$175,000 settles a claim that The Kohler Company discriminated
against a pregnant sales executive by firing her due to her gender
and her pregnancy, less than one month prior to her delivery
date.
[EEOC press
release]
$35,000 settles a claim that EaglePicher Technologies fired an
employee in retaliation for her complaints of sex discrimination
and her participation in a 2003 discrimination lawsuit filed by the
EEOC. Because EaglePicher is in bankruptcy, the employee is
expected to receive just over $12,000.
[EEOC press
release]
Albertsons, LLC, a national grocery chain, will pay $8.9 million to settle three employment discrimination lawsuits filed by the EEOC.
The suits involved claims of retaliation and race, color and national origin discrimination and harassment.
EEOC claimed that that Ivy Hall Assisted Living, LLC discriminated against a female housekeeper by firing her rather than accommodating her religious belief that she wear a Muslim head scarf (hijab) outside her home.
The suit settled for $43,000 plus nonmonetary relief.
EEOC settlement
$500,000 settles an EEOC claim that two car dealerships knew about and tolerated a work environment permeated by sexual and racial harassment.
An EEOC attorney described the incidents as "shocking." The EEOC claimed the dealerships failed to take corrective action and instead retaliated against employees who challenged the discriminatory conduct.
EEOC and City of North Richland Hills, Texas, agreed on a $75,000 settlement on EEOC's claim that the city subjected a former employee to age-based harassment which resulted in his constructive discharge.
EEOC claimed the employee was ridiculed with age-based taunts that he was too old to keep up, made too much money, and was too old to do his job. The EEOC also alleged that after suffering the abusive behavior for several months, the employee reported the harassment to his supervisor and to the city's human resources department, yet the city failed to take corrective action and the harassment increased to the point that the employee was forced to resign.
EEOC sued K-Designers on Tuesday claiming management subjected a sales manager to unlawful sex discrimination and retaliation for complaining about sexual harassment by her branch manager.
The alleged discrimination included denying the sales manager training and staff, attempting to isolate her from other employees, placing her on disability leave when she was able to work, and ultimately terminating her.
