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Battery Manufacturer Rescinded Its Job Offer Based on Unfounded Fears of Safety, Federal Agency Charged - ATLANTA - Exide Technologies, a global corporation headquartered in Milton, Ga., that manufactures, distributes and sells stored energy...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Package Delivery Company to Reimburse Pregnant Employees Not Granted Accommodations Under Company's Former Policy That Would Have Enabled Them to Work - NEW YORK - United Parcel Service, Inc., the world's largest package delivery company, will pay...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Companies' Owner Subjected a Female Employee to Sexual Harassment, Then Fired Her for Complaining, Federal Agency Charges - SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Desert Truss, Inc., an Arizona-based construction supplies manufacturer, and Buttrum Construction,...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Non-Profit Medical Institution Subjected Employee to Illegal Medical Examinations and Fired Her in Violation of Federal Law, Federal Agency Charged - FLORENCE, S.C. - McLeod Health, Inc., a Florence, S.C.-based regional health care organization...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Company Did Not Hire Men for Sales Positions, Federal Agency Charges - RALEIGH, N.C. - Sactacular Holdings, LLC d/b/a Adam & Eve, a North Carolina limited liability company headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., violated federal law when it refused to hire...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Company Fired Employee After Seizure, Federal Agency Charges - DENVER - Gollnick Construction, Inc., which does business as Colorado Excavating, violated federal law when it fired an employee because she had a seizure, the U.S. Equal Employment...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Company Fired Employee After Seizure, Federal Agency Charges - DENVER - Waterway Gas and Wash Company, a national provider of car wash services, violated federal law when it fired an employee because he had a seizure, the U.S. Equal Employment...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Employees Fired Soon After Seizures, Federal Agency Charges - DENVER - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed two lawsuits yesterday charging two separate employers with disability discrimination after they fired employees...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Grass Seed Company Resolves Investigation Into Unlawful Severance Agreements Offered to Employees During Recent Reduction in Force - MINNEAPOLIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Oregon-headquartered grass seed company...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Employee Fired for Refusing to Agree to Invasive Inquiries, Federal Agency Charged - DALLAS - Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC, a Dallas-based electric utility company, will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission