$1.5 Million in Back Wages Recovered By The Department of Labor
SI International SEIT Inc. agreed to pay a total of $1,559,978 in back wages to the 272 workers. Payment is to be made by Oct. 31, 2009, and proof of payment is to be provided to the Wage and Hour Division by Nov. 30, 2009.
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http://ohsonline.com/articles/2009/10/04/dol-recovers-more-than-15-million-in-back-wages.aspx
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United States EEOC Fined Verizon Of Pennsylvania $300,000 For Worker Harassment
The commission said Theresa Allen of Media, Pa., complained about sexually offensive graffiti and materials in Verizon work areas and trucks at its Bryn Mawr, Pa., facility, and said a supervisor had inappropriately touched her.
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http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2009/09/28/daily22.html
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Labor Department Audit Hits Home after a Random Audit – Qdoba Paying Back Wages After Audit
The Department of Labor says a company that runs Qdoba Mexican Grill restaurants in nine states is paying $13,865 in back wages to 187 employees.
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http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_13422842
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Bureau of Labor and Industries in Oregon has Awards $127,713 in Sex Harassment Case
The bureau said that amid a continuing pattern of harassment that began shortly after Lindsay Gerken was hired by From the Wilderness Inc., formerly based in Ashland, Ruppert came to Gerken’s office door “wearing only his underwear and a smile.” When Gerken declined Rupert’s explicit invitation to engage in a sexual relationship, the bureau said, she was terminated the following week.
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http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/09/boli_awards_127713_in_sex_hara_1.html
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Abercrombie & Fitch is Under Investigation by The Federal Court For Discrimination
A Tulsa girl’s discrimination complaint against a popular retail chain continues. She claims Abercrombie and Fitch discriminated against her because she’s Muslim. Now, the retail chain is being sued in federal court.
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http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=11149378
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Allstate Settles Alleged Discrimination Lawsuit for $4.5 Million
Allstate Corp. has agreed to pay former employees $4.5 million to end a 5-year-old age discrimination class-action lawsuit against it, said the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Lowe’s, Taco Bell Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuits
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently announced major settlements of two separate discrimination lawsuits under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, one against Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse Inc. and the other, a week later, against Taco Bell Corp.
Link to the full article below.
http://ohsonline.com/articles/2009/09/05/lowes-and-taco-bell-settle-suits.aspx
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Mapleton Firm to Pay $104,976 in Back Wages to Current and Former Employees
Evonik Goldschmidt Corp., a chemical manufacturing company in Mapleton, has agreed to pay $104,976 in back wages to 85 current and former plant workers for unpaid overtime compensation, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
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http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1486100957/Mapleton-firm-to-pay-104-976-in-back-pay
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PetSmart to Pay $125,000 to settle EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit
The EEOC charged in its lawsuit that female employees were subjected to unwelcome sexual harassment by a store manager who worked first at the company’s Pottstown store and then at its Wyomissing store. The EEOC said that the store manager’s sexually offensive conduct and comments included repeatedly grabbing his genitals while talking to female employees and making explicit sexual comments and sexual innuendoes.
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How Not to Get Sued by the EEOC
One of the easiest ways to find out what’s on the EEOC’s radar is to keep tabs on the lawsuits it’s filing. Here’s the latest, all from just the past week.
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http://manpowerblogs.com/toth/2009/08/24/how-not-to-get-sued-by-the-eeoc-2/
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