EEOC alleges age discrimination at restaurant chain 
Published: October 17, 2011
Tags: age discrimination, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Kentucky
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a suit accusing the Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain of age discrimination in hiring “front of the house” employees.
EEOC files 15 suits in 10 days
Published: September 7, 2011
Tags: ADA, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, Discrimination, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, race discrimination, reasonable accommodation, sex harassment
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission didn’t stop to enjoy the last burst of summer, instead filing 15 discrimination suits over the last ten days of August.
EEOC: GINA, ADA affect employee medical records
Published: August 8, 2011
Tags: ADA, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, EEOC, electronic medical records, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act, GINA, medical records, personal health information
Employers may be legally obligated under the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act to take greater steps to safeguard employee medical records, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently cautioned in an informal discussion letter.
Retaliation tops list of federal employees’ 2010 bias claims
Published: July 12, 2011
Tags: Discrimination, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, retaliation
Retaliation remains the most common claim of workplace bias among federal employees, according to a new Equal Employment Opportunity Commission report.
EEOC explores leave as a reasonable accommodation
Published: July 1, 2011
Tags: ADA, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, disability discrimination, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, reasonable accommodation
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently held a Commission meeting to evaluate the use of leave as a reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities.
Denny’s to pay $1.3 million to former employees
By:
Brendan Kearney
Published: June 30, 2011
Tags: ADA, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, Denny’s, disability discrimination, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Denny’s has agreed to pay $1.3 million to dozens of former employees as part of a consent decree that requires the restaurant chain to overhaul its corporate policies regarding people with disabilities.
EEOC settles sexual harassment suit against school
Published: May 26, 2011
Tags: EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, sex harassment, sexual harassment, Title VII
A Phoenix, Ariz. charter school will pay $41,125 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Screening job applicants on social networking sites
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: May 20, 2011
Tags: EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Facebook, failure-to-hire, internet, job applicants, social media, social media policies, social networking, Twitter
Most employers are doing it. Few admit to it, and even fewer have considered the legal implications.
Department store to pay $50,000 in age discrimination settlement
Published: May 17, 2011
Tags: age discrimination, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, North Carolina
Department store chain Dillard’s will pay $50,000 and provide additional, unspecified relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Vegetable packing company to pay $80,000 in discrimination settlement
Published: April 4, 2011
Tags: disability discrimination, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Oregon
A potato and onion packager based in Umatilla has agreed to pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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