Biometric Technology Use during the Pandemic Can Pose Ethical Problems
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, biometric technologies that take employees’ temperature and rely on facial recognition are supporting new workplace-safety procedures.
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EEOC Votes to Publish Compliance Manual on Religious Discrimination for Public Comment
Today, by a vote of 3-2, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to publish a proposed update to its Compliance Manual Section on Religious Discrimination (“Manual”) for public…
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Aspire Health Partners to Pay $115,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Aspire Health Partners, a non-profit behavioral healthcare organization headquartered in Orlando, Florida, will pay $115,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the US Equal…
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Minn. Nursing Homes in Rural Areas See Staff Shortages Worsen with COVID-19
Facilities caring for older adults are struggling with low staffing levels, as COVID-19 makes an ongoing problem even worse.
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EEOC Sues Medical Transport Company for Sexual Harassment
MedicOne Medical Response, an independent medical transport company providing ambulance services, violated federal civil rights laws when it failed to correct ongoing sexual harassment at its Nashville branch and retaliated…
Read More »EEOC Sues Colorado Nursing Home for Sexual Harassment
SSC Montrose San Juan Operating Co., LLC, SavaSeniorCare Administrative Services, LLC, and Sava Senior Care LLC (collectively, “Sava”) violated federal law by tolerating the sexual harassment of female employees by…
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New York Nurse Sues for $200K in Unpaid Wages: Lawsuit
A Crown Heights nursing home is facing a class-action lawsuit claiming it owes hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid overtime to its nursing staff.
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Healthcare Staffing Company Pays More Than $3 Million in Back Wages
Favorite Healthcare Staffing Inc., based in Overland Park, Kansas, has paid $3,068,859 in back wages to 1,677 contract employees hired to conduct coronavirus testing in Orlando, Florida, under terms of…
Read More »PML Services to Pay $60,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
The company that operates the IHG Army Hotel at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin will pay $60,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…
Read More »EEOC Sues Scottsdale Healthcare Hospitals/Honorhealth for Disability Discrimination
Scottsdale Healthcare Hospitals, doing business as HonorHealth, which provides medical care at a number of hospitals and medical facilities in the Phoenix area, failed to provide reasonable accommodations to employees…
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