Tag: EEOC

Benefits | September 13th, 2010

Abercrombie & Fitch Hit with 2nd Suit over Religious Head Scarf

September 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch for...

Benefits | September 10th, 2010

New Definition of Disability Opens Door for EEOC Suits

September 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed three new disability discrimination cases, charging...

Compliance | September 7th, 2010

Court Reinstates Suit by Male Worker over Female Coworker Advances

September 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The 9^th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court’s decision that a...

Benefits | August 24th, 2010

Muslim Woman Suing Disney Won’t Agree to Accommodations

August 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Muslim woman who has filed a discrimination complaint against Disney Co. says she won't...

Benefits | July 30th, 2010

Department Store Fired Jehovah’s Witness for not Wearing Santa Outfit

July 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) says department store chain Belk, Inc. unlawfully discriminated...

Benefits | May 21st, 2010

EEOC Sues Orkin over Hiring Practices

May 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a federal court lawsuit accusing pest control...

Compliance | April 12th, 2010

Court Finds Early Retirement Incentive Discriminatory

April 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court judge has found the Minnesota Department of Corrections violated federal age discrimination...

Compliance | April 8th, 2010

EEOC Gets New Chair and Commissioner

April 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Jacqueline A. Berrien, the former Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund...

Benefits | April 1st, 2010

Lowe's Sued for Religious Discrimination

April 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit accusing Lowe’s Home Centers of...

Benefits | March 31st, 2010

Bakery to Pay $350K to Settle Harassment Suit

March 31, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Chicago-area baking company will pay $350,000 to settle a national origin harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed...

Benefits | March 26th, 2010

Kmart Agrees to $120K Discrimination Settlement

March 26, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –Retailer Kmart Corporation will pay $120,000 as part of the settlement of an age harassment, constructive...

Benefits | March 24th, 2010

Ex-VP Charges Goldman With Putting Her on "Mommy Track"

March 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A major investment bank has been sued for keeping a former vice president...

Benefits | March 22nd, 2010

Charter School Operator Settles Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

March 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Imagine Schools, Inc., a nationwide operator of charter schools, will pay $570,000 to settle a...

Benefits | March 15th, 2010

Tire Company to Pay $2M for Gender Discrimination

March 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has resolved its gender-based hiring class lawsuit against...

Benefits | February 17th, 2010

EEOC Ordered to Pay Attorneys' Fees in Dismissed Harassment Suit

February 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been ordered to pay $4.56 million in attorney...

Benefits | January 7th, 2010

Race Discrimination and Retaliation Charges See Record Highs

January 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that 93,277 workplace discrimination charges were filed...

Benefits | January 6th, 2010

Vanguard Settles Racial Discrimination Case for $300K

January 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Vanguard Group has agreed to pay $300,000 in damages as part of a settlement...

Benefits | December 30th, 2009

Outback Settles 'Glass Ceiling' Lawsuit

December 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Outback Steakhouse has agreed to pay $19 million to settle a lawsuit alleging gender discrimination...

Benefits | November 11th, 2009

Cheesecake Factory Settles Suit over "Severe" Same Sex Harassment

November 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – National restaurant chain Cheesecake Factory, Inc. has agreed to pay $345,000 and furnish other relief...

Compliance | October 28th, 2009

EEOC Updates Notice to Employees

October 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has published a notice revising its "Equal Employment Opportunity...