Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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Religious discrimination against Mesaba settled

AP News 48 days ago

Lawsuit settled for $130,000 over religious discrimination at Mesaba Airlines Mesaba Airlines, a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines Inc., has to pay $130,000 in a settlement involving a religious discrimination lawsuit. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit in September ...

Albertson's to pay $8.9M in Colorado bias lawsuits

AP News 56 days ago

Albertson's LLC to pay $8.9 million to 168 workers to settle discrimination lawsuits in Colo. The Albertson's LLC grocery chain will pay $8.9 million to 168 black and Hispanic workers who said they were subjected to racial taunts and a graffiti-laced restroom ...

Drilling co. ordered to give up employment records

AP News 84 days ago

Patterson-UTI Drilling ordered to turn over employment records after discrimination complaint A Houston-based oil and gas drilling company facing complaints of racial discrimination has been ordered to turn over its personnel records as part of an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation. The ...

Cheesecake Factory to pay $345K in harassment case

AP News 91 days ago

Cheesecake Factory to pay $345,000 in sex harassment case brought by federal job rights agency National restaurant chain The Cheesecake Factory Inc. has agreed to pay $345,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging it let some male employees sexually harass other male ...

Lawry's settles men's sex discrimination suit

AP News 99 days ago

Lawry's restaurants to pay over $1M to settle lawsuit claiming men barred from waiting tables The Lawry's restaurant chain agreed Monday to pay more than $1 million to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed it barred men from waiting tables at its ...

Private prison reaches $1.3M settlement with EEOC

AP News 118 days ago

Colo. private prison operators reach $1.3M settlement in sex discrimination lawsuit The operators of a Colorado private prison have agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that male officers forced female workers to perform sex acts to keep their ...

Hiring? Laying Off? What You Must Know Now

BusinessWeek 124 days ago

Nine months into the Obama Administration, and 20 months [or so] into the current recession, the business community is justifiably asking itself: "What's next?" Many business leaders are tracking the long list of potential labor-friendly [aka "business-hostile"] initiatives and litigation trends, including: ...

Sears to pay record $6.2 million to settle bias case

Reuters Life! Online Report 133 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sears Holdings Corp agreed to pay a record $6.2 million to settle a lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that the department store retailer illegally fired disabled workers. U.S. District Judge Wayne Andersen in Chicago approved ...

Sears pays $6.2 million to settle bias case

AP News 133 days ago

Sears pays record $6.2 million to settle charges it discriminated against disabled workers Sears Holdings Corp. has agreed to pay a record $6.2 million to settle allegations that it illegally fired disabled employees. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says the settlement is ...

Teen alleges discrimination by Abercrombie & Fitch

AP News 145 days ago

Tulsa teen alleges Abercrombie & Fitch store did not hire her because of religious head scarf A Muslim teenager claims in a federal lawsuit that she was denied a job at an Abercrombie & Fitch clothing store at a Tulsa mall because ...

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