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
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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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“Appalling” Sexual Harassment Suit Settled For $650,000
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“Harrowing,” “appalling” and “extreme abuse” were words used by EEOC lawyers regarding a series of lawsuits targeting sexual harassment, particularly of farmworkers who are subject to an "appalling abuse of…
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Henry’s Turkey Gets Early Thanksgiving: $240,000,000 Jury Verdict Reduced to $1.6 Million
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A jury recently slammed Henry’s Turkey Service for $240,000,000 — the largest verdict in EEOC history, for exploiting intellectually disabled workers by, among other things, paying them only $65 dollars…
$240,000,000 Jury Verdict For Exploiting Disabled Workers Is Largest In EEOC History
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Intellectually disabled workers at Henry’s Turkey Service in Iowa were paid only $65 dollars per month eviscerating turkeys on an assembly line, we posted last September. In an ADA…
Big Sexual Harassment Case of Agricultural Workers Ends In Jury Verdict Against EEOC
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Could this signal the high water mark for the EEOC’s targeting sexual harassment of workers in the agricultural industry?
Our readers know by now that under its Strategic…
EEOC Wins One, Settles Two In Furtherance of Its “Strategic Enforcement Plan”
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Our readers know by now that under its Strategic Enforcement Plan (“SEP”) the EEOC is targeting harassment against “vulnerable workers,” such as migrant workers; disability discrimination fueled by…
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“Millions of Dollars In Sexual Harassment Settlements” Can Be Avoided, Says Top EEOC Official
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Addressing a business group in Washington State, the EEOC’s Northwest regional attorney told them that “If they ignore the subject or convey an attitude of indifference they are setting themselves …
Vulnerable Workers To Be Protected, Says EEOC
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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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