The Los Angeles City Fire Department will pay $494,150 and implement widespread anti-harassment training to settle federal charges of discrimination filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
In a ruling issued today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed a lower court decision that rejected a consent decree resolving an U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) disability discrimination lawsuit against Pine City, Minn.-based Product Fabricators, Inc. (EEOC v. Product Fabricators, Inc., Case No. 09-cv-2303 (D. Minn.) (PAM/LIB), USCA 8th Circuit Case No. 11-01241.)
Mavis Discount Tire refused to hire women for a wide variety of positions despite some applicants’ superior qualifications, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. The Millwood, New York-based company, which also operates as Mavis Tire Supply Corporation and Mavis Tire NY and owns Cole Muffler, Inc., sells tires and a variety of other automotive parts and services in some 110 facilities throughout the northeast.
Pitre Inc., a car dealership in Albuquerque, N.M., was barred on January 26, 2012 by the U.S. District Court from threatening or retaliating against current and former employees who participate in the employment discrimination lawsuit filed against it by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC filed a motion for a preliminary injunction due to the immediate danger of “substantial and irreparable injury” to charging parties, class members, witnesses, and potential class members due to intimidation.
In a legal victory for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), an Arizona federal jury returned a verdict for punitive damages against High Speed Enterprise, Inc., a corporation that owns five Phoenix-area Subway fast-food restaurant franchises. Federal District Court Judge Roslyn O. Silver had previously ruled that a central Phoenix Subway violated federal law when it refused to hire a job applicant solely because she was pregnant. Thursday, January 26, 2012, the Phoenix jury of seven -- five men and two women -- returned a unanimous verdict finding that Belinda Murillo, the job applicant, was entitled to punitive damages. The jury awarded $7,280 in punitive damages to Belinda Murillo. The court will now decide back pay damages and injunctive relief.
Suffolk Laundry Services, Inc. creó un ambiente hostil de trabajo creado por el acoso sexual contra trabajadoras femeninas sobre el curso de muchos años y después tomó represalias contra estas mujeres cuando ellas se quejaron, la Comisión para la Igualdad de Oportinidades en el Empleo (EEOC) cargó en un pleito federal que entabló hoy. La compañía basada en el Southampton, N.Y. proporciona servicios de lavar linos a varios establecimientos, incluyendo restaurantes y hospitales en Long Island.
Suffolk Laundry Services, Inc. created a sexually hostile work environment for female laundry workers over the course of many years and then retaliated against these women when they complained, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a federal lawsuit it filed today. The Southampton, N.Y.-based commercial laundry service provides linens to various establishments, including restaurants and hospitals on Long Island.
Ozarks Electric Cooperative Corporation, an electric power supplier located in Fayetteville, Ark., violated federal law by firing an employee because of her religious practices, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received a record 99,947 charges of employment discrimination and obtained $455.6 million in relief through its administrative program and litigation in Fiscal Year 2011, the agency announced today.
A Houston-area restaurant chain violated federal law when it subjected its bartenders to sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. The EEOC also alleged that the company subjected the workers to retaliation after they complained about the misconduct.
United Insurance Company of America will pay $37,500 and furnish other relief to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
A large Auburn Hills, Mich.-based manufacturer of parts for the automotive, aerospace, defense, and marine industries violated federal law by laying off various engineers on the basis of their age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
Choctaw Transportation Company, Inc., a marine construction and transportation company located in Dyersburg, Tenn., will pay $75,000 to an African-American job applicant to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released for public comment a draft of its Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2012 - 2016. The draft plan can be found at http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/plan/strategic_plan_12to16_DRAFT.cfm. Comments must be submitted by 5:00 pm ET on February 1, 2012 at strategic.plan@eeoc.gov or by mail to Office of the Chair, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 131 M Street, NE, Washington, DC 20507. This draft plan has not been approved by the Commission and is still under review.
