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Unit Drilling Company, a nationwide oil drilling company, will pay $400,000 and furnish other relief to settle a systemic sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the EEOC. The EEOC had alleged that Unit Drilling refused to hire any women nationwide on its oil rigs.   According to the ...

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One male colleague called her “Big Girl,” a belittling nod to her 6-foot-tall stature. Another was said to make obscene gestures when he heard her voice over the company radio. A third reportedly dismissed her complaints of harassment, saying she was “losing her mind” or ...

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A Maryland waitress wins a discrimination case. The former Hooters employee said she was fired because of her hair. Johnson claims she was fired from the Harborplace Hooters in 2013 because her blonde highlights weren’t allowed.   “They said it was literally because ...

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Construction contractor Vamco Sheet Metals, Inc., will pay $215,000 as part of the settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the EEOC. Legal Momentum, a women's rights nonprofit organization (formerly NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund), joined the EEOC's suit on behalf of ...

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Lee's Food Corp., doing business as Food Rite Community Super­market, will pay $10,500 and provide other relief to settle a sex discrim­ination lawsuit filed by the EEOC.   According to the EEOC's lawsuit, Food Rite refused to hire Deborah Newell for a ...

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