Category: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Call Center Fired Temporary Employees Because They Were Pregnant

May 4, 2020

Join me as I read the 5/4/20 Phoenix District EEOC office news bulletin regarding a call center sued by the EEOC for allegedly firing temporary employees who were pregnant along with the staffing agency who placed them that also failed to take corrective action after learning of the reason for discharge. … More Call Center Fired Temporary Employees Because They Were Pregnant

Filipino Employees Subjected to Retaliation -Alleged National Origin Discrimination

April 9, 2020

Heidi Macomber reads the 4/9/20 EEOC bulletin: Sunridge Nurseries, Inc., a grower in the grapevine nursery stock industry, has agreed to pay $237,500 to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Sunridge allegedly failed to re-hire a group of Filipino seasonal farm workers in retaliation for having complained about national origin/race discrimination. Some of these workers were long term employees. … More Filipino Employees Subjected to Retaliation -Alleged National Origin Discrimination

SELECT STAFFING TO PAY $199,500 TO SETTLE EEOC SEXUAL HARASSMENT SUIT

February 13, 2020

Heidi Macomber reads today’s EEOC news bulletin regarding another sexual harassment lawsuit, this time involving Select Staffing and the Albuquerque Police Department. Select Staffing will pay $199.5K to settle the sexual harassment suit. Sexual harassment is a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. … More SELECT STAFFING TO PAY $199,500 TO SETTLE EEOC SEXUAL HARASSMENT SUIT

UPSTATE NIAGARA COOPERATIVE, INC. TO PAY $1.35 MILLION TO SETTLE SEX DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT

February 10, 2020

Heidi Macomber reads the 2/10/20 EEOC bulletin – Upstate Dairy Cooperative, Inc. to pay $1.35M to settle sex discrimination lawsuit. This includes a violation of federal record keeping laws related to hiring documents. … More UPSTATE NIAGARA COOPERATIVE, INC. TO PAY $1.35 MILLION TO SETTLE SEX DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT

JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE TO PAY $20.5 MILLION TO SETTLE EEOC LAWSUIT

January 9, 2020

Heidi Macomber reads today’s post re an EEOC lawsuit charging Jackson National Life Insurance for race, national origin, sex discrimination, harassment and retaliation. Jackson will pay 21 former employees in largest monetary settlement ever reached by the EEOCs Phoenix District and Denver Field Offices. … More JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE TO PAY $20.5 MILLION TO SETTLE EEOC LAWSUIT