Rafael’s Italian Restaurant, a Tennessee restaurant chain, has agreed to pay $25,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
Shack-Findlay Automotive, LLC, doing business as Findlay Honda and Findlay Automotive Group, Inc., a car dealership in Henderson, Nev., will pay $150,000 to two black employees for subjecting them to discrimination, harassment and retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
Pepsi Beverages (Pepsi), formerly known as Pepsi Bottling Group, has agreed to pay $3.13 million and provide job offers and training to resolve a charge of race discrimination filed in the Minneapolis Area Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Discount retailer Family Dollar Stores of Virginia, Inc. has agreed to pay $45,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
Matrix, L.L.C., one of the region’s largest cleaning companies, will pay $450,000 to a class of 15 former employees and provide significant relief to settle a race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
DynCorp International, LLC, a Falls Church, Va.-based private military contractor and aircraft maintenance company, will pay $155,000 and furnish other significant relief to settle a sex-based harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
To help provide further guidance to practitioners and human resource professionals, NLRB Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon has released a second report describing social media cases reviewed by his office.
The Operations Management Memo covers 14 cases, half of which involve questions about employer social media policies.
Citing concerns about delays in processing grievances through parties’ contractual grievance-arbitration procedures, NLRB Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon has proposed that the Board consider revising the existing policy of deferring charges to arbitration in certain circumstances.
When it is anticipated that charges alleging violations of Section 8(a)(1) and (3) – which include discharges or other discrimination based on union activities -- will not be resolved or arbitrated within a year, Acting General Counsel Solomon would urge that the Board not defer the case, but rat
National Labor Relations Board Members Sharon Block, Terence F. Flynn and Richard F. Griffin were sworn in to office this week, bringing the Board to full five‑member strength for the first time since August 2010. They join Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce and Member Brian Hayes, who were Senate-confirmed to their positions in June, 2010.
“I welcome our new colleagues who bring a wealth of experience to this agency,” said Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce.
The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that it is a violation of federal labor law to require employees to sign arbitration agreements that prevent them from joining together to pursue employment-related legal claims in any forum, whether in arbitration or in court.
The decision examined one such agreement used by nationwide homebuilder D.R.
President Obama today announced his intent to recess appoint the following three individuals to serve as Members of the National Labor Relations Board.
Sharon Block, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor. Between 2006 and 2009, Ms. Block was Senior Labor and Employment Counsel for the Senate HELP Committee, where she worked for Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Ms.
A U.S. District Court in Hawai’i has imposed monetary sanctions against a Sheet Metal Workers local union, its principal officer, and its attorney, for violating the Court’s earlier orders growing out of an investigation by the National Labor Relations Board.
The National Labor Relations Board has found that musicians playing for symphony orchestras in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Texas are employees, not independent contractors, and therefore are eligible to vote on whether they want union representation.
In a 2-to-1 decision in Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, issued Dec. 27, the Board reversed the Regional Director’s decision to dismiss an election petition and sent the case back to the region for further action.
The National Labor Relations Board has agreed to postpone the effective date of its employee rights notice-posting rule at the request of the federal court in Washington, DC hearing a legal challenge regarding the rule. The Board’s ruling states that it has determined that postponing the effective date of the rule would facilitate the resolution of the legal challenges that have been filed with respect to the rule. The new implementation date is April 30, 2012.
The National Labor Relations Board has adopted a final rule amending its election case procedures to reduce unnecessary litigation and delays. The rule will be published in the Federal Register on Thursday, December 22, and is due to take effect on April 30, 2012.
The rule is primarily focused on procedures followed by the NLRB in the minority of cases in which parties can't agree on issues such as whether the employees covered by the election petition are an appropriate voting group.
Legal Alert: Title VII Record-Keeping Requirements Extended to GINA JD Supra (press release) In a final rule published by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on February 3, 2012, the agency has extended the record-keeping requirements imposed under Title VII and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to entities covered by ...
