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By Anneline Waldman On Monday, June 11th, 2012

Vitas Health Care to Pay $65,000 For Failing to Reassign Nurse with High Blood Pressure

Vitas Health Care Corporation of Florida, a Miami hospice care provider, will pay $65,000 and amend its reasonable accommodation policy to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment More...

Medical and Law
By Anneline Waldman On Friday, June 1st, 2012

Health Partners, Inc. To Pay $25,000 for Refusing to Let Employee With Non-Contagious Tuberculosis Work

Health Partners, Inc., a Southfield, Mich. rehabilitation and nursing company, has agreed to pay $25,000 and conduct training to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity More...

Medical and Law
By Anneline Waldman On Friday, May 25th, 2012

Pioneer Place Assisted Living Pays $80,000 and Apologizes to Applicant with Epilepsy

Pioneer Place Assisted Living, an assisted living and nursing home facility  in Vale, Ore.,  agreed to pay $80,000 and apologize to a job applicant with epilepsy to resolve  a disability discrimination lawsuit More...

Medical and Law
By Anneline Waldman On Monday, May 14th, 2012

EEOC Successfully Fights Barriers to Employment of Qualified Deaf Applicant

In a ruling  issued April 26, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth  Circuit has affirmed a jury’s verdict in favor of a U.S. Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission (EEOC) disability More...

Medical and Law
By Anneline Waldman On Sunday, May 13th, 2012

Randstad US, LP to Pay $60,000 For Refusing to Hire Qualified Candidate Because of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Randstad US, LP, a large nationwide employment referral and placement services company, will pay $60,000  and furnish substantial injunctive relief to settle a disability discrimination  lawsuit filed by the U.S. More...

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By Anneline Waldman On Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

Roadrunner Redi-Mix Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit For Firing Driver with Neck Impairment

Roadrunner Redi-Mix, a Rio Rancho, N.M., cement plant will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the More...

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By Anneline Waldman On Thursday, April 12th, 2012

Americold Logistics Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination

The U.S.  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today it has filed a disability  discrimination lawsuit against Americold Logistics, LLC, an Atlanta-based  global provider of temperature-controlled More...

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By Anneline Waldman On Thursday, March 29th, 2012

EEOC Wins Disability Discrimination Suit Against Payday Lender ‘The Cash Store’

By the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Today the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a victory in one of its first disability discrimination lawsuits taken to trial concerning More...

Medical and Law
By Anneline Waldman On Friday, March 23rd, 2012

Adams Jeep of Maryland Fired Worker Because of Bipolarism – Will Pay $50,000 to Settle Lawsuit

An Aberdeen, Md., auto dealership will pay $50,000 and furnish other remedial relief to settle a disability discrimination and harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), More...

Medical and Law
By Anneline Waldman On Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

EEOC Sues Owner of Golden LivingCenter for Firing Employee with Major Depressive Disorder

GGNSC Charlotte Renaissance LLC, a Delaware corporation that operates Golden LivingCenter-Dartmouth in Charlotte, N.C., discriminated against an employee with a disability and then unlawfully fired her, the U.S. More...

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