EEOC Sues Paramount Healthcare Consultants for Sex Discrimination and Retaliation
Paramount Healthcare Consultants, LLC, which operates facilities across Texas and Louisiana, and MPD Operators Nazareth Hall, LLC, doing business as Nazareth Living Care Center in El Paso, Texas, violated federal…
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EEOC Sues Florida Assisted Living Facility for Pregnancy Discrimination
Florida Care ALF of Amelia Island, Inc., located in Ferdinand Beach, Florida, violated federal law when it fired an employee because she was pregnant, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…
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DOL Files $181K Suit for 70 Nurses, Assistants Denied Overtime after Misclassified as Contractors
On Sept. 22, 2023, the US Department of Labor filed a complaint in federal court alleging Reliance Staffing LLC and its owner, Fahim Uddin, failed to pay healthcare professionals overtime…
Read More »EEOC Strategic Enforcement Plan Fiscal Years 2024–2028
On September 21, 2023, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released its Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP) for Fiscal Years 2024–2028. The SEP establishes the EEOC’s subject matter priorities to…
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United Healthcare Services Sued by EEOC for Religious Discrimination
United Healthcare Services, Inc. violated federal law when it discriminated against a full-time telecommuter by refusing to grant her a religious exemption from the company’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement, the US…
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EEOC Sues Pain Management Associates and County Regional Hospital for Retaliation
Interventional Pain Management Associates (IPMA) and Baxter County Regional Hospital, operating as an integrated enterprise in Mountain Home, Arkansas, violated federal law when they fired an employee for responding to…
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EEOC Sues the Phoenix Center for Disability Discrimination
The Phoenix Center Inc., a mental health and substance use recovery center headquartered in Ironton, Ohio, violated federal law when it subjected several employees to various forms of disability discrimination,…
Read More »EEOC and HonorHealth Resolve Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Scottsdale Healthcare Hospitals, doing business as HonorHealth, which provides medical care at multiple hospitals and medical facilities in the Phoenix area, and the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have…
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DOL Obtains Judgment Ordering Louisiana Home Care Agency to Pay $630K in Back Wages, Damages
The US Department of Labor announced on September 7, 2023, that it had obtained a consent judgment requiring the operator of a New Orleans-area home healthcare agency to pay 80…
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HHS Issues New Proposed Rule to Strengthen Prohibitions against Discrimination on the Basis of a Disability
The Biden-Harris Administration is taking further action on its commitment to promote access to healthcare and human services for persons with disabilities. Today, the US Department of Health and Human…
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