‘EEOC’ Archives
Bad boss costs Grace Episcopal Church $200,000 in sexual harassment settlement
Grace Episcopal Church of Whitestone has agreed to pay $192,500 to settle an EEOC sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit. The EEOC claims that a bad boss subjected a church secretary and a sexton to a sexually hostile work environment that [...]
City of Littleton to pay $90,000 to settle police department retaliation lawsuit
The Colorado City of Littleton has agreed to pay $90,000 to a former crime analyst to settle a retaliation lawsuit that she had filed against the city. Sheree Matousek claims that she was retaliated against in July 2009 after she she filed an [...]
EEOC files race discrimination lawsuit against Mississippi pizza restaurant
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a race discrimination lawsuit against Clarksdale, Mississippi restaurant, Stone Pony Pizza. According to the EEOC, Stone Pony Pizza refused to hire black job applicants for customer-facing [...]
Disability discrimination lawsuit costs BMO Harris Bank $400,000
BMO Harris Bank has agreed to pay $400,000 to 14 former employees to settle an EEOC disability discrimination lawsuit. According to the EEOC, BMO Harris Bank failed to provide reasonable accomodations to its disabled employees and unlawfully [...]
Former Ohio firefighter files EEOC discrimination complaint after witnessing coworker Nazi salutes
A 28-year veteran firefighter has filed an EEOC discrimination complaint against the Shawnee Fire Department. Paul Way claims that he was fired in December 2012 for complaining about coworkers making Nazi salutes to fire chief Todd Truesdale, who [...]
EEOC sexual harassment lawsuit costs Washington egg supplier $650,000
Egg supplier National Food Corporation has agreed to pay $650,000 to five employees to settle an EEOC sexual harassment lawsuit. One of the employees at National Food's egg farm in Lind, Washington claims that her former bad boss subjected her to [...]
