On September 27, 2011, the EEOC and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. signed a National Universal Agreement to Mediate to streamline the handling of employment discrimination claims. This agreement allows the organizations to informally resolve any workplace issues through alternative dispute resolution rather than the formal EEOC investigation process. There are over 200 national…
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A round-table of disability advocates presented their case for the integration of people with disabilities to a U.S. Senate committee. The advocates argued that a policy should be written to help people with developmental and intellectual disabilities transition into regular workplaces, rather than pigeonholing them into very specific, sheltered professional roles. On September 15, the…
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$1.6 million in damages has been awarded to a female neurosurgeon who claimed hostile work environment and retaliation against a male physician and Massachusetts hospital Brigham & Women’s. A female neurosurgeon, Sangun Tuli, brought claims against her employers and her supervisor, Dr. Arthur Day, after a yearly review of her medical credentials resulted in a…
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Garney Construction Company and Georgia Power are being sued by the EEOC after the companies withdrew a job offer previously made to an applicant with controlled epilepsy. Georgia Power’s physical exam excluded people taking the applicant’s epilepsy medication. According to the EEOC’s suit, Garney initially offered a front-end loader job to Bryan Mimmovich at its…
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Officials for Scully and Ryder are under fire after using racially and ethnically insensitive terms as well as treating minorities less favorably and firing them after they filed complaints. Scully Distribution Services and Ryder System Inc., the company which purchased Scully, have been accused of engaging in wide-ranging discrimination, harassment, and retaliation against non-white employees…
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