House Ag Committee approves proposed amendments to Dodd-Frank Agri-Pulse 25- The House Committee on Agriculture approved six bills designed to amend Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The committee has held seven hearings in the past year regarding the implementation of Title VII, ...
Small employers: Always check to see if you're too small to be sued under ... Business Management Daily Title VII applies to organizations with 15 or more employees. Recent case: Bilal Saleem worked for Heimie's Haberdashery as a barber until he was terminated. Saleem, who is black, claimed that he was fired on account of his race.
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BROWN v. UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 501 Leagle.com 501 ("School District") on his race-discrimination and retaliation claims brought under Title VII, 42 USC §§ 2000e to 2000e-17. 1 We exercise jurisdiction under 28 USC § 1291 and affirm. Mr. Brown alleged that the School District refused to rehire him ...
Data Facts Now Offers Next Generation Screening with Social Media San Francisco Chronicle (press release) This tool delivers proprietary broad web search technology and processes to provide a comprehensive candidate profile that is FCRA, Title VII, EEOC and state law compliant. With over 20 years experience, Data Facts knows that a bad hire can cost up to ...
LORE v. CITY OF SYRACUSE Leagle.com Accordingly, as set out in Part V below, we conclude that if there is to be a trial of the HRL discrimination claims, that trial, in order to avoid an unjust outcome, must be combined with a retrial of Lore's Title VII and HRL retaliation claims ...
MOTEN v. WARREN UNILUBE, INC. Leagle.com 2009) (claims under Title VII and Arkansas Civil Rights Act (ACRA) are governed by same standards). We also conclude that summary judgment was properly granted on Moten's retaliation claim. See Brannum v. Mo. Dep't of Corr., 518 F.3d 542, ...
McGRATH v. CLINTON Leagle.com Plaintiff Matthew McGrath contends that his supervisor at the Department of State gave him negative performance reviews in retaliation for his opposition to discriminatory conduct, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
IGWE v. SAINT ANTHONY'S HOSPITAL Leagle.com Blessing N. Igwe sued her former employer, Saint Anthony's Hospital ("SAH"), alleging that SAH discriminated and retaliated against her, on the basis of her race and national origin, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, ...
Snow buildup violates law The Spokesman Review According to the Americans with Disabilities Act, sidewalks must be ADA accessible and clear of snow. Washington state law requires property owners to remove snow from sidewalks in a timely manner. Spokane City Code mandates owners to clear snow in ...
Suits could force LA to spend huge sums on sidewalk repair Los Angeles Times The civil rights actions claim that broken sidewalks and missing curb ramps violate the Americans With Disabilities Act. The city could be on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars. Brent Pilgreen, 53, is a quadriplegic.
HOHLBEIN v. UTAH LAND RESOURCES LLC Leagle.com Hohlbein appeals the order awarding but reducing his attorneys' fees and costs after he prevailed on summary judgment in an Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") lawsuit. The summary judgment was granted by Judge Sandoval, who retired before the ...
You will be redirected to the page you want to view in seconds. The News Journal The bricks are coming out as the city works to meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards on curbs. / THE NEWS JOURNAL/FRED COMEGYS Construction workers are in the midst of a project to improve area crosswalks. It includes more than 1000 pedestrian ...
Group Looks for Suggestions to Help Disabled Patch.com A citizen Americans with Disabilities Act group is hosting an informal talk on Saturday about how better to serve Dunedin's disabled. Free dessert and interpretive services for the hearing impaired are included. By Katie Dolac With the Speakers Gavel ...
Court Ruling Broadening Americans with Disabilities Act Will Harm Taxicab ... OpenMarket.org The court's unduly expansive interpretation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is backed by the Obama Justice Department, which filed a brief supporting the lawsuit. The Obama administration is busy reinterpreting federal labor, employment, ...
