland Eye Clinic, a Lakeland, Fla.-based organization of health care professionals, will pay $150,000 to settle one of the first two lawsuits ever filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...

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Race and National Origin Discrimination Persist 50 Years After EEOC’s...

Despite significant progress in the 50 years since the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) began operations in 1965, according to a panel of experts, discrimination against racial and...

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Employer To Pay $14.5 Million For Alleged Race/National Origin Discrimination

Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC, a Snyder, Texas-based multistate oil drilling company, has agreed to pay $14.5 million and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal...

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McDonald’s Sued For Alleged Disability Discrimination Against A Deaf Applicant

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued McDonald's Corporation and McDonald's Restaurants of Missouri for allegedly refusing to accommodate and hire a deaf applicant. According to...

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Employer to Pay $4 Million For Alleged Race Discrimination

Hillshire Brands Company (formerly known as the Sara Lee Corporation) will pay $4 million to 74 African-American former employees to settle a lawsuit that alleged the former employees were subjected to...

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