Virginia Surgery Center Pays $50K in EEOC Disability and Age Discrimination Lawsuit
Northern Virginia Surgery Center, LLC (NVSC), which operates an outpatient surgery center, will pay $50,000 and provide programmatic relief to resolve a disability and age discrimination lawsuit filed by the…
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US DOL Settles with Hospital, Recovers $1.9M for 853 Workers Denied Overtime
The US Department of Labor (DOL) has reached an administrative settlement with Rhode Island’s second largest hospital and Care New England Health System to recover a total of $1.9 million…
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EEOC Sues Rex Healthcare, Inc. for Religious Discrimination
Rex Healthcare, Inc., a private, non-profit healthcare provider located in Raleigh, North Carolina, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate an employee’s religious beliefs and fired her for failing…
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Medical Center to Pay $60K in EEOC Disability Discrimination and Retaliation Suit
Shelby Baptist Medical Center and its operating companies will pay $60,000 and provide other injunctive relief to settle claims of disability discrimination and retaliation in a lawsuit filed by the…
Read More »EEOC Highlights Potential Discrimination Issues with Wearable Technologies
A new fact sheet titled “Wearables in the Workplace: The Use of Wearables and Other Monitoring Technology Under Federal Employment Discrimination Laws,” released by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…
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BayMark Health Services to Pay $55,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Charge
MedMark Treatment Centers, a subsidiary of BayMark Health Services which provides treatment for opioid addiction and substance use disorders, agreed to provide $55,000 to a former employee following an investigation…
Read More »EEOC Releases PWFA Information for Healthcare Providers
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released new information for healthcare providers to help their patients obtain pregnancy and childbirth-related accommodations in the workplace under the Pregnant Workers Fairness…
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Philly Home Care Agency to Pay $414K in Wages, Damages to 62 Workers
The US Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment against a home healthcare agency and its owner, Teajan Kamara, who had deliberately failed to pay employees their legally earned…
Read More »Justice Department Resolves Citizenship Discrimination Claims with Healthcare Provider
The Justice Department announced that it secured an agreement with Pennsylvania-based HCSG East LLC and its parent company, Healthcare Services Group Inc. (HCSG), a nationwide provider of housekeeping, laundry and…
Read More »DOL Orders 2 Staffing Companies to Pay $2.4M in Back Wages to 341 Employees
The US Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment and order in federal court that recovers a total of more than $2.4 million in back wages and liquidated damages…
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