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Gerresheimer Pays $90,000 to Settle EEOC Retaliation Lawsuit

Gerresheimer Peachtree City (USA), a plastics manufacturer for the pharmaceutical and health care industry based in Peachtree City, Ga., will pay $90,000 to settle a retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
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Company Fires Employee on Approved Disability Leave – EEOC Sues for ADA Violation

EEOC Sues for Disability Discrimination – Company Fired Employee Over Osteoarthritis Issues, Federal Agency Charges GGNSC Administrative Services, Inc., a centralized billing and collections office for nursing homes, violated federal law...
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EEOC Cautions Employers with Written Sexual Harassment Policies Who Don’t Enforce Then

Hal Leonard to Pay $150,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Charge Class of Female Employees at Music Publisher Endured Physical and Verbal Abuse, Federal Agency Charged Hal Leonard Publishing Company, a music print publishing company founded...
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EEOC Issues Revised Publications on Employment of Veterans with Disabilities

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued two revised publications addressing veterans with disabilities and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Both documents are available on the agency’s website at www.eeoc.gov. The...
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HCS Medical Staffing Ordered to Pay $148,000 for Pregnancy Discrimination by Owner

According to the EEOC.gov Pregnancy Discrimination is still alive and well. Federal Judge didn’t think pregnancy jokes were funny – company must pay $148,000. A federal judge has ordered a Milwaukee medical staffing company to pay...

Employee with Amputation Receives $135k for Disability Discrimination

T.I.C.-The Industrial Company Wyoming, Inc., a heavy construction company, has  agreed to pay $135,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability  discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission  (EEOC),...

Company Favored Mexican Workers Over American Workers, EEOC Sues Company

Hamilton Growers, Inc., doing business as Southern  Valley Fruit and Vegetable, Inc., subjected American workers to discrimination  based on their national origin at its Norman Park, Ga., location, the U.S.  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

Is $1.2 Million Verdict Enough to Stop Sexual Harassment

In 2011, we are still hearing about employers who fail to understand that sexual harassment has no place in the workplace. Do you think that $1, 260, 080 will cause other employers to implement proactive zero tolerance sexual harassment policies? EEOC.gov...

EEOC Report 100,000 Job Bias Charges for Fiscal Year 2010

Employers are definately sitting ducks – waiting to be sued and this report highlights the exposure for employers. According to the EEOC 100,000 Job Bias charges were filed in 2010 – wow! Press Release from EEOC.gov: Retaliation...

Vegas Western Cab Pays $30,000 – Disability and Medical Records Case

Company Refused to Hire Single-Arm Amputee as a Taxi Driver and Failed to Keep Medical Records Confidential, Federal Agency Charged From .www.EEOC.gov – Click Here LAS VEGAS – Vegas Western Cab Company, which provides taxi services...