‘racial discrimination’ Archives
Jury finds former DeKalb CEO Vernon Jones guilty of creating hostile work environment
On April 1st, a jury awarded two former DeKalb County parks employees $185,000 in damages in a racial discrimination case against the county. In the federal case, the jurors found that former DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones, Jones' former executive assistant, Richard Stogner, and former parks director Marilyn Boyd Drew "created and maintained [...]
Dane Construction owner Pat Buckley accused of creating hostile work environment
New Jersey State Civil Rights Director Chinh Q. Le announced that his office has issued a finding of probable cause against Pat Buckley, the owner of Dane Construction, a New Jersey electrical contracting company. Buckley is accused of subjecting an Asian employee to racist slurs and creating a hostile work environment that led to her [...]
Black employees sue Nashville Electric Service for discrimination
In September 2009, twenty black current or prospective employees filed a lawsuit against the utility company Nashville Electric Service for being subjected to discrimination and a racially hostile work environment. The lawsuit alleges that the black employees were subjected to racist slurs from coworkers and managers and that the workers who [...]
Nuclear waste processing company settles radioactive discrimination lawsuit
A company called the Studsvik Memphis Processing Facility has agreed to settle a shocking discrimination lawsuit brought against it by the EEOC. As part of the settlement, Studsvik will pay $650,000 to 23 black employees. The nuclear waste processing company had been accused of subjecting its black employees to higher levels of radiation than [...]
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