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Aug 22 16

Baker Concrete Settles EEOC Disability Case

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Baker Concrete Construction, a construction company located in Houston, will pay $58,000 and provide substantial injunctive relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the EEOC.   In its lawsuit, the EEOC alleged that Baker Concrete terminated payroll manager ...

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Jul 25 16

Helmerich & Payne Pays $59,000 for Disability Discrimination

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Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (H&P), a Tulsa-based drilling contractor, will pay a former employee $59,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the EEOC.   According to the EEOC's lawsuit, the oil contractor forced a derrick hand at H&P's Alice, ...

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Jul 18 16

Howard University Pays $35,000 for Disability Discrimination

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Howard University, a historically black university in the District of Columbia, will pay $35,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit.   The EEOC charged that Clarence Muse, who has diabetes that resulted in kidney failure, applied ...

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Jun 26 16

Baldwin Supply Company Pays $50,000 to Settle Disability Discrimination

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A Minneapolis-based distributor will pay $50,000 under a consent decree which resolves a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the EEOC.   The EEOC's lawsuit charged that Baldwin Supply Company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it refused to allow ...

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May 16 16

Save Edge Pays $30,000 to Settle Applicant Disability Discrimination

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Save Edge, Inc., a Xenia, Ohio-based industrial file sharpening company, will pay $30,000 to a rejected job applicant and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the EEOC.   According to the EEOC's lawsuit, Save Edge offered applicant Anthony ...

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May 9 16

Gregory Packaging Pays $125,000 to Settle HIV Disability Discrimination

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Gregory Packaging, Inc., a nationwide manufacturer and distributor of juice products to school districts and medical institutions will pay $125,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the EEOC.   In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged that Gregory Packing fired an ...

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May 2 16

Jamison Shaw Pays $27,500 to Settle EEOC Lawsuit

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Jamison Shaw, Inc., a hair salon based in Atlanta, will pay $27,500 to settle a disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by the EEOC.     According to the EEOC's suit, in March 2012, Chiquita Cheek asked her employer for an accommodation because of her ...

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Apr 25 16

PAM Transport Pays $477,399 in EEOC Disability Case

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PAM Transport, Inc. has been ordered to pay 12 of its former truck drivers a total of $477,399 in a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the EEOC.   In its lawsuit, the EEOC alleged that PAM violated the ADA by subjecting its entire workforce of truck drivers to overly ...

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Apr 11 16

Medical Center Pays $125,000 to Resolve EEOC Disability Suit

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St. Alexius Medical Center of Hoffman Estates will pay $125,000 to a former employee as part of a two-year consent decree resolving a civil rights suit by the EEOC.   The EEOC charged that the hospital violated the ADA by failing to provide a disabled employee, who worked as a ...

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Apr 4 16

Wal-Mart Pays $150,000 for Age and Disability Discrimination Suit

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Wal-Mart Stores of Texas, L.L.C. (Wal-Mart) has agreed to pay $150,000 and provide other significant relief to settle an age and disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the EEOC.   The EEOC charged in its suit that Wal-Mart discriminated against the manager of the Keller, Texas ...

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