The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a class action lawsuit against the Maryland Insurance Administration, alleging the agency pays female employees lower wages than male employees for the same work.

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A Rockville-based title insurance company has agreed to pay $95,000 to settle a case brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of a former employee who claimed she was fired after requesting a part-time schedule to accommodate ...

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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.

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The Supreme Court seemed troubled Tuesday by the Obama administration's aggressive defense of its strategy for targeting job discrimination in the workplace.

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Peggy Young only has to look at her younger daughter to be reminded how long she has fought United Parcel Service over its treatment of pregnant employees, and why.

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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.

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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.

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The number of pregnancy discrimination charges filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Maryland fell 24.7 percent from fiscal 2010 to 2013, more than double the national rate of decline over that period.

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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.

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The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider a dispute over the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s duty to try to settle charges of job discrimination before filing lawsuits against employers.

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