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Workplace pregnancy discrimination on the rise
KIAHHeads up employers - firing or not hiring a woman for being pregnant is illegal. Sounds obvious especially considering there are 2 laws about it, but it appears it’s still happening. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says women in the...Tags: Labor Legislation, Discrimination, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Hampshire, Employment
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Nonprofit group faces lawsuit
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit on Friday against a nonprofit organization in Aberdeen, saying it fired a worker because she had cancer. According to the complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of South...Tags: Chemotherapy, South Dakota, Health Treatments, Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses
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Hotel operator settles discrimination suit
A Newport Beach-based hotel company is expected to pay a settlement of $132,500 for allegedly discriminating against one of its own employees, according to authorities. Tarsadia Hotels settled a suit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Employment Opportunities
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Greensburg city official reports sexual harassment in the city offices
A Greensburg city official has filed a discrimination charge with the EEOC after she says her sexual harassment claim was dismissed by the mayor.
In her claim to the EEOC, Devan Sieg, a treasury-clerk, said Greensburg Street Commissioner Mark...Tags: Government, Sexual Misconduct, Regional Authority, Politics, Minority Groups
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Black firefighters group alleges discrimination
A local group that advocates for black firefighters wants the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate what it describes as "systemic discrimination in hiring, discipline and recruitment" in the Baltimore Fire Department. The Vulcan Blazers wrote a...Tags: African Americans, Minority Groups, Racism, Benjamin L. Cardin, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Worker accuses Brightpoint of religious discrimination
An Indiana woman is filing an EEOC complaint against her employer after she said she was discriminated against for wearing the Islamic headscarf.
Mary Cabrera recently converted to Islam and began wearing the Islamic headscarf to work at Brightpoint's...Tags: Employees, Minority Groups, Discrimination, Brightpoint Incorporated, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Muslim sues bottling company over prayer time
Tribune reporterA former delivery driver has filed a federal lawsuit against a soda bottling plant in Harvey that allegedly fired him shortly after he asked to time his lunch break to attend weekly Islamic prayers at a mosque. According to the suit, Nathan Henderson, a...Tags: Litigation, Economy, Business and Finance, Employees, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Companies and Corporations
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Former residents, worker criticize Anne Arundel shelter
Ulysses Aiken, a native Annapolitan, found himself homeless after losing his job as a professional boxing trainer. He ended up at the Light House Homeless Prevention and Support Center — Anne Arundel County's only shelter open to adults and children...Tags: Annapolis, Minority Groups, Anne Arundel County, Employment Opportunities
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Hotel chain settles discrimination suit with autistic clerk
FOX 5 San Diego StaffSAN DIEGO -- Comfort Suites will pay $132,500 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed against the hotel chain on behalf of a San Diego hotel clerk with autism, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Monday. The EEOC...Tags: Minority Groups, Discrimination, Behavioral Conditions, Autism, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Lawsuit: Ex-court worker was harassed for being Muslim
Tribune reporterA former child care attendant for the Cook County Circuit Court has sued the court, its chief judge and her former supervisor, alleging they harassed her because she's Muslim. In a suit filed last month, Fozyia Huri, a Muslim of Saudi Arabian origin,...Tags: Timothy Evans, Litigation, Minority Groups, Anita Alvarez, Justice System
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Texas Roadhouse sought 'young, hot' employees, lawsuit says
Money & CompanyTexas Roadhouse lawsuit: EEOC age discrimination lawsuit alleges Texas Roadhouse steakhouse chain sought younger employees over older ones....
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