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Judge orders EEOC to pay nearly $1M in attorneys’ fees
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission must pay nearly $1 million in attorney’s fees for continuing to pursue a race discrimination claim after becoming well aware of the “incredibly shoddy work” of its expert witness, a federal judge in Greenbelt has ruled.
EEOC reaches $75,000 accord in postpartum-depression case
A consulting firm has agreed to pay $75,000 to settle an Americans with Disabilities Act claim the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought on behalf of a former Rockville employee who claimed the company fired her rather than making job-related accommodations for her postpartum depression.
Shabby data dooms EEOC disparate impact claim
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has come under sharp attack from a federal appeals court judge for its choice of an expert and use of “utterly unreliable” analysis in trying to show that pre-employment background criminal and credit background checks have a disparate impact on black job applicants.
Some justices support Muslim teen in Abercrombie case
The EEOC is appealing a lower-court decision that said Abercrombie couldn’t be held liable for rejecting a Muslim job applicant based on her wearing a traditional head covering known as a hijab, because she failed to tell the interviewer explicitly that she wore the hijab for religious reasons.
Kmart settles with EEOC for $102,000
Kmart Corp. will pay more than $102,000 to settle claims it denied employment to a Hyattsville job applicant who could not submit to a urine sample for the company’s pre-employment […]
Wal-Mart among firms rating high on equality index
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. improved its treatment of LGBT employees over the past year, nudging the retail giant closer to companies such as Apple Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the Human Rights Campaign said.
EEOC judge approves $6.6M settlement for disabled Social Security workers
More than 570 current and former Social Security Administration employees with disabilities would receive a total of $6.6 million under an agreement a federal administrative law judge has preliminarily approved in Baltimore.
Wellness programs too onerous, EEOC says
Some companies have come under fire for implementing employee wellness programs that may be too burdensome, according to an article in the American Bar Association Journal.
EEOC sues FedEx for not accommodating deaf workers
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit charging that FedEx discriminated against deaf and partially deaf workers and job applicants for years.
EEOC sues Rockville company, alleges disability bias
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued two companies in Rockville for allegedly firing employees because of their disabilities.
Rockville-based ACM to pay $415K to settle EEOC suit
A Rockville-based environmental remediation company will pay $415,000 and revamp its training and recruitment policies to settle EEOC claims of sexual harassment and gender- and race-based discrimination.
McCormick & Schmick’s settles race discrimination suit for $1.3M
The owners of McCormick & Schmick’s and M&S Grill have agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle a long-running race discrimination suit, filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2008.
