Highlights
A collection of news and information related to U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 178
» View courant.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-15
Next >
-
Harris Bank to pay $400K to settle 2012 suit by disabled workers
Tribune reporterBMO Harris Bank will pay $400,000 to 14 former workers to resolve a disability lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC, which enforces federal laws against job discrimination, had alleged in a lawsuit filed in...Tags: Judges, Colon Cancer, Career and Workplace, Laws, Justice System
-
Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Jeff E. Schapiro column
Richmond Times-DispatchVirginia Democrats aren't gaga over their nominee for governor, Terry McAuliffe. He has issues. He can't win just by howling about the other guy's. And Ken Cuccinelli's are considerable. What McAuliffe and out-of-power Democrats need, Virginia has in...Tags: Stafford County, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Elections, Regional Authority, Crime, Law and Justice
-
District denies racism claims
The Daily Independent, Ashland, Ky.The Greenup County school system has denied it terminated the employment of an African-American custodian for racially motivated reasons, or as retaliation for him filing complaints about his treatment with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...Tags: Career and Workplace, Civil Rights, Racism, Employment, Justice System
-
No decision yet on Southern Miss athletic director
The Sun HeraldNew Southern Miss president Rodney Bennett couldn't help but chuckle Tuesday when asked whether he believed the issue of athletic director was a polarizing issue at the school. "No, why would you ask that question?," Bennett asked rhetorically in a...Tags: Employment Opportunities, University of Southern Mississippi
-
Former World Bank official to speak at League meeting
Retired World Bank administrator Anne B. Thomas will be the guest speaker at the League of Women Voters annual meeting Tuesday, May 21, at 7:30 p.m. at Otterbein United Methodist Church on the corner of East Franklin and Locust streets in Hagerstown. The...Tags: University of New Mexico, Career and Workplace, Economic Organization, Labor Legislation, Employment Opportunities
-
Landmark EEOC award 'drastically' cut for mentally disabled turkey plant workers
The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IowaA jury's landmark award of $240 million to 32 mentally disabled workers at Henry's Turkey Service has been slashed to $1.6 million, because damages can be capped under federal law based on the number of employees affected in the claim. Each worker can...Tags: Judges, Career and Workplace, Laws, Turkey (animal), Justice System
-
In trust we trust
Imagine me walking into a corporate executive's office. Me: How important is trust to the health of your workplace? Executive: Why, it's critical. Awkward pause. Executive: Who are you? And why are you in my office wearing pajamas? Me: I'm...
Tags: Chicago Tribune Columnists, Rex Huppke, Employment Opportunities
-
Sexual harassment lawsuit wins $1.5 million for Memphis workers
Commercial AppealFive years after three women who complained of sexual harassment and a man who said he witnessed a supervisor's unwelcome behavior were fired from a Memphis logistics firm, a federal jury awarded them more than $1.5 million. The U.S. Equal Employment...Tags: Sex Crimes, Laws, Career and Workplace, Employment, Justice System
-
Officer quits after probe into motorcycle gang ties
The Santa Fe New MexicanA Santa Fe police officer investigated for possible affiliation with a motorcycle gang resigned from the police department Friday. Officer Ben Chavarria, a 13-year-veteran of the department, became the focus of an internal investigation in February...Tags: Police Investigations, Employment Opportunities, FBI
-
Ignoring 'wellness' may cost workers
The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionWhen Mohawk Industries wanted more employees to get free health screenings as part of its wellness program, it rewarded them with a $100-a-month contribution to their health savings accounts. Last year the Dalton flooring company sought greater...Tags: Personal Investing, Health and Safety at Work, Career and Workplace, Medical Procedures and Tests, Employment
-
Rosenthal: The worst of a job seeker's past is often just a few clicks away
"The past is never dead. It's not even past," William Faulkner wrote more than 60 years ago, long before the sound and the fury of online chatter and the Internet's capacity for keeping one's personal history ever-present and unburied. The road people...Tags: Bankruptcy, Chicago Tribune, Career and Workplace, Chicago Cubs, Employment
-
Wet Seal to pay $7.5 million to settle race discrimination suit
Wet Seal will pay $7.5 million to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit that accused the teen retailer of firingĀ black employees to present a blond-and-blue-eyed front in its stores, according to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. The...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Racism, Discrimination, Employment, The Wet Seal Incorporated
May 17, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 15, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 15, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 15, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 14, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
May 13, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 13, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 11, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 11, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 10, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 8, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 9, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Original site for U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission topic gallery.