Bach: Voices of Independence director addresses sidewalk issues, misconceptions GoErie.com By BOB BACH I'm responding to a letter from Robert Wurst on the subject of the Americans with Disabilities Act regarding sidewalks in Millcreek (Erie Times-News, Nov. 16). He mentioned three areas of concern: that too much money is wasted on replacing ...
For Employers, Cupid's Arrow Only Points One Direction...Toward the Company's ... JD Supra (press release) Whether it is a consensual office romance between co-workers that fizzles or an innocent box of chocolates from a manager to a subordinate, this time of the year creates increased stress for employers about sexual harassment claims.
Sexual harassment Kuwait Times Kuwait : A female citizen filed a case at Ali Sabah Al-Salem police station against a male driver she accused of sexually harassing her. In her statements, the woman explained that the suspect almost hit her car while she was driving in the area, ...
Sexual harassment claim in slave case Stuff.co.nz 'SLAVES': Sandeep Bhardwaj, Devanshu Taneja and Manish Sharma claim they have been exploited by their Auckland employer. REPRESENTATION: Max Whitehead is assisting eight liquor store assistants in taking employment action against a man who hired them ...
Sexual harassment claim in slave case Auckland stuff.co.nz 'SLAVES': Sandeep Bhardwaj, Devanshu Taneja and Manish Sharma claim they have been exploited by their Auckland employer. REPRESENTATION: Max Whitehead is assisting eight liquor store assistants in taking employment action against a man who hired them ...
Alleged victim in sexual harassment claim against former Brigantine police ... Press of Atlantic City Colleen Felix, alleged victim of sexual harassment by former Brigantine Police Chief Jim Frugoli, claims the former city manager violated a confidentiality clause by speaking to media - and now she's suing the city for damages relating to the ...
Babu sacked for sexual harassment Times of India MUMBAI: In perhaps the first such case in the country, Maharashtra government has sacked a senior bureaucrat on charges of sexual harassment. Labour welfare commissioner Mohan Dhotre, a Class I officer, had been facing a probe since 2003 which ended ...
ASK A LAWYER: Many factors determine wages, overtime Edmond Sun The FLSA, however, exempts from these requirements computer systems analysts, computer programmers, software engineers and other similarly situated workers. These individuals are considered professionals under the FLSA and are exempt from overtime ...
DOL Announces 'Equal Pay App Challenge' Compensation.BLR.com For a Limited Time receive a FREE Compensation Special Report on the "Top 100 FLSA Q&As" designed to provide you with an examination of the federal FLSA Overtime Regulations in Q&A format, including valuable tips for FLSA Coverage, Salary Level, ...
Bloomberg BNA Launches FLSA Litigation Tracker(TM) MarketWatch (press release) 12, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- New FLSA monitoring service saves attorneys valuable time and money Bloomberg BNA is pleased to announce the addition of the new FLSA Litigation Tracker to its industry-renowned suite of Legal & Business resources. Bloomberg BNA Launches FLSA Litigation Tracker™PR Newswire (press release)
City of Charleston Asks Federal Court Determine Firefighter Wages HNN Huntingtonnews.net Quoting from the document: The federal District Court judge in Aaron had held that the proper methodology for calculating the regular rate of pay owed a firefighter under the FLSA was to subtract the number of overtime hours worked above 42 each week ...
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Federal Judge Conditionally Certifies Class of Former Paralegals Who Allege ... The National Law Journal She alleges that was in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). After Davis filed the complaint in the Southern District of Texas, Carlos Alvarado, another former paralegal at the firm, filed a notice of consent to become a party plaintiff.
Can A Paid Break Become Unpaid? Jordan Directions The US Labor Department has said that this is permitted under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), if an employer makes its intentions clear in advance. The FLSA does not require employers to give rest breaks (which should be distinguished from ...
Durham Fire Department Fire Marshal Position FireNews.net The Fire Marshal is an FLSA-exempt employee who is responsible for the leadership and management of the Fire Prevention Division of the Durham Fire Department. This is accomplished by enforcing applicable laws and ordinances, investigating fires where ...
