American Addiction Centers Settles EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit
Dallas-based Greenhouse Outpatient Center and its parent company, American Addiction Centers, agreed to damages of $146,613 and provide other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the US…
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US DOL Investigation Finds California Assisted-Living Facilities Operator Shorted Workers’ Pay
A US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation found Cornerstone Care Inc., an assisted-living facilities operator with locations in Laguna Hills violated the Fair Labor Standards Act as…
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US DOL Recovers More Than $33K in Back Wages for 22 Workers at FL Home Healthcare Service
Following an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division, Florida Caregivers Inc. — a Crystal River business — has paid $33,626 in back wages to 22 workers to resolve…
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HHS Announces Prohibition on Sex Discrimination Includes Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
On May 10 the Department of Health and Human Services announced that the Office for Civil Rights will interpret and enforce Section 1557 and Title IX’s prohibitions on discrimination based…
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Medical Center in Brooklyn Agrees to Settle Claims of Employment Discrimination by US Army Reservist
Mark J. Lesko, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced a settlement with Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn to resolve a lawsuit filed on behalf…
Read More »EEOC Announces Opening of 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection
After delaying the opening of the 2019 EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection on May 8, 2020 in light of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…
Read More »Aeon Global Health Sued by EEOC for Sex and Race Harassment and Retaliation
Peachstate Health Management, LLC, doing business as AEON Global Health, a Georgia-certified reference clinical laboratory in Gainesville, Ga., violated federal law by subjecting an African American female client services employee…
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EEOC Sues New Mexico Hospital for Sex Harassment by Chief Clinical Officer
Albuquerque-AMG Specialty Hospital, LLC and Acadiana Management Group, LLC, operating AMG Specialty Hospital in Albuquerque, NM, violated federal law by subjecting a former female director of case management, Moriah Smith,…
Read More »US DOL Recovers More Than $358K in Back Wages for 50 Workers at Tennessee Home Healthcare Service
Fifty workers misclassified as independent contractors by an Oliver Springs home healthcare service provider received a total of $358,675 in back wages to resolve overtime violations found in a US…
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Arkansas Senators Approve Nursing Home Bill
The Arkansas Senate on Monday endorsed a rewrite of the state’s nursing home staffing laws, sending the governor a bill that proposes the most significant changes to the state’s minimum…
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