For quite awhile we have reported about the EEOC’s targets as set forth in its Strategic Enforcement Plan (“SEP), and noted that “vulnerable worker” abuse and religious discrimination were
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EEOC Meeting On National Origin Discrimination: Further Suits On The Way?
The EEOC conducted a public meeting yesterday on national origin employment discrimination. Noting the diversity in the US workplace (including language diversity), and the increase of immigrants in the workforce,
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EEOC Re-Commits To Protect “Most Vulnerable” Workers And Settles Utah Case For Record $450,000
Last year we discussed a number of cases brought by the EEOC against employers relating to harassment of farmworkers — the most vulnerable workers, according to the EEOC’s strategic enforcement
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Labor Day Trio: EEOC Files Three Cases Based Upon Egregious Harassment
Sexual harassment – streaming security camera footage of the breasts of a female employee onto a desk computer; racial harassment – using the “N-word” to Black employees; and national origin
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“Stupid American” Sues Alleging Nationality Discrimination
A lawsuit filed last week in federal court in Wisconsin alleges that Infosys, an Indian IT software company with 15,000 employees in the US (90% of South Asian descent) discriminated
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Racism Alleged In Large Farms Preferring Mexican Onion Pickers
See an interesting article published online by The New York Times today on the claim made by local Black American workers that large farms (such as the one in Georgia
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Vulnerable Workers To Be Protected, Says EEOC
Sexual harassment of farmworkers has been established by the EEOC as an area of concern, with the words “harrowing,” “appalling” and “extreme abuse” used regarding a series of recently
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EEOC To Collaborate With Several More Mexican Consulates — In Arizona
Add the Phoenix District Office of the EEOC to the Denver and Detroit EEOC offices which have announced a new collaboration with Mexican consulates in Phoenix, Nogales, Tucson, Yuma, and
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Hispanic Workers Subjected to “Un-American” National Origin Intimidation Receive $201,000 Settlement
The EEOC announced a $201,000 settlement of a Texas lawsuit on behalf of nine Hispanic employees who claimed a national origin hostile environment at Air Express International and DHL Global
Company Claims It Fired Employee For Sexual Harassment But Settles EEOC Lawsuit for $95,000 Which Alleged That It Fired Him Because of His National Origin
According to Andersonvalleypost.com, the EEOC has just settled for $95,000 a national origin discrimination and retaliation claim brought in California on behalf of an employee of Egyptian descent against