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Bank Failed to Accommodate Manager With Pregnancy-Related Disability, Federal Agency Charged - BALTIMORE - Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, doing business as M&T Bank, will pay $100,000 and provide significant equitable relief to resolve a...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Company Fired Employees for Reporting and/or Verifying Sexual Harassment, Federal Agency Charged - DETROIT - Safie Specialty Foods Company, Inc., which pickles vegetables in Chesterfield Township, Mich., will pay $125,000 to settle a sexual...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Federal Agency Determined That Employee Was Discharged After Requesting Disability-Related Leave Through Third-Party Vendor - BALTIMORE - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital (MGSH) announced...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Employer Created Hostile Work Environment By Discriminating Against Customers Based on Their Perceived Ethnicity,Federal Agency Charges - SAN FRANCISCO, CA - San Leandro-based solar and home energy company Fidelity Home Energy, Inc., and its...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Female Employee Subjected to Sexual Comments by General Manager, Then Fired Because She Complained, Federal Agency Charged - GREENSBORO, N.C. - BCD Restaurants, LLC, a Greensboro, N.C.-based Zaxby's restaurant franchisee, will pay $30,000 and...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Program Discriminated Against Black Applicants in Its Hiring Process, Federal Agency Charged - JACKSONVILLE - Jacksonville Plumbers and Pipefitters Joint Apprenticeship and Training Trust (JPPJATT), which sponsors an apprenticeship program that...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Specialty Apparel Chain Fired Manager After Learning She Was Pregnant, Agency Charged - NEW ORLEANS-Rainbow USA, Inc. (Rainbow), a specialty apparel chain doing business in the Chalmette, Louisiana area, agreed to pay $11,000 in back pay to settle a...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Wholesale Distributor Failed to Reasonably Accommodate Workers with Disabilities, Federal Agency Charged - HOUSTON - A wholesale distributor based in Jefferson Parish, La., has agreed to pay $140,000 and provide other significant relief to settle a...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Restaurants Allowed Employees to Harass Male and Female Workers, Federal Agency Charges - SAN JOSE, Calif. - Carmel restaurants owned and operated by JCFB, Inc. agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a federal sexual harassment lawsuit filed on behalf of...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Jackson Tolerated Harassment, Discriminated Against Female and African American Employees in Promotions and Pay, and Retaliated Against Employees Who Complained, Federal Agency Charged - DENVER, Colo. - Jackson National Life Insurance Company,...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission