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Coating, Painting and Sandblasting Company Fired Employee Due to Hearing Loss, Federal Agency Says - NEW ORLEANS, La. - Tamco Professional Coating Services, Inc. (Tamco) has agreed to pay a foreperson $90,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S....By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Teenage Employee Harassed by Male Supervisor, Federal Agency Charges - FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Par Ventures, Inc., a North Carolina corporation which operates a chain of seven McDonald's fast food restaurants, violated federal law when it subjected a...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Trucking Company Uses a Strength Test That Discriminates Against Women Truck Drivers, Federal Agency Charges - MINNEAPOLIS - Stan Koch & Sons Trucking is violating federal law by using a strength test that discriminates against women truck drivers,...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Leading Industrial Supplies Provider Fired Employee After He Requested Leave For Prostate Cancer Recovery, Federal Agency Charged - ATLANTA - Vallen Distribution, Inc. (formerly Hagemeyer North America, Inc.), a national leading provider of...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Senior Living Provider Rescinded Employment Offer and Refused to Accommodate Applicant With a Disability, Federal Agency Charges - INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Senior living solutions giant, Brookdale Senior Living, Inc., violated federal law by refusing to...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Vending Servicer Denied Job to Black Applicant, Federal Agency Charges - SOUTH BEND, IND - A northern Indiana vending and coffee service provider rejected a black applicant for an open position because of his race according to a lawsuit filed on...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Medical Transportation Company Refused to Provide a Sabbath Accommodation to a Jehovah's Witness Employee, Then Fired Her, Federal Agency Charged - MEMPHIS, Tenn. - American Medical Response of Tennessee, Inc. (AMR), a Naperville, Ill. based...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Medical Center-Managing Companies Fired Market Sales Manager Following Cancer Diagnosis, Federal Agency Charged - NORFOLK, Va. - ChenMed, LLC and PMR Virginia Holding, LLC, Delaware corporations operating medical centers for seniors, will pay...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Milk Tea Franchises Abused Young Filipino Females, Federal Agency Charges SAN DIEGO - Asian tea and snack restaurant chain Tapioca Express and two of its franchisees have settled a sexual harassment lawsuit with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

MIAMI - The University of Miami violated federal law by paying a female professor less than a male counterpart for performing equal or similar work, U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commis­sion (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today....By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission