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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: Justice System, Labor Legislation, Judges, Trials, Laws
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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, Labor Legislation, International Economic Institution, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Economic Organization
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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: Rex Huppke, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Employment Opportunities
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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 firing black employees to present a blond-and-blue-eyed front in its stores, according to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. The...
Tags: Justice System, The Wet Seal Incorporated, Racism, Discrimination, Trials
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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: Comcast SportsNet (tv network), Google Inc., Chicago Bulls, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Bankruptcy
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Orland Park janitorial company settles discrimination claims
An Orland Park-based janitorial company accused of discriminating against Hispanic employees will pay a total of $360,000 in the case, according to a settlement filed in federal court. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a federal...
Tags: Justice System, Discrimination, Judges, Social Issues, Minority Groups
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Iowa jury returns record $240-million judgment in ADA abuse case
A jury has awarded $240 million to 32 mentally disabled former workers at a turkey processing plant in Iowa, in what officials on Wednesday said was the largest such judgment in a federal abuse and discrimination case. After a week-long trial, the...
Tags: Justice System, Labor Legislation, Social Issues, Turkey (animal), Crime, Law and Justice
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When weight is disabling
Lisa Harrison weighed 527 pounds on the day she was fired from her job at a Louisiana drug addiction treatment center. The 5-foot-2-inch Harrison, who believed her employer considered her "disabled" due to her weight, filed a discrimination charge with...
Tags: Arthritis, Social Issues, Obesity, Crime, Law and Justice, Heart Disease
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Local briefing
Restaurants Burger joint opens in Boca Raton's University Commons shopping center Boca Raton city officials and executives held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday for the grand opening of Shake Shack, which bills itself as the modern day "roadside" burger...Tags: Labor Legislation, Tampa, Justice System, General Practitioners, Broward County
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Baptist hospital denied reasonable ADA request, EEOC charges
Baptist Health South Florida violated federal law by denying the reasonable scheduling request of a recently hired physician with epilepsy, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a lawsuit filed Monday in Miami. According to the lawsuit,...Tags: Labor Legislation, Justice System, General Practitioners, Epilepsy, Coral Gables
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Nick's Patio settles pregnancy discrimination lawsuit
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND -- A popular 24-hour restaurant must change the way it treats its employees, especially women, after a discrimination lawsuit. Nick's Patio recently agreed to pay a former employee thousands of dollars to make up for what happened when her...Tags: Labor Legislation, Discrimination, Social Issues, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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Nick's Patio settles lawsuit that alleged pregnancy discrimination
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — A local restaurant has agreed to settle a lawsuit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed on behalf of two women who said they were discriminated against when they told management they were pregnant. Nick’s Patio, a...Tags: Labor Legislation, Justice System, Judges, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice
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