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EEOC Serves Up A Heap Of Trouble At Cracker Barrel.
Last March, Cracker Barrel restaurants, a well-known chain known for folksy charm, agreed to pay $2 million to settle a class action workplace discrimination lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of 51 individuals. All are current or former employees of three Cracker Barrel restaurants in Illinois. Some claimed that they were sexually or racially harassed, others that they were retaliated against after they complained to management about the harassment. EEOC v. Cracker Barrel.
On November 2, 2009, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it settled a class action lawsuit against Lawry's Restaurants Inc. The EEOC reported that the west coast steakhouse chain agreed to settle the lawsuit, alleging gender discrimination, for more than one million dollars.
AVOIDING CAREGIVER DISCRIMINATION: EEOC ISSUES BEST PRACTICES GUIDANCE FOR EMPLOYERS.
Employees today are often beset with multiple caregiving responsibilities for children and aging parents. In recognition of the challenges faced by the so-called sandwich generation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued a new guidance for employers detailing best practices to prevent illegal discrimination against these employees.
Retaliation Claims Continue to Rise, Lead the Pack at the EEOC
From 1997 to 2008, race discrimination was the most frequently asserted claim by individuals filing charges of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Since 1997, race discrimination has been asserted in approximately 35% of all EEOC charges.
Albertsons Pays $8.9 Million to Settle EEOC Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuits.
The EEOC announced last week that large grocery store chain Albertsons has agreed to pay $8.9 million to settle three lawsuits in which the EEOC alleged that it had engaged in race, color and national origin discrimination, and retaliation, at a distribution center in Aurora, Colorado.
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