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Jonesboro Supermarket Refused to Accommodate Disabled Employee and Unlawfully Fired Him, Federal Agency Charged - ATLANTA - Cincinnati-based national grocery store chain Kroger will pay $40,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Company Refused to Accommodate Employee With Anxiety By Reassignment to Vacant Position, Federal Agency Charges - PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Citizens Bank, N.A. violated federal law by failing to reassign a long-term employee to one of several vacant...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Company Punished Employees for Complaining About Mistreatment, Federal Agency Charges - OXFORD, Miss. - A tool company operating in Water Valley, Miss., violated federal civil rights laws when it denied an employee a reasonable accommodation for...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Agreement to Revise Attendance Policy to Accommodate Employees With Disabilities - BALTIMORE - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), MedStar Health, Inc. and MedStar Ambulatory Services, Inc. announced today the successful...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Communications Specialist Fired for Complaining About Race Discrimination, Federal Agency Charges - ATLANTA - The general board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church, Inc. doing business as Global Ministries in Atlanta, violated...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Residential Health Facility Rescinded Employment Offer When a Drug Screen Revealed an Applicant's Legally Prescribed Medication - MILWAUKEE - An Oconomowoc, Wis., inpatient residential health facility violated federal law when it rescinded an...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Financial Services Company Disciplined a Black Employee for Complaining About Discrimination, Agency Charges - DETROIT - Proctor Financial, Inc., a company based in Troy, Mich., that provides insurance products for residential and commercial...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Agreement Resolves Claims That a Female Worker Was Bullied and Harassed on the Basis of Sex, Federal Agency Says - HONOLULU, Hawaii - Skyline Ultd, Inc., a professional services provider to federal, state and local agencies, has agreed to pay $2,500...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Company Fired Employee Because He Complained Supervisor Used Racial Slurs, Federal Agency Charges - ASHEVILLE, N.C. - George W. Morosani and Associates, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company headquartered in Asheville, N.C., violated...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Hospital Unlawfully Refused Reasonable Accommodation for Religious Belief and Rescinded Job Offer, Federal Agency Charged - DETROIT - Memorial Healthcare, which operates a hospital in Owosso, Mich., will pay $74,418 and furnish other relief to...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission